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Here's a goblin. I ran the TuneUp Win 11 batch file and it took hours to run. When done, JPG files I open cannot be edited; the little wheel just spins forever. Stranger than fiction? (Apologies for the two-screen view. I can't edit the screenshot. )

What the "TuneUp Win 11 batch file"?

Dru2 said:

What the "TuneUp Win 11 batch file"?

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Attached.

The direct link (noted in the batch itself) to the TenForums thread where this batch is coming from:

I have no comment as I would never risk my PC to such a complicated repair action.
If things go wrong, I just recover the system from an older system image. That always has cured problems.
But one has to have made such images on regular bases.

PS.
And when I once did not manage to restore the image, there was a hardware failure. That I detected by several hardware testing apps on a separate DVD-like startup thumbdrive (Hirens Boot CD) in order to find out which hardware was cauing the fault (a faulty SDD system drive).

TonyCzar said:

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How do you define that as a TuneUp Win 11 Win10 batch file? Because they put the phrase Tune Up in the code?

Batch files for use in BSOD debugging​

• Part Zero Download Tips for Edge, Firefox and Chrome
• Part One Verify vertical scroll buffer (Height) is large enough
• Part Two Capture output of batch file to Clipboard
• Part Two-OneA From Command Prompt or Powershell Window
• Part Two-OneB From Notepad Window
• Part Two-Four Post captured data to your forum thread
• Part Three Index of Batch Scripts.
• Part Four Where to report problems or make suggestions.

Were you getting BSOD’s?

I’d sooner run this for a cleanup.

You can see what programs are associated with jpg.

It is possible to link the .jpg to another program if that is the only problem.

It's safer to read

A bizarre thread topic.

Maybe the script should be called "F**kUp Win 11 Batch File".

I agree with Kees about running complex scripts. Restore an image backup and think twice next time before running scripts.

@TonyCzar


Here are some tips...

1. Install Windows 11 as many times as you need, to get it right.
2. Keep the "used space" on the Windows partition... small. Say, under 50GB.
3. Install large games or large programs on a storage drive, instead of on the Windows partition.
4. This way, backups and restores will be very fast.
5. Make a full OS backup of Windows, and store it on a different drive.
6. Before making any major changes (Windows Update and new software testing included), make a fresh full OS backup.
7. If any change messes anything up... restore from a backup and try again.

Kees said:

I have no comment as I would never risk my PC to such a complicated repair action.

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Kees, you and the others are absolutely right. This is the time-wasting experiment in which I learn this lesson. I'm absolutely certain everyone on this Board has been in this position during the course of their Windows educations, and I'm going to share my current situation here just for the entertainment value.

The correct recovery method is to re-install a quality image. Due to a confluence of circumstances I don't have one.
The last few days I've been migrating my backup media from external HDDs to external SSDs (Samsung T7's). Yesterday I put an image on the SSD for this computer, placed it in my safe, then performed a low-level format of the corresponding HDD (I currently have 13 HDDs to try to sell). When I realized I'd probably performed a difficulty-reversible assault on this machine, I pulled the SSD to install the image. I noticed that the image was about 11GB when it should have been about 350GB. So no backups.

Hmmm, I need to call upon my 'inner MacGyver'! I've been in this 'yellow flag' position many times before and began to focus hard on the problem at hand., rather excited by the challenge What is my situation? High risk. It is my wife's work computer and she returns tomorrow. Fortunately, she has with her the mirrored work laptop she brings on trips, so no matter what she can continue working.

The reason for the 11GB image turns out to be a misselection of partitions chosen to include in the image; first time for that. Furthermore, this is the one computer (of six) on which OneDrive is active. Job one is to copy all the files on the still-functioning computer in several locations; that's the one impossible-to-replace asset. I now have those files copied in three different locations in addition to on the mirrored laptop and on the OneDrive cloud; just finished that now at 4am. (Who can sleep when there's such a great creative problem to solve!)

Next, do I try to repair the computer or do a fresh install? It's late and that decision can wait until tomorrow. One benefit of the fresh install would be to eliminate the HP bloatware currently on the machine. A downside is that I set up OneDrive at least five years ago and I'm not sure I can replicate that (who knows how OneDrive has changed in five years). Stay tuned for tomorrow. Same Bat-time; same Bat-channel!

Important note: I am not asking for advice, although I'll always listen to it. I am not desperate. My situation is solvable and I'll learn through the process of solving it. This novel is for your entertainment only.

Stop with the pitchforks. While the script belongs to another toolkit, it doesn't do anything the rest of you hand out as ready advice to newcomers.
Other than checking some settings, it runs:

Yes, it takes forever to run. But it's no worse than half of the "clean up" scripts posted on this forum.

Dru2 said:

What the "TuneUp Win 11 batch file"?

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TonyCzar said:

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That doesn't answer my question. And I don't open files I'm not familiar with.

Dru2 said:

And I don't open files I'm not familiar with.

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I don't open them too except one filetype: .txt files.
When opened in a pure text editor like the old Windows XP notepad (that I always use for not known files) that filetype does no harm whatsoever, even when it's a binary file!
Unless it is in this form: text.txt.com (or text.txt.exe) and the maker hopes in my system the extension is hidden. Which is one of the first things I always do after installing Windows: unhide extensions.

Kees said:

I don't open them too except one filetype: .txt files.
When opened in a pure text editor like the old Windows XP notepad (that I always use for not known files) that filetype does no harm whatsoever, even when it's a binary file!
Unless it is in this form: text.txt.com (or text.txt.exe) and the maker hopes in my system the extension is hidden. Which is one of the first things I always do after installing Windows: unhide extensions.

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I hear you.... but your comfort is not mine. Again, I don't open unknown files. And especially here given the OP's reporting.

Thanks.

garlin said:

Stop with the pitchforks. While the script belongs to another toolkit, it doesn't do anything the rest of you hand out as ready advice to newcomers.
Other than checking some settings, it runs:
sfc /scannow
dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
sfc /scannow
chkdsk /scan

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The above codes are all one needs. The rest are pointless unless used for their intended task.
I believe members have a responsibility to warn people about running scripts that they don’t understand and that are totally unnecessary. I don’t believe this script is an exception.

My pitch fork has barbs on it. I am confronted by a lot of Frankenstein types (computer nerds bearing scripts) when out grocery shopping. I don’t leave home without it.

I’m sure the script is great when warranted.

Gratified I can elicit such intellectual engagement. A tempest in a text file!

UPDATE: I ended up bring the desktop to my computer guy (no names for his personal safety), who transferred everything from the sync'ed laptop to the desktop. It runs. There are some anomalies that I am working through one-by-one beginning here.