Solved Windows reset preserving everything (app+their settings + user data + windows settings )


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Hi,
i read an article claiming that it is possible to make a windows reset keeping all apps with their settings , all user data and windows settings.
I searched in this forum which i think is quite reputable but i didnt find something relevant except the tutorial of windows reset which preserves only the user data.

The article i speak of is a tutorial on how to do what i say in the title, and it is written in a reputable Greek site which has to do with tech. (If this is considered an advertisement this is not at all my intension, so please remove the link or/and the post).

If this is true , it is like a dream because i often break my windows11 installation one way or another (probably i tweak them more than my experience). For example right now settings is not opening :) (i have figure out how to repair it)
Unfortunately the article is written in Greek. I write below a part of the article of what this tutorial does translated in English:
Thus, all our personal files, installed applications and system settings remain untouched. This means that we won't need to reconfigure apps and settings after the in-place upgrade is complete, as it doesn't overwrite anything other than Windows files.
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But how come there is not a similar tutorial in eleven forum for such a handy case?
I would like your opinion if this article is correct because i am thinking to follow it.
Thank you for your time reading this.
 

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the_observer said:
how come there is not a similar tutorial in eleven forum
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There is....

www.elevenforum.com

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 www.elevenforum.com
 

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Thank you so much mate.
I searched tutorials index page with Ctrl-F and "repair" as keyword, yet i managed to miss this. Great!
 

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