Question Can you revert back to windows 10?

[tomseurocat]

I have Windows 11 OS on my machine now and need to be able to run a program using W10. What would be the easiest way to accomplish this without having to just wipe the W11 OS and reinstall W10 on the PC?

 

[helpstar]

if you updated to windows 11 and windows 11 is running only a view days, you can rollback (10days max.): (you will have to reinstall some programs and apps afterwards, important files should be backed up before )

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prvt4iAp6J8



if windows 11 is used for more than 10days, rollback won´t work anymore and you will have to reinstall win10 freshly. Backup all data you don´t wanna lose before doing so.

 

[helpstar]

Other than that, which software doesn´t work with win11?
There shouldn´t be a difference and it should work in win11 as well

 

[tomseurocat]

Just gathering information on whether it can be done. Currently I'm modding Madden 24 and can't get the Frosty program to open correctly. Others that are doing this modding successfully have W10 machines and those of us that have W11 PC's are having issues launching the game via the Frosty program, which you have to do in order to test or use any of the mods.

 

[USAFRet]

I have Windows 11 OS on my machine now and need to be able to run a program using W10. What would be the easiest way to accomplish this without having to just wipe the W11 OS and reinstall W10 on the PC?

Did it come with Win 11 originally?
If so, there is no "back", without a full reinstall.

If it came with 10 and you recently upgraded it to 11, there is a very short window of time where you can go back.

 

[punkncat]

To be fair I haven't actually tried "compatibility mode" since moving to W11.

"Run programs made for earlier versions of Windows" comes up when I search for the above. Right click and run the compatibility from elevated command and see if the program/app will work correctly. It should.

 

[USAFRet]

Another alternative would be running Win 10 in a VM.
Game performance won't be great, but it will run. Test your mods, etc.

 

[tomseurocat]

What would you suggest? Is it better to do a VM or dual boot? I just need to test and see if W10 is the answer to the program actually opening. If I find out that W10 is the answer I can go from there.
If the answer is VM, do you have any suggestions for free software since this is only a test?

 

[USAFRet]

What would you suggest? Is it better to do a VM or dual boot? I just need to test and see if W10 is the answer to the program actually opening. If I find out that W10 is the answer I can go from there.
If the answer is VM, do you have any suggestions for free software since this is only a test?

A VM is dead easy, no new drive or dualboot needed.

I use VirtualBox for this.

Oracle VirtualBox

www.virtualbox.org

And if things go wrong, it is easy to blow away a VM instance and recreate.

 

[Misgar]

I run Windows 11 as a Virtual Machine under Hyper-V in Windows 10 Professional.

I can run most programs in the Win 11 VM, apart from apps that need direct access the the GPU hardware. Some programs don't like the Virtual graphics array presented by Hyper-V.

The same limitation might be true of Frosty if it needs direct access to the GPU.

I downgraded a brand new laptop which I purchased on the understanding it came with Windows 10, but when I finally managed to set it up without using a Microsoft Account (I prefer Local Accounts), I discovered it was running Windows 11.

After getting a partial refund of $100 because the laptop was not as advertised, I wiped 11 and installed 10. The basic Win 10 installation took about 30 minutes, plus 5 or 6 hours to install all my favourite programs.

 

[Joseph_138]

I run Windows 11 as a Virtual Machine under Hyper-V in Windows 10 Professional.

I can run most programs in the Win 11 VM, apart from apps that need direct access the the GPU hardware. Some programs don't like the Virtual graphics array presented by Hyper-V.

The same limitation might be true of Frosty if it needs direct access to the GPU.

I downgraded a brand new laptop which I purchased on the understanding it came with Windows 10, but when I finally managed to set it up without using a Microsoft Account (I prefer Local Accounts), I discovered it was running Windows 11.

After getting a partial refund of $100 because the laptop was not as advertised, I wiped 11 and installed 10. The basic Win 10 installation took about 30 minutes, plus 5 or 6 hours to install all my favourite programs.

I hope you understand that since you replaced the Windows that the laptop came with, you might have a hard time getting customer service to help you if you have a problem with it. When they run your serial number, and pull up the specs, they will see that your laptop came with Windows 11 pre-installed, and that is all they will help you with. They won't help you with any other OS installed, because CS agents work from a script of possible issues, and that script is going to be centered around Windows 11, not Windows 10. Tech support are not IT professionals. They are like politicians or news readers reading from a teleprompter. If it's not on the script they are reading from, they won't be able to help you. Also, if you try RMA'ing it for any kind of warranty service in the future, and they see that the wrong version of Windows is installed, they could refuse to service it because it's been modified. If they do provide service, they will most likely restore it to factory condition, which means it will have Windows 11 on it again, when you get it back.