Alex ([personal profile] pytyev) wrote2023-11-28 01:52 pm

A new features discovered after upgrading home computers to Windows 11

When moving my data and software from disk C to disk D, the task which has been consuming quite some time, I found two options I hadn't noticed before.
  1. To move data (including metadata), one has to move all of the folders under %HOMEPATH% (the user's home directory) to another location, one by one
  2. To move binaries, one might consider package managers, such as winget, scoop, or chocolatey (non-admin option, gonna be default for me)
However, even automated scenarios, e.g. based on PowerShell (which might look cross-platform, but still is not) are rather tricky. Nevertheless, let's try upgrading PowerShell:
  • winget list --id Microsoft.Powershell
  • winget upgrade --id Microsoft.Powershell
Oops:
A newer version was found, but the install technology is different from the current version installed. Please uninstall the package and install the newer version.

Here's my story:
  1. The beginning: upgrading Windows 10 to 11

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