Windows 10: Weird behavior at restart, please help analyze error reports.

It might be because I have the "defer feature upgrades" option in Windows Update checked.

EDIT: Something weird just happened. I double-clicked a photo on my desktop (which should have opened it in Windows' built-in Photos app, and got the message "The app didn't start". I then tried to open the Photos app manually by searching for it and opening it, but it just opens for a split second then closes. Could this be because of the update that's downloading, or is it from something else?

 

Well, defer feature upgrades simplistically should stop an upgrade for a considerable period - which it has- and I have it set myself to delay the CU. But I read somewhere that after so many months you'd be prompted or some such... can you post a screenshot of what is downloading - presumably Settings, Windows Update?

No idea why Photos isn't working. Should be completely unrelated to a download.

If you do successfully upgrade to 1607, and there isn't a problem with an older BIOS, your Photos problem may well be resolved.

 

Here it is:

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I would make sure you have a disk image of your current system before the upgrade actually starts.

E.g. Macrium Reflect (free) + large enough external disk (e.g. up to 2x what is to be backed up)
Option Backup, Windows Backup

 

I created a full Macrium system image backup about three hours ago.

 

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What Does “Defer Upgrades” in Windows 10 Mean?

Windows Update - Defer Feature and Quality Updates in Windows 10 Windows 10 Windows Update Activation Tutorials

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like your computer is attempting to upgrade to 1607 but is rolling back at some point during the upgrade. If this is the case, please watch it while it attempts an upgrade and write down the result and extend codes.

We will also want to see the upgrade logs, Microsoft has created a great document on troubleshooting Windows 10 upgrade errors that specifies where the log files are located. Please post them here, along with where they were located.

 

Assuming this may be a repeat of what you initially posted- an update failing- please post a screenshot of your Disk Management:
Windows key + X, click Disk Management

Thanks.

 

I don't think that that is happening. Where did you get the impression that it was rolling back?

I might have to look into that more later. Right now, the instructions in that document are confusing me (and I don't want to risk messing up the current update process by attempting to do what's in them). Is there some dedicated directory that I can search for the logs?

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That looks clean - legacy BIOS, plenty of room on C:

One thing to check- make sure you have, say, at least 700Mb of unallocated space on your system drive. (It looks as if you may have already).

 

How would I find out?

 

Easy way - a decent partition manager. (See bottom right)
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You may be able to find out using Disk Management by attempting to extend a partition (but not actually doing it). I'm not so familiar with that.

Then there are command line options.

 

I can't do that right now. I'd have to install a program, and I don't want to risk it with the update downloading.

I checked, and Disk Management doesn't show an option to extend the partitions. Just an option to shrink them.

 

Put it this way. If Windows requires to create a larger recovery partition, and there's no room to do it, the upgrade will fail.

E.g.
Free Partition Manager Software - AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard

Downloading and installing a program whilst a download is in progress is perfectly ok.

 

What would you recommend as my immediate course of action, then?

By the way, I don't know if this information is accurate, but I found this by right-clicking the system drive in Disk Management:

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I have AOMEI downloading. What exactly should I do after installing it (both in order to find out whether I need to expand the unallocated space, and to do so if I indeed do need to)?