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[FIX] Windows Could Not Complete The Installation. To Install Windows On This Computer, Restart The Installation

Earlier, we shared you the fix for problem where you can’t install Windows 10 while running in Audit Mode, in following article:

Fix: You can’t install Windows while running in Audit Mode

Today, in this article, we’re going to talk about another similar related to Audit Mode. In the fix shared above, we were not able to start installation of Windows 10 in Audit Mode. However, if you’re able to start the installation by following steps of that article, you may later face issues if your computer still assumes that you’re in Audit Mode. Here’s the error message that can appear anytime during or after installation, if that is the case:

Windows could not complete the installation. To install Windows on this computer, restart the installation.

If you hit OK button, the system will reboot and again the error message appears, eventually creating an infinite reboot loop. The main reason behind this issue is that if your system thinks that you’re in Audit Mode, and it will usually tend to use built-in administrator account and the account is disabled or doesn’t have any password associated with it. If you enable this account or assign a password to it, or simply setup an account which can be utilized in this condition, this problem can be easily solved. Here’s how:

FIX : Windows Could Not Complete The Installation. To Install Windows On This Computer, Restart The Installation

1. When the error is prompted, press Shift+F10 key combination to bring Command Prompt.

2. In the Command Prompt window, type the commands (mentioned in bold) and press Enter key after each:

cd oobe

NOTE: If you’re prompted to C:\Users\USERNAME (assuming Windows is installed on C:), use similar way to navigate to C:\Windows\system32\oobe.

msoobe

3. This should fire up user account creation wizard, where you can set an user account (and more importantly its password). Once this is done, the issue should resolve finally.

Hope this helps!

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[FIX] Event 10016 Error, The Application-Specific Permission Settings Do Not Grant Local Activation Permission In Windows 10

Some users upgraded to Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Version 1607) has reported that there are multiple entries of logs with error 10016 for DistributedCOM activities under Event Viewer. Following is the error description for this case:

The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID 8D8F4F83-3594-4F07-8369-FC3C3CAE4919 and APPID F72671A9-012C-4725-9D2F-2A4D32D65169 to the user NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM SID (S-1-5-18) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.

As it is clearly evident from the error description that the SYSTEM object (NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM) is missing Local Activation permissions for application with ID F72671A9-012C-4725-9D2F-2A4D32D65169. It prevents the application activities from being executed. The description also provides us very helpful hint to solve this error and that is to allot missing permissions to SYSTEM object by using Components Services tool.

So if you’re also the victim of this problem, here is how to get rid of it:

FIX : Event 10016 Error, The Application-Specific Permission Settings Do Not Grant Local Activation Permission In Windows 10

Registry Disclaimer: The further steps will involve registry manipulation. Making mistakes while manipulating registry could affect your system adversely. So be careful while editing registry entries and create a System Restore point first.

1. Press + R and put regedit in Run dialog box to open Registry Editor (if you’re not familiar with Registry Editor, then click here). Click OK.

2. In the Registry Editor window, navigate to following registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\F72671A9-012C-4725-9D2F-2A4D32D65169

3. Right click on the F72671A9-012C-4725-9D2F-2A4D32D65169 key and select Permissions. On the Permissions window shown below, hit Advanced button.

4. Moving on, you’ll see that in Advanced Security Settings for key, the current owner is TrustedInstaller. Click on Change link there and take ownership using steps mentioned here.

5. After taking ownership, you’ll be back to Permissions sheet shown below where you’ve to select your account and then SYSTEM under Group or user names section and then check the Allow box against Full Control. By doing this, you’re providing full control to yourself and SYSTEM to manage the registry key and its activities. Click Apply followed by OK.

6. In the similar way, take the ownership of following key and give full control on permissions to yourself and SYSTEM, for it:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\8D8F4F83-3594-4F07-8369-FC3C3CAE4919

7. Press + R and put dcomcnfg in Run dialog box to open Component Services.

8. In Component Services window, navigate to Console Root > Components Services > My Computer > DCOM Config and click View > Details. Now scroll down and locate F72671A9-012C-4725-9D2F-2A4D32D65169 Application ID. Right click on it and select Properties.

9. Next, in the property sheet, switch to Security tab. Under Launch and Activation Permissions section, choose Customize. Then click Edit.

10. Now in Launch and Activation Permission window, click Add button.

11. On Select Users or Group, type the object name as SYSTEM and click Check Names. Your type SYSTEM will now be underlined and linked to SYSTEM object. Click OK.

12. Back in Launch and Activation Permission window, select SYSTEM under Group or user names section. Now check the Allow box for Local Launch and Local Activation. Click OK. Close Components Services and Registry Editor.

You can now reboot your machine. After multiple restarts and some hours/days, you’ll find that event error 10016 no longer occurs.

That’s it!

