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Questions tagged [windows-10-v1709]

For questions about the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (Version 1709 - Build 16299). Use [windows-10] for questions not specific to a particular release of Windows 10.

For questions about the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (Version 1709 - Build 16299.x). Use [windows-10] for questions not specific to a particular release of Windows 10.

This update was released on 17th October 2017 on Windows Update as free update for Windows 10 users.

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Is there a way of installing Ubuntu (Windows Subsystem for Linux) on Win10 (v1709) without using the Store?

The Microsoft Store app is disabled by Group Policy by my university. I have administrator rights on my computer and I was wondering if there was a way of installing Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) directly? Or maybe via Chocolatey or some other…
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WSL Bash doesn't start

I have been using Windows 10's Windows Subsystem for Linux bash (Ubuntu via Microsoft Store) in the last few weeks, no problem, awesome feature, couldn't be happier. But today it suddenly stopped working. Typing bash just does nothing on the command…
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Save a Theme error message on windows 10

This is the second time in a month or so I've had this happen, and out of nowhere it pops up. Googling gets me no proper answer answer. On Microsoft Answers, I've found that many users have had this issue, but not sure if they were all on Windows…
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After Windows 10 Fall Creators Update recent used app will launch on startup

I just updated Windows 10 to Fall Creators Update and since then I have 'unwanted' behavior. If I leave open Chrome or any application when shutting down the PC, next time I boot up the system Windows will open the same Chrome tab/page and…
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Per app input language Windows 10

I've set up so that Windows remembers my input language preference for each app, it works really well (US-English as default with Swedish for some apps) until I close the apps/restart the OS, then it forgets and reverts back to English again. Is…
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Power plans disappeared after Windows 10 Fall update (1709)

UPDATE: I went back to 1703. See source: New power options in Windows 10 Listing power plans using powercfg shows only the Balanced one. And that's the registry situation: And the power schemes, which seems fine: What happend here?
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UWP icons are missing

I noticed that Micrsoft Edge was missing the taskbar icon, and then noticed all UWP apps are missing their icons. You can see this clearly in this screenshot of the lock screen settings: Things tried: Tried repairing Windows using DISM.exe /Online…
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IIS 10 - Cannot read \\?\ configuration file

Everything worked correctly on my IIS, but I installed Windows Fall Creators Update and everything stopped working. I get an 503 - Service Unavailable error on every app and page inside my AppPool I visit. I've checked the Windows event viewer and…
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After Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, a svchost.exe instance is constantly using CPU time

Since installing the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, I have a svchost.exe process that is constantly using about 14​ % of CPU time: This svchost.exe instance is responsible for hosting three services: The CPU time is consumed by a thread inside…
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Windows 10 removed the option to "Set this program as default"

Recently, my Windows 10 installation has changed. When I want to set defaults by app, the interface went from this: To this: The new way only allows me to click Manage and then manually select the program I want to use for each file type…
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Can I move the C:\Users folder to D:\ drive?

Basically, the problem goes like this: I own a Windows 10 PC with 32 GB EMMC storage which caters to my need of sending mails, doing basic typing etc. There is a slot to insert a MicroSD card (D:\) and I use a 128GB card in there to store files. I…
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Windows 10 lock screen background different on startup

Ever since updating to 1709 (also known as the Fall Creators Update), Windows doesn't show my selected lock screen background when I start up my computer. It shows the default image. But when I go to look at the setting, the image I want is still…
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New Skype (v8.x) setup forces installing Skype from Windows Store

I have just attempted to install Skype v8.12.0.2 on one of my network user's laptops (running Windows 10 Enterprise x64 build 1709) using the standalone/offline installer. Running as admin, the installer loads then brings up message box stating…
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After upgrade to Fall Creators Update, computer wakes after 6 hours 28 minutes when in hibernate

After I updated to Fall Creators Update (version 1709), my computer wakes up at around 4am every day from hibernate. I did the following: Checked that maintenance disabled (and anyway time for maintenance is 11am). Checked that Allow wake times is…
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Failed to update to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) from ver 1703

I have been trying to update to Windows 10 Fall Creators update (ver-1709) using the windows update option in settings. After waiting for an hour or so to prepare, download and install the update, it fails with the following error. Feature update…
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