Upgrading Windows Pro 11 23H2 to Win 11 24H2

cmart6 · Wednesday at 12:41 PM

I use Wumgr to download monthly Windows updates on my Windows Pro 11 23H2 system, where I had been deferring upgrade to Win 11 24H2 with InControl. On 5/27/25 I set InControl to “11” & “24H2” & "TakeControl" so that Wumgr could see and download Win 11 24H2. The Wumgr download and install seemed to go well, ending with "Windows 11 24H2 completed successfully. You need to reboot."

After reboot, however, Windows still showed “Windows 11 23H2.” Wumgr Update History showed six iterations of Win 11 24H2 "In Progress." Guidance from experts would be appreciated on how to complete the Win Feature upgrade to Win 11 24H2.

Thanks,
Harmonia

Ghot · Wednesday at 1:33 PM

@cmart6

Type: winver in the Taskbar search box to double check what version you are on currently.

Megahertz · Wednesday at 2:49 PM

cmart6 said:
After reboot, however, Windows still showed “Windows 11 23H2.”

Where did you see “Windows 11 23H2.” ?

cmart6 · Wednesday at 3:57 PM

Ghot said:
@cmart6

Type: winver in the Taskbar search box to double check what version you are on currently.

Thanks for the idea. Unfortunately winver also shows Win 11 23H2.

Ghot · Wednesday at 4:11 PM

cmart6 said:
Thanks for the idea. Unfortunately winver also shows Win 11 23H2.

Get the 26100.4061 (24H2) version here...

Select language for Windows 11, version 24H2 (26100.4061) amd64

Select language for Windows 11, version 24H2 (26100.4061) amd64 on UUP dump. UUP dump lets you download Unified Update Platform files, like Windows Insider updates, directly from Windows Update.

uupdump.net

Then unzip the file you downloaded to your desktop and double click the item shown in the RED box.
This will "build" the latest 24H2 ISO image.

When it finishes (it will tell you when it's done), then use the ISO image to do an In-Place upgrade/repair...

Use Option #2, the ISO method, here...

Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade

This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything. If you need to repair or create a new recovery partition or having problems with the Windows 11 operating system on your PC, and the usual solutions will not fix it...

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cmart6 · Wednesday at 4:41 PM

Ghot, thanks for very detailed instructions. My download was 8 kb while it's supposed to be 8.88 GB so something isn't right.

Harmonia

Ghot · Wednesday at 4:43 PM

cmart6 said:
Ghot, thanks for very detailed instructions. My download was 8 kb while it's supposed to be 8.88 GB so something isn't right.

Harmonia

The download is just the tool to make the ISO image.

Then unzip the file you downloaded to your desktop and double click the item shown in the RED box.
This will "build" the latest 24H2 ISO image.

When it finishes (it will tell you when it's done), then use the ISO image it just created, to do an In-Place upgrade/repair...

Side note: Here's ten points, just for filling out your computer specs.

antspants · Wednesday at 4:50 PM

cmart6 said:
Ghot, thanks for very detailed instructions. My download was 8 kb while it's supposed to be 8.88 GB so something isn't right.

Harmonia

In Brink we trust

Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft

This tutorial will show you how to download an official Windows Server or Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO file from Microsoft. Microsoft provides ISO files for Windows Server and Windows 11 to download. You can use these ISO files to clean install or in-place upgrade Windows 11. The Flight Hub...

www.elevenforum.com

Option One: The upgrade is done via Windows Update
Option Two: The upgrade is performed with the downloaded ISO or using Installation Media

Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade

This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything. If you need to repair or create a new recovery partition or having problems with the Windows 11 operating system on your PC, and the usual solutions will not fix it...

www.elevenforum.com

cmart6 · Wednesday at 4:51 PM

OK, Gnot, I'll do that by Friday and report back. Once I have the huge unzipped file. The next step will be the over-the-top Windows repair. I have two days to pray that the the downloaded file doesn't have malware and that the in-Place upgrade/repair doesn't wipe out all my info on the system.
BTW, isn't there a safer way to create the required .iso file from a Windows download?

antspants · Wednesday at 4:57 PM

cmart6 said:
OK, Gnot, I'll do that by Friday and report back. Once I have the huge unzipped file. The next step will be the over-the-top Windows repair. I have two days to pray that the the downloaded file doesn't have malware and that the in-Place upgrade/repair doesn't wipe out all my info on the system.
BTW, isn't there a safer way to create the required .iso file from a Windows download?