#Windows 10

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[FIX] The System Could Not Find The Environment Option That Was Entered

In this article, we’re going to talk about a very irritating issue that may occur in your Windows 10 when environment variables of your system are disturbed. Many users like to use third-party software on their Windows machine. However sometimes these tools may silently change environment variables on your computer and as a result of this, most of the things will stop working.

Recently we came around similar kind of issue on a Windows 10 Pro running laptop. We noticed following symptoms:

Right clicking Start Button shows Start Menu instead of Win+X menu

We can’t open most of programs such as Command Prompt, Task Manager as their executable files turned into shortcuts

Can’t perform any of the system operations those require user privileges

Along with these symptoms, following error keep appearing:

This application will not run

The system could not find the environment option that was entered.

After investing a bit on this issue, we found that windir, which is system environment variable, was missing on the issued system and that’s the main cause for this problem. So if you’re also having same issue, fixes mentioned below will help you to solve it.

FIX : The System Could Not Find The Environment Option That Was Entered Error In Windows 10

FIX 1 – Via Environment Variables

1. Press + R and type sysdm.cpl in Run. Click OK or press Enter key.

2. In System Properties window, switch to Advanced tab and hit Environment Variables button.

3. Next, in the Environment Variables window, under System variables, click New.

4. Then in New System Variable window, type Variable name as windir and Variable value as C:\Windows. Click OK, OK and close Environment Variables window.

*Substitute C: with your system root drive.

Restart your machine and after reboot, the issue should be resolved.

FIX 2 – Using System Restore

If you find that you couldn’t proceed with steps mentioned in FIX 1 because you can’t open System Properties window as well, then you can go ahead and restore your system to some earlier date. In other words, you must restore your system to last known good configuration when this issue wasn’t in effect. Here is how to restore your system to earlier created point:

Steps to restore your system to earlier date in Windows 10

Let us know via your comments, if you still persists.

#Windows 10

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[FIX] 'We Encountered An Error. Please Try Signing In Again Later' For Store App

Store app helps you to purchase, download new apps plus update existing apps in Windows 10. But if you can’t sign into Store app, you won’t be able to add/update others app. In short, the issue with Store app indirectly affects another apps. So today in this post, we’ll see what to do when you can’t sign in to Store app on Windows 10.

Here is the error that appears when sign-in to Store app failed:

We encountered an error. Please try signing in again later.

Users getting this error having many choices to opt for, such as:

Reboot your system or try switching to different network.

Run Windows Store Apps and Microsoft Accounts troubleshooter.

Run Network Adapter troubleshooter.

Create a new user account and try signing-in to Store with that account. If it works, go ahead with it.

However, if any of these general suggestions doesn’t helps you, try these selective fixes to overcome this issue:

FIX : ‘We Encountered An Error. Please Try Signing In Again Later’ For Store App In Windows 10

FIX 1 – Switch To Microsoft Account From Local Account

This issue happens mostly to the users who’re on local account and trying to sign into Store, thus get this error. It would be better if you completely switch to Microsoft account (MSA) and say goodbye to local account, especially if you use those apps often asking you to sign in through MSA. When you do this, sign in issues with not only Store but other apps will be suppressed. So here are the steps to switch to MSA from the local one:

Steps to switch to Microsoft account from local account

Once you switched to MSA, make sure you verify your identity and then open Store. This time you won’t be even asked to sign-in as you’re on verified MSA. So you can now download/update apps without any interruption.

FIX 2 – Re-register Store App

If FIX 1 doesn’t helps you, the issue will be with Windows Store app. And to deal with it, you should try to re-register Store app using steps mentioned here:

Steps to re-register Store app in Windows 10

After re-registering/reinstalling Store app, the issue will no longer occur.

Let us know via your comments, if you still face the problem!

#Windows Store

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List Of 'ms-settings' Commands To Open Specific Settings App Page

Settings app is no doubt one of the most used feature in Windows 10. This post talks about some special commands which will help you to open a particular settings page in Settings app. These commands can be operated via ms-settings protocol. So basically these commands are valid only for Settings app. However, if you like to know about all shell commands and CLSIDs usable in Windows 10, head on to these articles:

List of all shell commands and CLSIDs in Windows 10

List of all commands and keyboard shortcuts in Windows

Okay so first lets see, how do you actually use the ms-settings protocol. Simply press + R key and put ms-settings: in Run and click OK.

This should open Settings app homepage.

In the similar fashion, you can use below listed ms-settings commands to open specific page of Settings app.

