Windows 10: File locations

I am using Windows 10 64-bit.

I have discovered that not all of my image files that are stored at "C:\users\bob\pictures\wallpaper" exist when accessed unsuccessfully! via "This PC\Pictures\Wallpaper." Essentially any file saved to the C:\ address as of a few days ago today is 4 January 2021 is not present on the This PC address.

all was working fine a couple of days ago. The files in question are also not present on my "One Drive" either.

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Location service is greyed out

Hi Shahriar,

Thank you for responding.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused for you, I suggest you to try the below troubleshooting steps and check If it helps.

Step 1: Steps to turn on the Location settings.

• Login as an administrator.
• Press Windows key, type Location settings and select
  Change location settings.
• Check whether Location for this device is On by clicking on
  Change.
• Also turn on Location as well.

Step 2: And as you are unable to set the service Geolocation service to automatic, I suggest you to run SFC scan and check.

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

Follow the below steps:

• 
  Right click on the Start button, click on
  Command Prompt (Admin).
  
• 
  Type “sfc /scannow” without the quotes and hit
  Enter.
  
• 
  After the scan, restart the computer and check for the issue.
  

Try to set the service to automatic by following the steps provided in the above post by Praveen Venugopal.

Hope it helps. Kindly update the status of the issue, we will be happy to help you.

 

How to change location of MSI????.tmp file

Hi,

You may change the location of the .tmp file by following the steps provided below:

• Go to This PC.
• Right-click This PC, and then select Advanced System Setting.
• Click Environment Variables.
• Under system variable, double-click tmp and change the path for the file of your reference.

If the location still can't be changed, we suggest that you post it on our
MSDN forum. We have highly technical users and IT professionals there that can address your concern.

Feel free to contact us if you have other concerns.

 

How do I locate/ extract the imagex.exe file?


To try and keep a long story as short as possible:

I'm trying to install Win 10 on an external SSD, which I can boot on my MacBook Pro.

To complete the installation I have downloaded:
- install.esd and converted it to install.wim
- Windows 10 Pro ISO from Microsoft
- Boot Camp drivers from Apple

The final piece of the puzzle is to complete this step:

• Windows AIK (free) running on your Virtual Machine or on your PC, or just the imagex.exe file (the rest of the Windows AIK package is not needed)
  • Download imagex.exe
  • Download Windows AIK extract imagex.exe (this download and installation is not required if you have already downloaded imagex.exe)

This is to complete this final stage of the installation:

Step 3: Deploy the Windows installation image

1. Still using the command prompt in admin mode (you didn't close it, did you? *Wink ), locate the imagex.exe file mentioned in the "What you'll need" section and access its folder. In our example, we have put this file in C:\imagex\imagex.exe
2. Your Windows installation ISO has probably several installation options in it. So in order to identify the right one, type in the following:imagex.exe /info C:\wim\install.wim
3. Now identify the INDEX number of the installation that you wish to deploy. You will use it in the next step.
4. Type the following and hit enter. Replace 1 with the INDEX you identified in the previous step. Also remember to replace o: with the letter you have chosen in the previous step:imagex.exe /apply C:\wim\install.wim 1 o:
   This will take some time. The Windows installation image is being deployed to your external drive
5. Once done, type the following to create the boot section (remember to replace o: and b: with the letters you've chosen in the previous step):\windows\system32\bcdboot o:\windows /f ALL /s b:
   
   
   I'm doing this on a Toshiba Laptop running Windows 7.
   I've also purchased a genuine license for Windows 10 Pro.
   
   Any help greatly appreciated.
   
   Regards,