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Dundalis:

--- Quote from: Boggin on June 14, 2017, 12:50:58 am ---I'd try the repair install first.

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Ok whats the difference between that and the in place upgrade?

Boggin:
Nothing - the in place upgrade is just a posh name for a repair install :)

Dundalis:

--- Quote from: Boggin on June 14, 2017, 04:58:02 am ---Nothing - the in place upgrade is just a posh name for a repair install :)

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Ok. Well some stuff happened, one being a Windows update just dropped from Microsoft, I thought it would fail horribly or something, but not only did it not fail horribly, it actually fixed the start bar somehow, so it started working. None of the Microsoft apps worked however, but then when trying to download an app fixer from the microsoft website it wouldn't analyse the Windows apps because apparently I wasn't logged in with a Microsoft account, which I already had. So I used another profile attached to the Microsoft account, and all the apps seem to work with that account. Have to reinstate a whole bunch of things, and had to add user permissions to some folders, but otherwise most everything I use seems to work. Hopefully there's no more issues and I never need to touch any damn permissions again. Thanks for the assistance in any case.

Boggin:
I had my doubts that a repair install may not have resolved as it tends not to change some settings, although it would be easier to try than a clean install but it's something I never play around with.

I once did it to resolve an Event Viewer DCOM 10016 error but you just get them back after a repair install, so now I just ignore them, given the average user wouldn't see them anyway.

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