List Of ‘ms-settings’ Commands To Open Specific Settings App Page In Windows 10

COMMAND LINKED SETTINGS PAGE ms-settings:privacy-accountinfo Account info ms-settings:network-airplanemode Airplane mode ms-settings:personalization-background Backgrounds ms-settings:batterysaver Battery Saver ms-settings:batterysaver-settings Battery Saver Settings ms-settings:batterysaver-usagedetails Battery use ms-settings:bluetooth Bluetooth ms-settings:privacy-calendar Calendar ms-settings:privacy-webcam Camera ms-settings:network-cellular Cellular ms-settings:easeofaccess-closedcaptioning Closed Captioning ms-settings:colors Colors ms-settings:personalization-colors Colors ms-settings:connecteddevices Connected devices ms-settings:privacy-contacts Contacts ms-settings:datausage Data Usage ms-settings:dateandtime Date and Time ms-settings:network-dialup Dial-up ms-settings:network-directaccess DirectAccess ms-settings:display Display ms-settings:screenrotation Display ms-settings:network-ethernet Ethernet ms-settings:otherusers Family & other users ms-settings:privacy-feedback Feedback ms-settings:developers For developers ms-settings:easeofaccess-highcontrast High Contrast ms-settings:easeofaccess-keyboard Keyboard ms-settings:privacy-location Location ms-settings:lockscreen Lockscreen ms-settings:easeofaccess-magnifier Magnifier ms-settings:network-wifisettings Manage Wi-Fi Settings ms-settings:privacy-messaging Messaging ms-settings:privacy-microphone Microphone ms-settings:network-mobilehotspot Mobile hotspot ms-settings:privacy-motion Motion ms-settings:easeofaccess-mouse Mouse ms-settings:mousetouchpad Mouse & touchpad ms-settings:easeofaccess-narrator Narrator ms-settings:notifications Notifications & actions ms-settings:maps Offline maps ms-settings:optionalfeatures Optional features ms-settings:privacy-customdevices Other Devices ms-settings:easeofaccess-otheroptions Other Options (Ease of Access) ms-settings:personalization Personalization ms-settings:powersleep Power & sleep ms-settings:privacy Privacy ms-settings:proximity Proximity ms-settings:network-proxy Proxy ms-settings:privacy-radios Radios ms-settings:regionlanguage Region & language ms-settings:signinoptions Sign-in options ms-settings:speech Speech ms-settings:privacy-speechtyping Speech, inking, & typing ms-settings:personalization-start Start ms-settings:storagesense Storage Sense ms-settings://tabletmode/ Tablet mode ms-settings:themes Themes ms-settings:typing Typing ms-settings:network-vpn VPN ms-settings:network-wifi Wi-Fi ms-settings:windowsupdate Windows Update ms-settings:workplace Work access

Hope you find the list useful!

#Shortcuts

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[How To] Reset Network Settings To Default In Windows 10

There might be different network issues in Windows 10, and unless you fix them, you won’t get online. Earlier, we’ve posted about most common issues, listed here. Today, in this article, we will share you how to reset network settings to default one in Windows 10 using the Settings app. Although, it can be also done by using elevated Command Prompt as mentioned here:

Steps to reset network settings using Command Prompt

For network issues, till now, we’ve to mostly rely on Network Adapter troubleshooter. However in some exceptional cases, troubleshooter is unable to fix the issues it found. Hence to get rid of unresolved issues, Microsoft added Network reset feature in Windows 10 Version 1607 (Anniversary Update) or later. Resetting network settings will allow Windows to reinstall the network adapter(s), fix problems with their root files, eventually taking the network settings to default configuration.

So if you’ve multiple issues such as intermittent/no/limited connectivity in Windows 10, here is how do you reset network settings using Settings app:

How To Reset Network Settings To Default In Windows 10

It is highly recommended to create a System Restore point before you proceed.

1. Click on Start Button and hit Settings app icon in Start Menu. If your Start Menu isn’t working, run ms-settings: command instead.

2. In Settings app window, click Network & Internet.

3. Then in next screen, on Status section, scroll down and click Network reset link.

4. Now click on Reset button on next screen. Please note that all the current network settings, along with network related third-party programs will removed by resetting the network settings.

If you’re okay with losing current network settings and programs, click Yes, otherwise No.

Once you hit Yes, Windows will start resetting network configuration on your machine and reboot. Thus in this way, the network connectivity issues you were facing earlier should be resolved now.

That’s it!

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[FIX] The Extended Attributes Are Inconsistent Error In Windows 10

If you’re facing the issue of The extended attributes are inconsistent error in your Windows 7/8/8.1/10, this post is for you. This error might appear under these conditions

While installing new software

Opening programs such as Command Prompt, Registry Editor etc.

You perform any other operation that require user privileges

Here is the screenshot of this annoying error:

After seeing this message for the very first time, definitely you’ll reboot with a hope that it will get solved automatically, but it will NOT! If you try to run System File Checker, you simply can’t because Command Prompt won’t open. Now if you’re thinking the reinstalling Windows will fix it, wait a minute. Try below mentioned fixes, and I’ll sure you won’t need to reinstall then.

