3206

Windows 10 effectively does a clean install followed by a migration with every biannual upgrade. No need to clean install.

3207

Good deal, thought that was the case but I kinda stopped paying close attention (and was never really sure how much cruft could be carried over by the ‘migration’ part).

3208

Just remember to unplug all your non-essential USB devices before upgrading. Leaving a USB3 hard drive in really screwed me badly last cycle.

3209

Upgraded last night with everything connected. No issues.

(YMMV, of course.)

3210

If you have multiple PCs, use the Media Creation Tool to create a USB installer. Save your bandwidth, and it’s faster. You can use the USB for clean and upgrade installs.

I updated 5 machines so far. No issues.

3211

Hey all, I obviously haven’t read the whole thread, but is there a good site that discusses/has good tips on how to tweak Windows 10 for more privacy vs. its default state?

3212

Install shutup10 and turn on all the recommended options. You will need to do this again after every major Win10 update as Microsoft infuriatingly does not respect their users’ clear preferences on this.

https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

For more customization beyond telemetry/privacy, I recommend Winaero Tweaker. This will let you stop automatic updates and forced reboots, disable the lock screen they forced in the last major update, and other assorted miscellaneous annoyances Microsoft’s arrogance foisted upon us.

http://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.1836

3213

I’ve been having an issue with Plex (as discussed on the Review thread) which has proved impervious to reinstalling, cache deletion etc, but supposedly does not affect fresh installs of the server. If I were to uninstall the server before doing this Win10 update, would I by any chance get something akin to a truly fresh install?

3214

Not really, it installs windows fresh then intelligently migrates all your settings and whatnot. It might be fresher.

What was your plex problem?

3215

Basically, the Comedy Central channel no longer works (specifically it gives a “this channel is not responding” error when you try to play a video). It’s a known issue from when they changed how the website videos worked last year. They supposedly fixed the issue in the Plex channel, but it’s also a known issue that for some users you have to manually fix various things to get it to work. None of which have worked for me.

3216

Ahh with an addon. Can’t help with that.

3217

anyone know how to clear an alert in the new creators update defender/health center? it said i was low on space so i cleared a bunch but the little yellow exclamation thing is still on the shield icon in the system tray.

3218

Maybe just a restart? Maybe you didn’t clean up enough drive space?

3219

Looks like a restart was needed.

3220

This is terrific - thanks for linking this. This is so much better than the assortment of config tweaks I have been trying to maintain manually. I wish I could chat with whoever at MS is responsible for ‘telemetry’ - it periodically soaks up CPU and disk on my main gaming drive when I wake the machine from sleep, and drives me nuts.

3221

Well lookie here.

3222

Thanks for the good software :)

3223

After the most recent update the Edge icon is missing from my toolbar in Win 10 64. I never used it but left it there in case I needed it.

After some research I ended up running chkdsk C: /f /r /x. Still nothing. Edge gone.

Running sfc now.

Edit: And nothing. Any ideas? I mean, I could just download it. But I hate leaving issues like this unsolved.

3225

Do you see MicrosoftEdge.exe in \Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe? Does it appear in the Start Menu after typing in a few letters?

3226

In Start Menu nothing. It exists in the folder but clicking on the exe does nothing. Even tried running as admin and nothing. It seems to try to run. I mean the Malwarebytes Anti Exploit popup shows when I try to run it, but nothing runs. Noting labled Edge in Task Manager either. Weird.