Windows Ten won't update due to "incompatible applications". How do I find these? Error code is Oxc1900208 Moved from ( Internet Explorer / Internet Explorer 9 / Other/Unknown )

Hello Linda, Before you can upgrade to the latest version of Windows, Setup performs a compatibility check to make sure you don’t have any apps installed that are known to be incompatible with that version of Windows. If you are blocked by an app you don’t appear to have installed, it is likely that the compatibility checker is detecting a file associated with the app, rather than the app itself. You will need to delete the file it is detecting before you can install the upgrade. You can determine which file is triggering the block by examining a hidden log file. To do this, follow these steps: Open File explorer and click the View tab. Make sure the check box for Hidden items is selected. Select This PC , and type *_APPRAISER_HumanReadable.xml in the search box and search the PC for file names that end with this term. Right click the file that ends with _APPRAISER_HumanReadable.xml and open the file with Notepad. Press CTRL + F and search for DT_ANY_FMC_BlockingApplication . Look for the value, it should be True. Press CTRL + F and search for LowerCaseLongPathUnexpanded . The value contains the file path of the program that should be removed or transferred to another drive. (It should be located approximately 28 lines under the DT_ANY_FMC_BlockingApplication ). Make note of the file path listed in the value for LowerCaseLongPathUnexpanded. You can select the file path and copy it to the Notepad by pressing CTRL + C. Navigate to the file path’s location in File Explorer. (Click in File Explorer’s address bar and press CTRL + V to paste the file path you copied earlier.) Once you’ve located the blocking.exe file, transfer the file to another drive or Delete the file. You may also download run this batch file to automatically perform the steps above: https://aka.ms/AppRPS (You should be prompted to download a zip file named AppRPS.zip) Once the blocking file is moved or deleted, try installing the Windows 10 upgrade again, or return to the Windows 10 Upgrade Assistant and select the Refresh button. If you need further assistance, please do not hesitate to post a reply.

I downloaded the zip file and clicked run and it took me to an editor page. How do I remove the listed file(s)?

cannot make step 7 work. When I put in the information, I am taken to a listing of web sites. You are using File Explorer (aka Windows Explorer) & not Internet Explorer? Only a browser would give you a list of websites. What is the file path of the offending file?

Hello Gino, Your instructions are great. I am able to follow it through step 6 but cannot make step 7 work. When I put in the information, I am taken to a listing of web sites. Can you explain to a novice like me how to make step 7 work? P. S., I have a Toshiba and am getting the RAID Drive error when updating Win 10 to the 1803 version. I removed 2 Krn files and then followed your instructions verbatium and found the file but could not finish the process. Thank you.

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Hello Linda,

Before you can upgrade to the latest version of Windows, Setup performs a compatibility check to make sure you don’t have any apps installed that are known to be incompatible with that version of Windows.

If you are blocked by an app you don’t appear to have installed, it is likely that the compatibility checker is detecting a file associated with the app, rather than the app itself. You will need to delete the file it is detecting before you can install the upgrade. You can determine which file is triggering the block by examining a hidden log file. To do this, follow these steps:

Open File explorer and click the View tab. Make sure the check box for Hidden items is selected.
Select This PC, and type *_APPRAISER_HumanReadable.xml in the search box and search the PC for file names that end with this term.
Right click the file that ends with _APPRAISER_HumanReadable.xml and open the file with Notepad.
Press CTRL + F and search for DT_ANY_FMC_BlockingApplication. Look for the value, it should be True.
Press CTRL + F and search for LowerCaseLongPathUnexpanded. The value contains the file path of the program that should be removed or transferred to another drive. (It should be located approximately 28 lines under the DT_ANY_FMC_BlockingApplication).
Make note of the file path listed in the value for LowerCaseLongPathUnexpanded. You can select the file path and copy it to the Notepad by pressing CTRL + C.
Navigate to the file path’s location in File Explorer. (Click in File Explorer’s address bar and press CTRL + V to paste the file path you copied earlier.)
Once you’ve located the blocking.exe file, transfer the file to another drive or Delete the file.

You may also download run this batch file to automatically perform the steps above: https://aka.ms/AppRPS (You should be prompted to download a zip file named AppRPS.zip)

Once the blocking file is moved or deleted, try installing the Windows 10 upgrade again, or return to the Windows 10 Upgrade Assistant and select the Refresh button.

If you need further assistance, please do not hesitate to post a reply.

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Anonymous

There's no screenshot provided below. Let us first perform the troubleshooting steps that I have provided on my previous post. You may also check the thread that has a resolution provided by Andre Da Costa and other communities.

Let us know how it turns out.

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