• How to run the “Windows 10 compatibility checker” without GWX?

    Posted on July 4, 2016 at 07:02 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Interesting question from SC – and I haven’t found an answer:

    Is there any way of running the Win10 Compatibility Checker without turning on the Get Windows 10 nag stuff?

    As many of you know, the “Get Windows 10” subsystem includes a program that checks the current PC to see if there are any compatibility problems with upgrading to Windows 10. The so-called Windows 10 Compatibility Checker can be run manually, without installing GWX/KB 3035583, by starting an elevated command prompt, then running this command:

    schtasks.exe /Run /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser"

    SC was able to run the command successfully – but now that he’s run it, is there any way to interpret the results without installing GWX?

    At this point, the best advice I have is to install KB 3035583, hold your nose, run the schtasks.exe command, use GWX to look at the results, then run GWX Control Panel real quick.

    Which is a first-class kludge. Is there a better way?

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