Open a Command Prompt > Enter systeminfo | findstr /C:"OS" (no space between : and ").Open a Run prompt (Windows key + R) > Enter winver.Right click Start > System > Scroll down to Windows specifications.Here are some ways to check your Windows version, and here's Windows 10's release history via Microsoft and Wikipedia, so you can compare your build number.
The refresh options aren't entirely the same between builds: Windows 8, Windows 10 Anniversary Update and the Creators Update, so the level of functionality will vary with the version of Windows you're using. (You can skip this section to get right to resetting Windows) Stuff to Know: Windows Backup, Recovery and Version ID Reset this PC has gone through a few changes over the last few versions of Windows, but the core feature remains mostly the same across the board: you launch the tool and after a few prompts/loading screens you're booted back into a fresh copy of Windows with your user settings and files preserved from the previous installation. In our tests we were able to launch some of our old programs from Windows.old, which gives a little extra confidence until you decide it's time to clean everything up for good. However do note, your installed programs will be gone (OEM and otherwise).Īlong with saving and restoring your core data, the utility creates a Windows.old folder of your previous installation, so you can retrieve something if necessary. The option is called "Reset this PC" which will boot you into a fresh installation of Windows while preserving your documents/files.
If you've been thinking about reinstalling Windows 10 because of stability issues, malware infections, software bloat or some other issue with your system, it may come as great news that Microsoft has built in a simple method of reinstalling the operating system without deleting your user settings or data and without necessarily going through the full process of creating a bootable disk or drive.
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