Windows 10: Windows 10 Major Updates Resetting My Settings

Why is it exactly that every time Windows 10 has a "major update", all of my carefully set settings are wiped out and reset???


Let me first point out that this is NOT the same as some of the other posts on this site, where the system has created a copy of the profile folder, or the registry entry in ProfileList having the .bak extension. Neither of those is the case here.


It makes no sense, the level of things that are "changed back". For what purpose are they changed? Why so many things? And why even allow settings to be set at all if you are going to just wipe them out? Does that not defeat the purpose? Is it unintentional that they are reset? Is it because they are apps, for some reason? I really just want an answer; some reason for this.


It changes my Start Menu settings, including program links I've renamed, folders I've created, and new links I've added.


It changes default programs and apps back to Microsoft Programs, and removes any custom default apps I've assigned previously.


And it interrupts my work day, which is long enough as it is! It is bad enough that I am typing this when I should be finishing today's report, which won't happen now because when I came in, all my settings, which were set to increase my workflow, have been wiped ONCE AGAIN by a major update this time, version 2004. I am the IT staff here, and many of my staff are upset about it, as well. What good is Windows 10 "Pro" if you cannot set it the way you need it to work?


Thank you for your time in reading and answering me.

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Just a tiny step closer before I'll upgrade to windows 10....

 

Is it possible to prevent Windows to reset many system settings to default after a major update (Fall Creators Update)?

I recently installed the Windows 10 Creators Update on many of my PCs, and as with previous "major" update releases, I noticed that many of the system settings, including things like:

• Energy options in device manager ("allow device to wake the computer from sleep"
  re-enabled for mice and keyboards which is annoying because I
  intentionally turned these off)
  
• basic mode of displaying the taskmanager and many more get reset to
  their defaults.
  

Since major updates are coming approximately twice a year, I was wondering: why does Windows do that, and is there a way to turn this behavior off? It is especially annoying if you install a computer for a novice user, and after an update you have to redo all these customization steps again.

On the other hand, many things like explorer settings stay the same, for example things like "show hidden files" or "show file extensions".

So the main questions are:

• which settings are reset after an update, and what's the criteria behind that selection, where others aren't?
  
• is there a list of the things that are reset during a
  major update for reference?
  

 

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The next Windows 10 service pack major update has been named "Spring Creators Update." Windows Insider Program users toying with Build 17618 of the operating system spotted a listing of all the major updates of Windows 10 known to the build, when running "Get-VMHostSupportedVersion" in Power Shell. The last entry reads "Microsoft Windows 10 Spring Creators Update 1803." The version number (1803 in this case), often coincides with the public release date of the update. The Fall Creators Update 1709, released in 2017-09 (September) to Insiders. Going by that convenion, Spring Creators Update could see a "branded" Insider preview build this month, 2018-03 (March), with a public release usually 3-4 weeks after, presumably before Summer kicks in.