FIX : The Extended Attributes Are Inconsistent Error In Windows 10

FIX 1 – Using NETPLWIZ

1. Press + R and put netplwiz in Run dialog box. Click OK or hit Enter key.

2. In the User Accounts window so appeared, select your user account and click Properties.

3. Next, in the property sheet, switch to Group Membership tab. Select Other and in the drop-down next to it, choose your account type such as Administrator, Users etc.

Follow this process for each of the user account present on your system and make sure each account belongs to a particular group. Click Apply, OK and close User Accounts window, reboot then.

After restart, you’ll find that the problem is resolved now. If not, go ahead with FIX 2.

FIX 2 – Via Windows Default Sound Scheme

This might sound quite strange but from past experiences, users have found that if your sound scheme is not set to default, this issue may occur. Also if you’re using any third-party tool related to sound, uninstall them and make sure to set Windows sound scheme to default one:

1. Right click on sound icon in taskbar notification area and select Sounds.

2. Next, hit the drop-down against Sound Scheme and select Windows Default. Click Apply followed by OK.

If you like, you may reboot and after that, the error should no longer appear.

Hope this helps!

#Windows 10

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[FIX] DISM Error 1726, The Remote Procedure Call Failed

We all know that for most of issues in Windows, System File Checker (SFC) scan and DISM commands are the universal tools to fix. Running SFC scan will verify integrity of protected operating system files and replace damaged, incorrect versions with corresponding correct versions, wherever possible. However, if corruption of files is massive, it is beyond the scope of SFC and you need to work with DISM commands to get your system fixed.

Today, while working with DISM commands on one of my system, I found that deployment operation simply failed with error 1726, The remote procedure call failed. You can see this in below shown screenshot.

After researching a bit on this error, I found that it may occur due to following reasons:

The required service, Remote Procedure Call in this case, is disabled and not running.

Your system image has pending corruption repairs. This means if you ran a previous instance of DISM command and that operation was terminated unexpectedly.

A third-party program such as antivirus installed on your system is interrupting the DISM operation. You must disable or temporarily uninstall it and check if there are any changes in situation.

You can also follow the steps mentioned below to fix this problem.

FIX : DISM Error 1726, The Remote Procedure Call Failed In Windows 10

1. Press + R and put regedit in Run dialog box to open Registry Editor (if you’re not familiar with Registry Editor, then click here). Click OK.

2. Navigate to following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RpcSs

3. In the right pane of RpcSs registry key, look for registry DWORD (REG_DWORD) named Start which might be set to 4. Double click on this DWORD to modify its Value data:

4. Finally, set the Value data to 2 and click OK. Close Registry Editor and reboot your machine. After restart, re-try to run DISM command and it should work fine this time.

Hope this helps!

Related: [FIX] DISM Error 0x800f081f, The Source Files Could Not Be Found

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[How To] Create New Disk Partition In Windows 10

Recently, we’ve seen how to split and merge disk volumes in Windows 10 in this article:

How to split and merge disk volumes in Windows 10

In this post, we’ll see how to assign a drive letter and turn separated volume into disk partition to further use it as different drive. Then with this disk partition, you’ll be able to use it for installing another operating system (OS) and converting your system into multiple OS installation. As mentioned in above linked article, users may also use this drive for keeping less priority files or other stuff.

So here is the how-to part:

How To Create New Disk Partition In Windows 10

1. Press + R to open Run and type diskmgmt.msc in it to open Disk Management. Click OK or press Enter.

2. In the Disk Management window, right click on Unallocated labelled volume and select New Simple Volume.

3. Moving on, click Next in following window:

4. Then specify the volume you want to keep for drive partition. If you want to convert all Unallocated volume to drive partition, enter the same Simple volume size equals to Maximum disk space. Click Next.

5. On next screen, you can assign a drive letter such as E, F and so on to call drive as E: drive, F: drive respectively. Click Next.

6. Now on next screen of the wizard, type the new for drive. If your plan is to install new OS on this drive, make sure Enable file and folder compression is unchecked, else you’ll face Windows can’t be installed because This PC uses a compressed operating system error while installing Windows. Click Next.

7. Click Finish to complete the wizard.

You can spot the drive so created in Disk Management window.

So in this way, you new drive is ready to use. You can select storage settings for it under Settings app > System > Storage.

That’s it!

#Disk

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[How To] Split And Merge Disk Partitions In Windows 10

There might be many cases when you need to create, delete or modify disk partitions or volumes in Windows. Also, there are many third-party software available as well to manage the disk partitions. But in this beginner’s guide, I’ll show how to manage disk partitions simply using built-in Disk Management snap-in for Windows 10.

For the convenience of readers, this guide is divided into two parts. First section show how you split your hard-drive partition into two and assign the drive letter to newly created volume. In second part, we’ll delete the newly created volume and merge it back to original volume. So let’s get started…

FYI: You can also manage disk partitions using DISKPART command-line tool in Windows.

