Windows 10 - Everything you Need and Want to Know

[midnight]

I have only 3 left in my documents folder and they’re old ones.

EDIT

Still have all the files in my downloads folder.

[polonus]

Hi -midnight,

Not everyone on Windows 10 experiences/experienced problems with this issue, but it shows that slowly Google OS (also on android) is gaining momentum also in “the land of the brave and the free”.

Where I live in the Netherlands on the other side of the Atlantic at the North Sea coast Google has 96% of proliferation as a search engine and with various services also on android, mainly elderly people with tablets and chromebooks work Google.

You in the States still seem to have a remaining craving for Microsoft’s blue E (IE and Edge) and Bing, what seemed at one time an equivalent for going on the Interwebz.

Have a great day and G*d bless,

polonus

[midnight]

Hi polonus,

I think I’m going to switch back today.

I use startpage to search. I would never use google or bing.

Have a nice day.

-midnight

[midnight]

@bob3160 post:1818

@-midnight post:1817

Will this take me back to version 1803?

It will take you back to the version and build that was running before you installed 1809.

I started to do this but it showed I might have to reinstall some apps and some programs. How long does it take to switch back?

[bob3160]

@-midnight post:1824

@bob3160 post:1818

@-midnight post:1817

Will this take me back to version 1803?

It will take you back to the version and build that was running before you installed 1809.

I started to do this but it showed I might have to reinstall some apps and some programs. How long does it take to switch back?

I really don’t know. I don’t intend to switch back. Maybe someone else has rolled back ???

[midnight]

I tried to roll back but I can’t. This new update really messed up my computer

EDIT

I’m so stupid. I should have backed up all of my files.

[Pondus]

I'm so stupid. I should have backed up all of my files.

You have hotmail. meaning you have free online backup (onedrive) ... think i have mentioned this a couple of times before

[bob3160]

My original post also suggested doing an image backup prior to doing the update.

[CraigB]

Updated version of Windows 10 October 2018 Update released to Windows Insiders https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/10/09/updated-version-of-windows-10-october-2018-update-released-to-windows-insiders/

The article also explains what happened with the 1809 fault and why it only affected users who had enabled “Known Folder Redirection (KFR)”

For users with no files lost on the 1809 upgrade then there is no problem and last nights cumulative update rectified any small problems with the build.

[ehmen]

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/recover-deleted-files-after-windows-10-feature-update

[CraigB]

@ehmen post:1830

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/recover-deleted-files-after-windows-10-feature-update

Doesn’t help users who ran Storage Sense and deleted the OLD folder as others have mentioned, backups should have been made before the upgrade which would have quickly solved missing files.

[midnight]

@bob3160 post:1828

My original post also suggested doing an image backup prior to doing the update.

I wish I had but a little to late to do that now. My only option now is to reset my PC

[CraigB]

@-midnight post:1832

My only option now is to reset my PC

What do you think that is going to fix :-\ try running the latest Windows cumulative update and see if it helps fix whatever problem you’ve created now.

[midnight]

I got that in my updates yesterday.

[CraigB]

Why don’t you just reinstall whatever program it is that isn’t working and move on with it, if your audio is messed up reinstall the audio driver.

[bob3160]

You could also try the fix suggested here: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=156141.msg1479230#msg1479230

[polonus]

Well after revocation Windows will now let Windows Insiders ponder over it:
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/10/09/updated-version-of-windows-10-october-2018-update-released-to-windows-insiders/

Why it was not a immutable good modular design in the first place? :o
This especially while the update was also meant for home-users.

Ground zero was there was a “delete of files”,
while at the same time there is no guaranteed certainty an undelete will succeed.

polonus

[bob3160]

@polonus post:1837

Well after revocation Windows will now let Windows Insiders ponder over it:
https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/10/09/updated-version-of-windows-10-october-2018-update-released-to-windows-insiders/

Why it was not a immutable good modular design in the first place? :o
This especially while the update was also meant for home-users.

Ground zero was there was a “delete of files”,
while at the same time there is no guaranteed certainty an undelete will succeed.

polonus

When you make changes to the default settings, the chance of something not working properly always exists.
We know that quite well when people make changes in the default path etc of an Avast install.
The Windows OS is a lot more complicated.
I agree that since that option which caused the problem for some was something Microsoft made available, they should have made an allowance for it but,
those things happen.
An Image backup prior to the update would have made recovery very easy. The fault lies as much with the user as with MS IMHO.

[polonus]

Hi bob3160,

Stressing the importance of back-ups and patching. Will they ever learn?

polonus

[midnight]

I did a system restore and put the date to October 2nd, the date before I got the fall creators update. When it finished and restarted the date was Oct. 3rd so I still have version 1809. What a waste of time that was.