I thought I broke something some how but I looked in the reliability monitor thing, and found Adobe had installed an 'Adobe Refresh Manager', couldn't find any info on that from Adobe but it seemed official (given it was an actual program by them. I already had Adobe Reader at the latest version for a few days now).
This tutorial is to allow you to be able to do a refresh or reset without having to connect your Windows 8 installation media. It basically creates an image of your installation file on the hard drive to be use instead.
How to Refresh Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 This will show you how to use a new feature in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 to refresh your PC to keep all personal data, Metro style apps, and important settings from the PC, and reinstall Windows. If a recovery image provided by your PC's manufacturer is...
After resetting, I am unable to reset or refresh after booting to any media, unless i boot into windows and restart in advanced start up (ie recovery environment).
Solved - Cannot refresh or reset 8.1 | Windows 8 Help Forums
How to Update or Refresh Windows Experience Index (WEI) Score in Windows 8 and 8.1 The Windows Experience Index (WEI) measures the capability of your computer's hardware and software configuration and expresses this measurement as a number called a base score. A higher base score generally...
Windows Experience Index - Update or Refresh WEI Score in Windows 8
Refresh your PC—Attempts to solve system problems by replacing system files without affecting user files (similar to what a repair install does WRT to system files at least under earlier Win versions). User files still should be backed up. Installed programs will have to be reinstalled except those from the Windows Store.
What exactly does "Refresh your PC" do? - Windows 8 Help Forums
Does that make sense? Many of these terms are interchangable with other functions so it can be difficult to phrase my question properly. I just don't want the file I renamed in File Explorer window to change order until I hit Refresh.
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- After setting your symbol path, use .reload to refresh symbol locations. * **************************************************************************** Executable search path is: ********************************************************************* * Symbols can not be loaded because symbol path is not initialized. * * *
A refresh will keep all you personal data, modern Store apps, important settings from the PC, and reinstall Windows. A refresh will not keep any installed desktop programs.
The only reason I had this problem because I believed what windows says about doing a refresh. It saves files in your document and any original window or approved 3rd party programs.