# ReactOS 0.4.6 released

DevFeed: [ReactOS 0.4.6 released](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/reactos-0-4-6-released-33200.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-046-released/>)

Published: 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [version](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/version.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [boot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/boot.md>), [kernels](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernels.md>)

Tags: [compatibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compatibility.md>), [drivers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/drivers.md>), [dual-boot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dual-boot.md>), [filesystem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/filesystem.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [kernels](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernels.md>), [loader](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/loader.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [partitions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/partitions.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [smb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/smb.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [tests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tests.md>), [user-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-experience.md>), [version](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/version.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>)

## AI overview

The ReactOS Project released version 0.4.6, highlighting improvements in real hardware support, dual-boot and partition handling, custom kernel loading, drivers, application compatibility, user experience, and system stability.

## Source excerpt

The ReactOS Project is pleased to release version 0.4.6 as a continuation of its three month cadence. 0.4.6 is a major step towards real hardware support. Several dual boot issues have been fixed and now partitions are managed in a safer way avoiding corruption of the partition list structures. ReactOS Loader can now load custom kernels and HALs. Printing Subsystem is still greenish in 0.4.6, however Colin Finck has implemented a huge number of new APIs and fixed some of the bugs reported and detected by the ReactOS automated tests.