How To Split And Merge Disk Partitions In Windows 10

Part 1 – Split Or Separate Disk Volumes

In this first half of this guide, we’ll see how to split an existing disk volume. Let us understood this with an example. Suppose you bought a new Windows 10 PC with C: drive of around 500 GB. Obviously, Windows will be already installed on C: drive. But, there comes a point when you need to move some of your data to some other drive. Or in another case, you want to create new partition to load different operating system. Since you’ve only C: drive, you need to create a partition on this drive by splitting it into two parts. So here is what you need to do:

1. Press + R to open Run and type diskmgmt.msc in it to open Disk Management. Click OK or press Enter.

2. In Disk Management window, right click on the disk partition which you want to split, and select Shrink Volume.

3. Then in next window, type the custom size of which another partition should be created. In other words, the size you enter here will be removed from existing partition and can be later allotted to new disk partition. Click Shrink.

4. In few seconds, you’ll see the volume size you entered is removed from existing partition and is labelled as “Unallocated“.

So in this way, the C: drive is spitted into two volumes. You can follow the steps of this guide to assign a drive letter to this Unallocated volume and make a disk partition of it.

Steps to create disk partition in Windows 10

Now we’ll see, how to restore the newly created volume to pre-existing volume.

Part 2 – Merge Disk Volumes

You may need to merge volumes to keep file management simpler and easy to access. Here’s how:

1. Open Disk Management. Select the volume you want to merge and right click on it, select Delete Volume. This will simply remove the drive letter and partition formatting from it.

It will also remove if any data exists on partition. Click Yes to confirm for deleting volume.

2. Once volume is deleted, you’ll see same size of Unallocated labelled volume. Now right click the volume to which you want to merge Unallocated volume and select Extend Volume.

3. Click Next in this window:

4. Then in next screen, Windows will automatically select Unallocated labelled volume. Just confirm it with the size or enter custom one, and hit Next.

5. Then click Finish.

6. You’ll now see that the size of pre-exsiting volume is increased as Unallocated volume is merged into it.

So this is all about manipluating disk volumes in Windows 10!

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[How To] Create A System Image In Windows 10

System Image may not be a new term for many of you. It is basically a backup taken at a particular state, which contains all your PC stuff information. Just like we create System Restore point at some state, System Image also works on similar principal. Both of these recovery options can be utilized for backup purpose and are used to restore Windows to some earlier point, when your system fails in current state.

System Image is much helpful when your system hard-drive or any other hardware fails and you need to get back your machine to working state. When you create a System Image, it will include your system root drive on which Windows is installed, plus other necessary volumes such as System Reserved Partition, which may be required to function your PC correctly.

You can create a System Image in Windows 10 either using user interface (UI) or Command Prompt, both ways mentioned below.

How To Create A System Image In Windows 10

Way 1 – Using UI/Control Panel

1. Right click on Start Button and select Control Panel.

2. Next, in Control Panel window, under System and Security, select Back up and Restore (Windows 7).

3. Then click on Create a system image link in left pane on next screen.

4. This will start image creation wizard. So in the below shown window, select the image backup location. If you select a volume on same hard drive on which Windows is installed, you’ll the see a warning message saying ‘The drive selected is on the same physical disk that is being backed up…‘. When you select different drive such USB drive or any other portable hard-drive, the warning will disappear. If you select any network location here, note that previously created image will be overwritten with new one, for that option. After making location selection, click Next.

5. Then review the backup settings and the System Image‘s approximate size and click Next.

6. In few seconds, Windows will create system image and notify you:

See this fix if System Image creation fails. You can close Control Panel and return to Desktop, if you like.

Way 2 – Using Command Prompt

1. Right click on Start Button and select Command Prompt (Admin).

2. In the administrative Command Prompt window, type following and hit Enter key:

wbadmin start backup-backup target: E:-include: C:-quiet-allCritical

* Substitute C: with your system root drive and E: with backup drive/location.

In few moments, System Image will be created. You can use the created System Image under Advanced System Recovery Options, at the time of crisis such as system failure.

That’s it!

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[FIX] Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost And Microsoft.Windows.Cortana Applications Needs To Be Installed Correctly

Start Menu is one of the highlighted feature in Windows 10. The reason is that Microsoft removed Start Menu in Windows 8 and a lot of users asked the ‘Redmond software giant‘ to restore it. The company listened to their consumers and Start Menu finally returned to Windows 10. When you have problems with Start Menu, most of Windows experts will suggest you to run Start Menu troubleshooter mentioned here:

How to download and use Start Menu troubleshooter in Windows 10

However, after running troubleshooter, some of the users found that few detected issues are still present and troubleshooter is unable to fix them. Following is one of those issues:

Required applications are not installed correctly.

“Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost” and “Microsoft.Windows.Cortana” applications need to be installed correctly.

Since the issue is not fixed by troubleshooter, you need to take manual steps to fix it. But how? Well if you’ve this problem, no need to worry much! You can try these simple suggestions to easily get rid of this problem.

FIX : Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost And Microsoft.Windows.Cortana Applications Needs To Be Installed Correctly In Windows 10

FIX 1 – General Suggestions

1. Run System File Checker scan, if it fails, run DISM commands.

2. Try creating a new user account and check if Start Menu works on that account. If yes, go ahead with that account. If no, read on.

3. Since the issue is with in-built apps installation, we must give a try to re-registering all apps using step 1 & 5 mentioned here.

If the issue still persists, check advanced FIX 2.

FIX 2 – Re-register Start Menu

This problem is can be very easily solved by re-registering Start Menu. The steps do that are mentioned in our following guide:

Steps to re-register Start Menu in Windows 10

I’m quite sure, after registering Start Menu, if you re-run Start Menu troubleshooter, you’ll find that the issue no longer present.

That’s it!

#Start

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Renewed As Microsoft MVP For 4th Time!

Hey all!

Happy to inform that I got my 4th Microsoft MVP award today. This time I am renewed under Windows and Devices for IT (aka Windows IT Pro) expertise. MVP award is given to exceptional, independent community leaders who share their passion, technical expertise, and real-world knowledge of Microsoft products with others.

I am thankful to everyone involved in getting me this honor. Of course, this is another dedication to my mom! Also a huge thanks to Microsoft MVP award team, Windows product group leads, Microsoft India (Gandharv Rawat and Biplab Paul), Technet forum moderators and all my readers. Your motivation has kept me and my work alive. Will keep bringing best of me for all you guys…

Cheers!

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[How To] Create Bootable USB From Windows 10 ISO File Using Command Prompt

Recently, we’ve seen how to download latest Windows 10 ISO file in following article:

Download Latest Windows 10 ISO Files For Clean Install

In this article, we’ll learn how to make a bootable USB drive with Windows 10 ISO file you downloaded in above mentioned article. Of course, there are tons of third-party software already available in market for this purpose. But in this guide, we’ll see how to do this natively, via Command Prompt. See, it is very easy to create bootable USB using Command Prompt, the only condition is that you should have some basic knowledge of manipulating commands.

For the ease of readers, the steps mentioned below are written in descriptive mode which tells you why we’re running the particular command and what you need to substitute in your case. All you need is one USB drive of 4GB+ space and Windows 10 ISO file, that’s it! The commands will take care of everything else. Here’s how:

How To Create Bootable USB From Windows 10 ISO File Using Command Prompt

It is highly recommended to create a System Restore point before you try steps.

1. Plug in the USB drive which you want to make bootable one. Then open administrative Command Prompt.

2. Type these commands (mentioned in bold) one by one and press Enter key after each:

diskpart Opens Disk Management in command interface

list disk List all available disks on system

select disk # Replace # with your USB disk number (judge by volume)

clean Wipes the data on drive (if present)

create partition primary Creates a partition on USB drive

select partition 1 Selects Partition 1 created above

active Marks Partition 1 as active

format fs=ntfs Formats Partition 1. Use format fs=fat32 for UEFI systems

assign Assigns a drive letter to USB

exit Exists DiskPart

3. Minimize Command Prompt window and locate the Windows 10 ISO file in Windows/File Explorer. Right click on ISO file and select Mount.

This will mount the ISO file to DVD drive on your system and in this way, ISO gets a drive letter assigned. If you’ve Windows disc came with your system or bought from retailer, you can directly plug it into DVD drive and go ahead with steps mentioned below.

4. Now come back to Command Prompt window and type these commands (mentioned in bold) followed by Enter key:

I: Replace I: with DVD drive letter

cd boot Goes to I:\boot

bootsect /nt60 J: Updates bootcode on USB drive (J:)

cd\ Changes directory to I: from I:\boot

xcopy i:\*.* /s/h/f j:\ Copy all files from DVD drive (I:) to USB drive (J:)

5. The copy operation will take few minutes to complete. When it is completed (you’ll get XXX File(s) copied message), you can type exit command to close Command Prompt.

So your bootable USB drive is ready. You can go ahead and make a clean install of Windows 10 now.

FYI: You can use same steps to create bootable USB to install Windows 8.1/8/Server editions.

That’s it!

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Download Latest Windows 10 ISO Files For Clean Install

Whenever it comes to make clean install or re-installation of Windows, you would need Windows 10 ISO files. We’ve already seen the cases where Original Equipment Manufacturer‘s (OEMs) don’t provide recovery disc and users face trouble when they’ve to reinstall the operating system. With the help of official Windows 10 ISO file, it is actually quite easy to make clean install.

