I believe you underestimate the power of the 'average' user (depending on where and what you average) and/or their knowing someone with more skill than themselves they trust to help. Many people use Google searches (Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, etc.) every day.
I will concede that users who may find the removal of the games an absolute deal breaker for the free upgrade to the newer OS with at least 5 years longer support (2020 January ends Windows 7 support) might need or at least desire the latter (re:knowing/trusting
someone else to do it for them) as opposed to anything else... But if they made it here to complain, it seems like it would be possible to me.
The process ended up being fairly straightforward, if you were willing to trust some third-party modifications. If you are not, yes, you need to have a little bit of skill. Or, you need to trust that some third-party modified whatever you download without
any additional baggage added. Risky.
I did all three ways. Worked okay. Didn't think it was really necessary, but, each their own.
I did not double check if the Windows.OLD folder might have what was needed. I have to assume 'yes' since it is what rolls you back to the old OS, so if you can rollback, you probably still have on the same computer all that you need. Maybe I'll try that,
post the results.
Cannot post instructions, against house rules. However, just following instructions that were put out for Windows 8/8.1 and 10 freely available on the Internet anyway.