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This one, for the "safe" Repair Install, as posted by Dalchina in #4.
System restore error - can't open SR never mind use it? - Windows 10 Forums
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade | Windows 10 Tutorials
This one, for the "safe" Repair Install, as posted by Dalchina in #4.
System restore error - can't open SR never mind use it? - Windows 10 Forums
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade | Windows 10 Tutorials
The link I quoted to you. Here it is again... and to be sure you go to the right one, here's what the start of it looks like...
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade | Windows 10 Tutorials
There's no such thing as a 'forced install' in my opinion- if you buy Home, you get what you pay for- updates delivered by MS. If you buy Pro, you get a measure of control in various ways. Caveat emptor. However I agree- the update process should be much less painful than it is for some.Couldn't see the KB update in my list said to be guilty of this problem. Not that it matters, it would just force install it again anyway?
You can hide a particular update (same terminology as in Win 7) - there's a tutorial explaining how, or use Windows Update Minitool (free).
I wanted to post it with that red box 'cos dannyg13 said
appearing confused by the tutorial.The links you gave me advised of refresh and restore etc, but refresh loses your apps.
So to sum it all up a repair install initiated from inside Windows is my best bet to fix this?
Yes, I do believe that is what we have been recommending. We have posted the appropriate tutorial.
No guarantees, of course.
Here's how to (most of the time) avoid having to spend time seeking solutions, technical help, and not being able to use your PC.
Use disk imaging routinely. As we constantly recommend to users, you can restore a disk image - which could be all the partitions comprising Windows- relatively quickly, painlessly as a routine procedure- without technical help.
Can help you recover from a failed disk (new disk needed); ransomware, unbootable or uncorrectable situations to a previous working state. Also acts as a full backup.
E.g. Macrium Reflect (free) + external disk for disk image set storage.
An in-place upgrade repair install is a fairly straightforward procedure, but it won't correct everything. It is however, like any upgrade, a major change. Thus we recommend using disk imaging to protect your PC here as well.