In this article, I’m going to provide you the ways to get the official Windows 10 ISO file. See, Microsoft provides two type of ISO files for Windows 10 users. First is the stable build ISO file, such as first Release to Manufacturing (RTM) build 10240, November Update Build 10586 (V1507) and Anniversary Update Build 14393 (V1607). While the second type is of preview build ISO file, which are offered build to build and is targeted at Windows Insiders. Way to get both type of ISO files are discussed here.

You can adopt either of the ways mentioned below to get Windows 10 latest ISO files.

# Before you download, review these points. 1 Windows 10 is free download from Microsoft but Internet downloading charges will be applied. 2 Windows 10 ISOs weighs more than 3 GB, so you should have at-least 4-5 GB free space on your hard-drive or USB. 3 Download time will depend upon your network speed. 4 Make sure you select right architecture ISO file for download. 32-bit ISO can be used to make 32-bit installation on which 64-bit programs won’t work. While on 64-bit installation, both 32-bit and 64-bit programs work. However, 64-bit installation is little bit slow as compared to 32-bit installation. 5 Direct download of Windows 10 ISO gives install.wim file under sources folder. Later, this ISO is compatible to work for DISM operations. 6 Windows 10 ISO downloaded using Media Creation Tool is compressed one. It gives install.esd file under sources folder. Hence it can’t be later used as a source in DISM operations, such as enabling .NET framework. 7 Windows 10 N and KN are special editions where ‘N’ stands for Europe and ‘KN’ for Korea. These editions comes doesn’t have media features (such as Windows Media Player, Music app etc.) pre-installed. You need to additionally buy Media Feature Pack for them. 8 Windows 10 basic editions such as Home, Single Language don’t have advanced features such as Group Policy. It’ll be best if you compare the editions first on Microsoft’s site and judge best edition for you. 9 Make sure your system meet Windows 10 required specifications. 10 Backup your data before you proceed with installation.

Download Latest Windows 10 ISO Files For Clean Install

Way 1 – Using Media Creation Tool (MCT)

1. Download MCT using following link:

DOWNLOAD LINK

2. The above mentioned download link will provide MediaCreationTool.exe file. Double click on it to start the tool. Accept the software licensing terms.

3. Then in next phase, select Create installation media for another PC option. Click Next.

4. Moving on, you can now select Language, Edition and Architecture for the Windows 10 ISO file you want. If you’re not sure about anything here, feel free to check Use the recommended options for this PC. Click Next.

5. Then you’ll be asked which media you want to use. Since we need ISO file, select that option. Click Next.

6. Now select where do you want to save the downloaded ISO file. Click Save when you’re done with your choice.

7. Finally, it should start downloading of latest Windows 10 ISO file. The time required to download depends upon strength of your Internet connection. You can minimize this window, and keep you work on. Check later to know the progress of download.

In this way, you can get Windows 10 ISO using MCT.

Way 2 – Direct Download Windows 10 ISO File

1. Open your favorite browser and click this link to visit Microsoft’s Windows 10 download page.

2. On that page, scroll down and under Select edition, choose your Windows edition. Click Confirm.

3. Next, you’ll be asked to select the language for the ISO file. Choose your language and hit Confirm.

4. This should activate the download links for ISO files. You can click on 64-bit Download or 32-bit Download button to download respective architecture ISO file. Note the these downloads link is valid for only 24 hours and they automatically expires post this time.

5. Finally, you’ll see the progress of ISO file download.

If you like, you can copy the download link and paste it in your Internet download manager tool to get faster download with pause and resume support.

Way 3 – Using MSDN Subscription

If you are MSDN subscriber, you can download the Windows 10 latest ISO file using your subscription benefit. Click here to go to subscriber downloads page to get the ISO archive.

Download Latest Windows 10 Preview ISO File

1. Click on this link to get to Microsoft’s Insider Preview ISO download page. Click Sign in and use your Microsoft Account (MSA) associated with Windows Insider program for this purpose.

2. After signing in, scroll down and select the edition of preview ISO file. Click Confirm.

3. Then select the language of ISO archive and click Confirm.

4. Finally, click on the 64-bit Download or 32-bit Download button to download respective architecture ISO file. Here also, the downloads links are valid for only 24 hours and they expire after this limit.

Windows 10 Insider Preview ISO will be downloaded within few hours/minutes depending upon your web connectivity strength.

Thus, the ways to get latest Windows 10 ISO file discussed.

1. How to make clean installation of Windows 10 using ISO file?

2. How to upgrade to Windows 10 using ISO file?

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[FIX] 'Windows Firewall Has Blocked Some Features Of This App' In Windows 10

Since Windows is the most used Desktop operating system (OS) in world, hence it is most vulnerable for security threats as well. Different kind of threats such as worms, viruses and hackers may exploit your Windows OS, if you don’t take security measures in advance. Windows Firewall is one of those security measures and this in-built app will help you to immediately block suspicious activity as soon as it is detected.

