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  1. bsimrell
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    Windows 10 Pro
       New #820

    In-place repair/install worked for one user account only


    An in-place repair/install worked great for the Administrator account, from which the install was initiated. This work was done to repair a corrupted Windows 10 menu. The menu issues (missing tiles and missing items above Power to the left of Apps) remain when the regular user account is launched. I have manually added a few tiles, but they do not update.

    Had I done the work from the regular user account (which is an administrator account), would the repairs have been implemented for both accounts?

    Thanks,
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  3. dalchina
    Posts : 42,991
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       New #821

    An in-place upgrade repair will almost certainly not fix user profile issues. There's a troubleshooter and tutorials relating to the start menu, and you can also re-register it.

    Example:
    Reset Start Layout in Windows 10 | Tutorials

    See
    Windows 10 Tutorial Index | Tutorials
    for more.
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  4. Bastet
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    Windows 10 Pro 64bit
       New #822

    How will the in-place upgrade repair be affected now you can’t have any USB drives connected when upgrading/updating to 1903?
    I would think we’d have to start using MCT directly or a DVD.
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  5. Bree
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    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
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    Bastet said:
    How will the in-place upgrade repair be affected now you can’t have any USB drives connected when upgrading/updating to 1903?
    I would think we’d have to start using MCT directly or a DVD.

    If you use the MCT to make the ISO then you can just mount it to perform the upgrade as per Step 4.

    If you only have the USB, then a workaround is to copy Setup.exe from the root of your USB and its Sources folder to a temporary folder on your HDD, then run Setup from there. You can delete the temporary folder when done. I have done just that to upgrade one of my machines.
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  7. Bastet
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    Windows 10 Pro 64bit
       New #824

    Bree said:
    If you use the MCT to make the ISO then you can just mount it to perform the upgrade as per Step 4.

    If you only have the USB, then a workaround is to copy Setup.exe from the root of your USB and its Sources folder to a temporary folder on your HDD, then run Setup from there. You can delete the temporary folder when done. I have done just that to upgrade one of my machines.
    Thanks Bree.
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  8. Bastet
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    Windows 10 Pro 64bit
       New #825

    Something I’ve noticed which I hadn’t before:
    I decided to do a clean install & noticed when I booted from the USB there was an option to do an in-place repair (keeping everything).
    Tbh I haven’t done a clean install for a while so perhaps it’s been there for a while.
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  9. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       New #826

    Bastet said:
    Something I’ve noticed which I hadn’t before:
    I decided to do a clean install & noticed when I booted from the USB there was an option to do an in-place repair (keeping everything).
    Tbh I haven’t done a clean install for a while so perhaps it’s been there for a while.

    Hello Virginia,

    Was this from using the latest 1903 ISO file for the USB?
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  10. Bastet
    Posts : 2,552
    Windows 10 Pro 64bit
       New #827

    Brink said:
    Hello Virginia,

    Was this from using the latest 1903 ISO file for the USB?
    It was the version of 1903 released Tuesday Brink, I downloaded it via the MCT website.
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  11. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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       New #828

    Bastet said:
    It was the version of 1903 released Tuesday Brink, I downloaded it via the MCT website.
    Ok, thank you. I'll do some testing to see where to update anything at.
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  13. Bastet
    Posts : 2,552
    Windows 10 Pro 64bit
       New #829

    Brink said:
    Ok, thank you. I'll do some testing to see where to update anything at.
    I’ll try again & post a screenshot, hopefully it wasn’t a fluke.
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