Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade  

steve108 said:

Do Startup calculations persist after a restart or cold start?

yes, the do.

Jorge Martins said:

HI Brink,
I am trying to do an in-place upgrade of my Windows 10 20H2 (compilation 19042.630), I always give up as it says that cannot keep my files and programs because my Windows must be in another folder not supported or it is a newer version.
I have downloaded version 20H2 from media creation tool.
Do you have a solution for this?
Many thanks

I have a batch file that fixes this, at least temporarily, so you can do a Repair Install. I've tested it as has one other person.

Here is a zip file that includes SETACL.EXE. Unzip to any folder, double click on Allow_20H2_Repair_Install_Keep_Everything.bat and it should work so you can do the Repair Install and keep everything.

It makes a backup of the registry key here: %temp%\EditionVersion.Backup.reg

Allow_20H2_Repair_Install_Keep_Everything.zip

steve108 said:

What version does winver report on these franken 20H2 installs? Did the registry change undo any other 20H2 changes that you've observed so far like Start tiles color? Thanks

I forgot to get a screenshot of the winver, but I do remember it because it was kinda weird. Said 20H2 19041.508. Not likely.

After playing with it to ensure it would survive restarts, warm and cold, I put the .reg entries back from the Export save I did. Not knowing how or what, I didn't want to leave it "doped up".

Just finished installing the CU on my Laptop. winver shows this:



Registry key looks like this:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\EditionVersion
EditionBuildBranch REG_SZ vb_release
EditionBuildLab REG_SZ 19041.vb_release.191206-1406
EditionBuildLabEx REG_SZ 19041.1.amd64fre.vb_release.191206-1406
EditionBuildNumber REG_DWORD 0x4a62
EditionBuildQfe REG_DWORD 0x276

Downloading 20H2 19042.620 from UUP Dump now. Will try a Repair Install once I have that to see if I get the Keep Programs and Apps choice.

steve108 said:

Thanks for the update . I think I'll just continue waiting on 20H2 to fix Task Manager.

Ditto.................

Repair Install is still broken.

I submitted a Feedback on this: 20H2 repair install does not allow you to keep anything