Windows 10: Uninstall/reinstall Windows 10 o/s w/out losing my files

Discus and support Uninstall/reinstall Windows 10 o/s w/out losing my files in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; MacAfee is unable to install their product on my computer due to a corrupt file in Windows 10 o/s. I need to uninstall W/10 without losing any of my... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Hard Shell designer, Oct 11, 2019.

  1. HARD SHELL DESIGNER
    Hard Shell designer Win User

    Uninstall/reinstall Windows 10 o/s w/out losing my files


    MacAfee is unable to install their product on my computer due to a corrupt file in Windows 10 o/s. I need to uninstall W/10 without losing any of my files, then re-install W/10 with all files intact. I am not sure how to do this safely.

    :)
     
    Hard Shell designer, Oct 11, 2019
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  2. AHHZZ
    Ahhzz Win User

    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.
     
    Ahhzz, Oct 11, 2019
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  3. JAMIDA
    jamida Win User
    Reinstalling windows 10 w/o losing apps

    My windows 10 machine is having issues with the optical drive and HDMI port and I think my best course of action is to re-install windows 10. THIS question is about that process.

    This machine has windows 10 installed as an upgrade from windows 7, so during that process all my existing apps survived. I would like to be able to "reinstall" windows 10 w/o deleting all my other apps, just 'refresh" the OS in a manner largely (I assume) analogous to how the original Win7->Win10 upgrade went. Is this possible? And if so, pointers?

    I still have the option to roll back to Windows 7, so plan B might be to do that and then re-apply the Win10 upgrade. However, I might have installed a few apps since the original upgrade so I'd like to know if "plan-B" would also delete those apps (restoring me to the apps I had when I last ran Win7).

    (Note, I stupidly neglected to active the restore point system after installing Win10, so rolling back is unfortunately not an option for me.)

    Thanks

    Mike
     
    jamida, Oct 11, 2019
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  4. PUMA99DK|
    puma99dk| Win User

    Uninstall/reinstall Windows 10 o/s w/out losing my files

    Reinstalling Windows 10 to sell a PC - is the 'Remove everything' option enough?

    Restore factory settings do list Removes your personal files, apps and settings, and reinstalls the version of Windows that came on this PC.

    So if this isn't true well than just erase the drive and install a clean Windows 10 with all the drivers u need but why should it be true
    @FordGT90Concept ? *Laugh :laugh:
     
    puma99dk|, Oct 11, 2019
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