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Thursday, August 10, 2017 8:45 AM
On this computer it has windows 10 version 1607 and it cannot upgrade to windows 1703 due to inadequate free space in the reserved partition.
There is a Microsoft link that has explorer.exe commands to free up space in the reserved partition by removing languages and fonts.
- Search for cmd. Press-and-hold or right-click on Command Prompt in the results, and select Run as administrator.
- At the command prompt, type mountvol y: /s and then hit Enter. This will add the Y: drive letter in order to access the System Partition.
- Type taskkill /im explorer.exe /f and press Enter. Then type explorer.exe and press Enter to restart explorer in Admin mode.
Note While in this mode, some apps (such as OneNote) will not run. - Open File Explorer and put Y:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\in the address bar and press enter.
- Select the language folders you want to remove and permanently delete them. They will be indicated by a set of four letters, split with hyphen. For example, en-US means U.S. English; de-DE means German.
- Optional: Remove unused font files at Y:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Fonts.
- After removing the files, reboot the device. This will remove the drive letter, and return explorer.exe to a normal mode.
How can a manual uninstall using control panel be used to uninstall languages and fonts instead of the above commands?
If you uninstall fonts how do you find a source to reinstall them (keep track of what was uninstalled and installed)?
Same for languages.