Windows Firewall is what which we’ve used since ages of Windows XP. So it is not a new term for any of us. We all know how to enable it to have best protection for our system. But in this article, we’re going to talk about Windows Firewall notifications which keeps appearing and sometimes leads to interruption. Generally, these messages asks you to allow access for a program or process but as soon as the corresponding activity goes on, the notification appears repeatedly and this draws users into frustration.

Following is the message and screenshot of that notification:

Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this app.

When you keep getting these notifications, you should try these common suggestions:

1. Boot your system in ‘Safe Mode with networking‘ and perform a system scan using anti-virus program you’ve installed.

2. Also perform a virus scan using Microsoft Safety Scanner. It is capable to work with antivirus programs.

3. Perform System File Checker scan. If it fails to fix found errors, go with DISM commands.

If the issue is still unresolved, try these fixes.

FIX : ‘Windows Firewall Has Blocked Some Features Of This App’ In Windows 10

FIX 1 – Disable Network Adapters Temporarily

In case if your system have any third-party network related programs such as Virtual Private Network (VPN) clients installed, you should uninstall them to fix this issue. Also make sure your default browser is set to Microsoft Edge. Uninstall any unnecessary extensions from other browsers too. Try these steps then:

1. Press + R to open Run, type ncpa.cpl and click OK.

2. In Network Connections window, right click on the any of the network adapter available and select Disable.

As soon as you disable the network adapter, check the status of the issue. If any of the network adapter is culprit in your case, this hit and trail solution will allow you to find it and solve this issue.

After checking all of the available network adapters on your system, if there are no changes in situation, try FIX 2.

FIX 2 – Allow The App Permanently Via Firewall

1. Press + X or right click on Start Button and select Control Panel.

2. In the Control Panel window, search for ‘firewall‘. From results, click on Allow an app through Windows Firewall link.

3. Then click on Change settings button on next screen.

4. Finally, on the next screen, scroll down and check both Private and Public options for the app for which you’re getting repeated notifications. Click OK. Close Control Panel.

This should resolve the issue completely.

That’s it!

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[FIX] Something Went Wrong, Error 0x80073CF9 For Windows 10 Store App

Everyone loves to try new apps plus update the existing ones. In Windows 10, users can updates and download new apps from Store. However, sometimes due to different causes, users may not able to get their desired app. In such cases, Windows 10 Store app gives Something went wrong message along with situation specific error code. One of the common error code many users have received is 0x80073CF9. Same error code also appears to Windows 8/8.1 users along with Something happened and this app couldn’t be installed message. But it takes same resolution, irrespective of the operating system you’re using.

In this article, we’re going to share you the possible solutions to fix this issue. Since the cause for this error may vary machine to machine, so is the fix for it. The below listed suggestions are very well tested by real-time users and they’ve already solve issue for many. So if you keep getting error 0x80073CF9, try these things to get rid of it.

FIX : Something Went Wrong, Error 0x80073CF9 For Windows 10 Store App

FIX 1 – Common Methods

1. Run DISM commands mentioned here to remove possible corruption.

2. Run in-built Windows Store Apps troubleshooter.

3. If Store gives this error for multiple apps download/update, possibly something is wrong with Store itself. In that case, feel free to re-register Store app.

4. Try creating a new user account and if re-registering Store app doesn’t helps you.

5. Sometimes, your Microsoft Account (MSA) may also cause this issue. Follow steps mentioned here to suppress this cause.

6. Trying renaming software distribution folder by stopping Windows Update. All you need to do is to execute these commands from administrative Command Prompt, one-by-one:

net stop wuauserv

rename c:\windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old

net start wuauserv

7. Reset Windows Update components manually, if you’ve this problem in parallel with Windows Update.

8. Create empty AUInstall folder if it doesn’t exists inside C:\Windows folder. Substitute C: with system root drive on your system.

FIX 2 – Advanced Approach

1. Press + R and type C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository in Run. Click OK.

*Substitute C: with your system root drive.

2. You’ll be asked to grant a permission to open the AppRepository folder. But Windows will deny permission because you’re not the owner of folder. Click on security tab link and follow steps mentioned here to take ownership of folder.

3. Now re-try to open AppRepository folder and it should open this time. Inside it, locate Packages folder and do a right click on it, select Properties.

4. Moving on, in property sheet, switch to Security tab and click Advanced.

5. Then in Advanced Security Settings window, click Add.

6. Next, in Permission Entry window, click Select a principal link. Then in Select User or Group, type ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES and click OK.

7. You’ll then able to see Basic permissions, for which, check Full Control option. Click OK and in this way Apply the change on rest of windows so opened.

Finally reboot once, and after restarting the machine, you’ll find that error no longer appears now.

Let us know if issue still persists, via your comments!

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