Can't update window to window 20h2

Anonymous
2021-01-25T08:25:55+00:00

as i said can't update window to window 20h2 keep saying (VirtualBox uninstall this app now because it isn't compatible with window 10)

so my installing bar is stuck in 14%, tried to search the virtualbox but can't find it in apps and programs.

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Anonymous
2021-03-08T07:20:29+00:00

Hello,

I had the same problem searching around for days.

The cause was NOT a installed / uninstalled Virtualbox BUT a portable one on the filesystem :-(

In my case i opened C:$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther{RANDOMSTRING}_APPRAISER_HumanReadable.xml

and search for 'T_ANY_FMC_BlockingApplication" Value="TRUE"'

which found:

<Property Name="LowerCaseLongPathUnexpanded" Value="%programfiles(x86)%\linuxlive usb creator\tools\virtualbox\portable-virtualbox\app64\virtualbox.exe" Ordinal="1" />

Removing this files let me install 20H2.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-04-04T08:51:23+00:00

    Thank you so much.... Looking at the "HumanReadable" file help a lot.

    For me it wasn't a linuxlive it was that when I updated Virtualbox I would make a backup of the program folder to the same folder. Once I moved them out the update was able to continued.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-03-30T08:31:26+00:00

    That works for me, many many thanks !

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-03-22T17:24:25+00:00

    This did it for me. Deleting LDPlayer allowed update to continue, Thank you sir!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-03-22T14:31:11+00:00

    HI all .Quite frustrating but i solved the problem like this.  

    VIrtualBox prevented the update.  Could it be the case????????

    I downloaded from the lower link  the zip file ( mentioned in other replies )

    https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/uninstall\_this\_app\_now\_powershell\_script.html

    I run the appraiser.bat as ADMIN and it run PSI script that came along in the zip file and although it didn't work because of  null path  it helped me quite a lot.

    I went to C:$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources myself and i found the files that were mentioned ending in *_APPRAISER_HumanReadable.xml.

    The "BLOCKING APPLICATION" was in specific flles     bla_bla_bla_APPRAISER_HumanReadable.xml and and also mentioned a line .

    I opened the files with notepad++ and i went at their  specific problematic  line (ie 155521 for one 157443 for the other ,  e.t.c  ) i saw  something like 

    <Property Name="DT_ANY_FMC_BlockingApplication" Value="TRUE" Ordinal="1" />  

    Some people commented to find such a line putting in the search box of notepad    " DT_ANY_FMC_BlockingApplication"   and change the Value from FALSE to TRUE. Weird . Mine was already  TRUE !!!!  All lines in all files !! ( 6 files in my case) 

    I never believed that VIrtualBox was the problem because is a MAJOR application for us all. Also some people never had it installed~!

    So i just scrolled down  a little from the problematic line to see if i could see what the problematic applicaition was 

    And voila !!!!

    after 20 lines in ALL files i found the Problematic application.

    For me i saw this in all files

    <Property Name="LowerCaseLongPathUnexpanded" Value="\liberkey\myapps\linuxlive usb creator 2.9.4\tools\virtualbox\portable-virtualbox\app64\virtualbox.exe" Ordinal="1" />

    In my liberkey i had USB creator   from here https://www.pendrivelinux.com/tag/portable-virtualbox/   .

    I simply Uninstalled the USB creator along with the folder and OF COURSE kept the original virtualbox app from ORACLE.

    Desktop and laptop pc's updated like a charm !

    In conclusion find the files , and  the specific line that are  mentioned in PS1 script , scroll a little and find the problematic file. 

    Delete or uninstall and that's it .

    I hope that helps 

    Cheers

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