If you simply take the time to read Brinks tutorials, it will be extremely easy and both your questions, all your questions get answered. That’s why Brink takes the time to make the tutorials.
It’s why we (should) link people to the tutorials

antspants · Wednesday at 5:07 PM

I’d suggest you disable or uninstall any Update Managers for the time being and simply try Windows Update, first.
There is no logical reason (I don’t think) why the message would come back as 24H2 being successful and your not being actually updated. Unless of course one of those managers have intervened.

cmart6 · Wednesday at 5:08 PM

antspants said:
In Brink we trust

Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft

This tutorial will show you how to download an official Windows Server or Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO file from Microsoft. Microsoft provides ISO files for Windows Server and Windows 11 to download. You can use these ISO files to clean install or in-place upgrade Windows 11. The Flight Hub...

www.elevenforum.com

Option One: The upgrade is done via Windows Update
Option Two: The upgrade is performed with the downloaded ISO or using Installation Media

Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade

This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything. If you need to repair or create a new recovery partition or having problems with the Windows 11 operating system on your PC, and the usual solutions will not fix it...

www.elevenforum.com

Antspants, Inplace upgrade looks like the ticket. I'll read it and report back. The hard part is to find the right file. I searched in the Windows

antspants said:
In Brink we trust

Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft

This tutorial will show you how to download an official Windows Server or Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO file from Microsoft. Microsoft provides ISO files for Windows Server and Windows 11 to download. You can use these ISO files to clean install or in-place upgrade Windows 11. The Flight Hub...

www.elevenforum.com

Option One: The upgrade is done via Windows Update
Option Two: The upgrade is performed with the downloaded ISO or using Installation Media

Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade

This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything. If you need to repair or create a new recovery partition or having problems with the Windows 11 operating system on your PC, and the usual solutions will not fix it...

www.elevenforum.com

I will go with "Repair Install of Win 11 with in-place upgrade." My problem is that with Wumgr installed, I don't think Windows Update works any longer. So I'll have to try to create a downloaded .iso file. When I searched MS Update Catalog for "Windows 11 24H2 updgrade", I didn't get anything. Harmonia

antspants · Wednesday at 5:10 PM

cmart6 said:
My problem is that with Wumgr installed, I don't think Windows Update works any longer.

It should, but have a look at my last post, you may have missed it.

antspants said:
I’d suggest you disable or uninstall any Update Managers for the time being and simply try Windows Update, first.
There is no logical reason (I don’t think) why the message would come back as 24H2 being successful and your not being actually updated. Unless of course one of those managers have intervened.

antspants · Wednesday at 5:15 PM

I just had a look at Wumgr on GitHub. That was lasted updated in 2019. Maybe it doesn’t need an update or maybe it’s being neglected.

I use WAUManager. There are others.

cmart6 · Wednesday at 8:13 PM

Antspants, thanks for the excellent ideas. I'll be following up on your suggestions tomorrow. Also great concepts from Ghot, two Win 11 Masters. I'm not confident I'll get my upgrade licked by the weekend.

Harmonia

zbook · Wednesday at 11:46 PM

1) Please run the V2 log collector and post a share link into this thread using drop box, or google drive

BSOD - Posting Instructions | Windows 11 Forum (elevenforum.com)

2) Run: upgrade_failure_info > post a share link

https://www.tenforums.com/attachmen...s-use-bsod-debugging-upgrade_failure_info.bat

Batch files for use in BSOD debugging - Windows 10 Help Forums

Batch files for use in BSOD debugging - Windows 10 Help Forums

3) Run Tuneup plus > post a share link

https://www.tenforums.com/attachmen...-files-use-bsod-debugging-tuneup_plus_log.bat

Batch files for use in BSOD debugging - Page 2 - Windows 10 Forums

Batch files for use in BSOD debugging - Windows 10 Forums

4) Open administrative command prompt and copy and paste:

fltmc

schtasks.exe /Run /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser"

reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\TargetVersionUpgradeExperienceIndicators" /s

Post a share link.

cmart6 · Thursday at 1:19 PM

Zbook, thanks for detailed instructions, which I'll use this weekend, if solutions already proposed by Antspants and Ghot don't work. I'll let you guys know by next week. As always, I deeply appreciate the high level of support provided at Windows 11 Forum.
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