Windows 10: I Had to Replace a Corrupted Copy of Windows 10 using the MS Website.

My Windows 10 edition on my Dynabook Satellite Pro computer became corrupted after 1 year from buying the computer 2nd hand and wouldn't start. I tried all the repair offerings in the recoverable environment and all failed. I had bought the computer 2nd hand. I didn't have a product key but the computer came with windows 10 and has the MS windows hologram on the back. I downloaded a new windows 10 from another computer onto a memory stick and installed it on the failed computer. I hoped the new version would detect that I'd had windows 10 before and not expect me to pay again. But although

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Replacing old hard drive, need way to copy Windows installation across

Hey Guys,
What would be the best way of copying/imaging the entire contents of an old system drive over to a replacement hard disk for the same machine? I need to copy the Windows installations and all other data to the new drive, and then format the old drive to use as a backup.

Any suggestions? *Smile

 

Start Menu Corrupted - ms-resource:appDisplayName

So after further searching , I found out the following odd facts :



So this is the odd app showing in start menu with several other missing apps .

Now few forums suggested this to be a sign of corruption example here .

So forums suggested too that there is a tool to fix corruptions called Start Menu Troubleshooter which wasn't easy to find .

Like always all MS Troubleshooters it managed to state the obvious :







So searching on for means to fix the corruption since Microsoft was vague enough about this I came across this page here :

The odd thing is my old profile has an XML based setting file and empty database folder :




While new profile has no XML file but a database folder :




Any body came across these blahs before ?! @Brink think these are familiar ?

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.