Windows 10: Reverting back to windows 8.1

Discus and support Reverting back to windows 8.1 in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Good day everyone. I had just installed windows 10 on my pc. I just want to know,if i go back to windows 8.1 will the installed applications that I had... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by kevinclaassens, Oct 7, 2015.

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  1. KEVINCLAASSENS
    kevinclaassens Win User

    Reverting back to windows 8.1


    Good day everyone. I had just installed windows 10 on my pc. I just want to know,if i go back to windows 8.1 will the installed applications that I had on windows 8.1 still be installed if i revert back to my previous windows 8.1.

    When I installed windows 10 I used an installation disk and not the upgrade option. The previous windows I had was windows Single Language and the one I have now is Windows Pro.

    :)
     
    kevinclaassens, Oct 7, 2015
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  2. BRUCE HAGEN
    Bruce Hagen Win User
    Bruce Hagen, Oct 7, 2015
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  3. SUMIT DHIMAN2
    Sumit Dhiman2 Win User
    Revert back to 8.1

    The only alternative then is to do a clean Install or recover Windows 8.1 from an Image if one exists.

    I can provide you steps for that if you wish.
     
    Sumit Dhiman2, Oct 7, 2015
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  4. KARI
    Kari Win User

    Reverting back to windows 8.1

    Hi Kevin, welcome to the Ten Forums.

    Reverting back to your previous OS, in this case Windows 8.1 Single Language, will restore it exactly as it was. All your installed applications and data is still there, exactly as it was before the upgrade.
     
    Kari, Oct 7, 2015
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  5. KEVINCLAASSENS
    kevinclaassens Win User
    Hi,are you sure it will work? As I said the laptop came out with windows 8.1 and I did not wait for the upgrade to windows 10. I installed windows 10 from an installation disk. I still have the windows.old folder which is quite big
     
    kevinclaassens, Oct 7, 2015
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  6. KARI
    Kari Win User
    I would not post something like that if I wasn't sure. I don't post something like that just to get my post count increased *sarc.

    You have 30 days time to revert back to your previous OS. My answer is valid if you revert during this 30 day period. After that you need to reinstall the original OS.
     
    Kari, Oct 7, 2015
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  7. KEVINCLAASSENS
    kevinclaassens Win User
    Thank you very much. Will do it later today*Smile
     
    kevinclaassens, Oct 7, 2015
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  8. KEVINCLAASSENS
    kevinclaassens Win User

    Reverting back to windows 8.1

    Can you please tell me how I would go about it?
     
    kevinclaassens, Oct 7, 2015
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  9. KARI
    Kari Win User
    Kari, Oct 7, 2015
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  10. JOERGI
    Joergi Win User
    Note that no matter which way you came to Windows 10, you will only be able to go back, if what you did actually was an upgrade. Not a clean installation, but an upgrade.

    If you have in fact done a clean installation, then there will be nothing to go back to; you will then have to reinstall Windows 8.1 differently.
     
    Joergi, Oct 7, 2015
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  11. KEVINCLAASSENS
    kevinclaassens Win User
    When I installed windows 10 I chose the upgrade option,but I still had to install my applications manually.....
     
    kevinclaassens, Oct 7, 2015
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  12. JOERGI
    Joergi Win User
    In this case the Settings app should show you the option to go back to Windows 8.1.

    The Windows 10 upgrade may have uninstalled or replaced programs, but that does not affect, what you had in Windows 8.1. And according to Microsoft, the revert should restore the system as it was before. So reverting the OS should bring back what you had before.
     
    Joergi, Oct 7, 2015
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  13. KEVINCLAASSENS
    kevinclaassens Win User

    Reverting back to windows 8.1

    Good day,after wanting to go back to windows 8.1 I get this message. I'm having trouble going back to windows 8.1. I get message saying that I need to remove admin account.
    Reverting back to windows 8.1 [​IMG]
     
    kevinclaassens, Oct 13, 2015
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  14. JOERGI
    Joergi Win User
    I don't know, which accounts you had in Windows 8.1. However, there must have been an admin account. So in Windows 10, make sure that this account exists, make sure it still (or again) is an admin account and then remove the newly added accounts.
     
    Joergi, Oct 13, 2015
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  15. KEVINCLAASSENS
    kevinclaassens Win User
    On windows 8.1 I only had one account, and in windows 10 I only have this one account also (signed in with Microsoft account). Both of them are admin, and I did not add any new accounts. I only used one account which is still the only account I have ever used on windows 8.1 and windows 10
     
    kevinclaassens, Oct 13, 2015
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