Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

zbook · 08 Jul 2020

This could be an option:
Refresh Windows 10
Restore factory settings

swarfega · 08 Jul 2020

Yes that looks like what we need. Thanks zbook.

Brink · 08 Jul 2020

Agreed. A refresh should reset everything except user accounts.

swarfega · 08 Jul 2020

Thanks guys.

PlasmaDrone · 20 Jul 2020

Subscribed :) :)

dalchina · 20 Jul 2020

Hi, wondered if this might be worth expanding:

The installation media (ex: ISO or USB) must be the same language as your currently installed Windows 10. If it's not, then you will not keep anything.

- is that the base language of what's installed, or what you're using by way of language packs?

Particular case: 'English' O/S with British English language packs. Should user use an 'English' or 'English International' (=UK English) iso?

Particularly relevant for older major builds where the media creation tool is not applicable.

Thanks!

Brink · 20 Jul 2020

dalchina said:

Hi, wondered if this might be worth expanding:

- is that the base language of what's installed, or what you're using by way of language packs?

Particular case: 'English' O/S with British English language packs. Should user use an 'English' or 'English International' (=UK English) iso?

Particularly relevant for older major builds where the media creation tool is not applicable.

Thanks!

Hey mate,

From my understanding, it's for the base language or system default language.

dalchina · 20 Jul 2020

Thanks, that's what I understood... just thought it could be clearer in the tutorial to avoid confusion about language packs being used. I.e. people could think 'I'm currently using Spanish'.. rather than what the original base language of their O/S was and how to determine it.

A link to the means of determining that would be useful there.

Brink · 20 Jul 2020

dalchina said:

Thanks, that's what I understood... just thought it could be clearer in the tutorial to avoid confusion about language packs being used. I.e. people could think 'I'm currently using Spanish'.. rather than what the original base language of their O/S was and how to determine it.

A link to the means of determining that would be useful there.

Info at top of tutorial updated for this.

See System Default UI Language of Windows 10

Matthew Wai · 20 Jul 2020

Brink said:

the base language or system default language.

dalchina said:

how to determine it.

Run (Bcdedit)|Find "locale" via elevated Command Prompt, and you will find the language.

Code:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18362.30]
(c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>(Bcdedit)|Find "locale"
locale                  en-us
locale                  en-us

I installed Windows from "Win10_1903_V1_English_x64.iso".
If I have understood correctly, English = English (US) = EN-US = American English.