An alternative..... Wait to make sure the New and Improved 1809 is not digesting users machines, use MCT to create an ISO, use the ISO (mounted) to run an In-Place Repair. You won't lose a thing. Maybe some settings to tweak. It'll tidy-up the OS if anything is amiss, whether you have noticed it or not. Run time <30 minutes.
I was catching up on my reading the other night and came across this app in Maximum PC mag. I've have not used but thought it looked interesting.Costed me a lot of time to upgrade from 1803 to 1809 , all my settings were lost and had to apply them all again ( same story after every upgrade !)
Missing my Classic Context Menu , which is not supported anymore , we all have to live with this ugly grey,wide "new" menu.
The contextmenus needed some time also ( " open with ".....!)
After all this waste of time , I got a fine OS , which I can work with and then ................the upgrade is paused ( bugs )......!!!
Cloneapp
http://www.mirinsoft.com/
Nice tool indeed , not needing it if you choose for upgrading with your existing software intact.
Problem is ; MS is changing setting ( contextmenus, displays, icons , etc.etc.) after EVERY UPGRADE !
I could still use all my software , I used in 1803, after the upgrade to 1809. Only your personal settings ( and tweaks ) are gone and set to "default" by MS , Cloneapp does not backup these settings ( and tweaks !) ............
It would be great if you needed to do a clean install of your current installation. Of course, an untainted system partition backup would make that easier in case of an emergency. But maybe some would want a fresh install just to get rid of all the dead wood that accumulates over time. Back in XP days, I used to do that twice a year. But I outgrew it.
I use Winaero Tweaker, with which I do most....... you guessed it..... Windows Tweaking. You can save all the tweaks and apply them all in couple of clicks from saved file. .
