We can force Windows 10 setup to install our desired edition of Windows 10 by adding a new file “ ei.cfg” in Windows 10 setup ISO image. NOTE: Please keep in mind if you have product key of core or Home edition of Windows 7/8/8.1 and you previously activated Windows 10 core edition in your computer and now you try to install Pro edition of Windows 10, it’ll not activate after installation as your computer’s hardware ID is associated with Windows 10 core (Home) edition. The solution would be forcing Windows 10 setup to provide selection screen so that we can choose between Core (Home) or Pro editions of Windows 10 or forcing Windows 10 to automatically install Pro edition in our computer. One more thing! If your computer originally came with core or home edition of Windows 7/8/8.1 and you forcefully upgraded it to Windows 10 Pro edition when Windows 10 RTM released and now you try to clean install Windows 10 newer version, it’ll still install Windows 10 core (Home) edition as it’ll detect the product key stored in BIOS which is obviously associated with core or home edition of previous Windows version. For example, if you had Windows 7 Home or Windows 8/8.1 core edition installed in your computer previously, Windows 10 setup will automatically install Windows 10 core (Home) edition in your computer. Related: Convert Windows 10 Home Edition into Pro Without Reinstalling PROBLEM REASON:Īctually Windows 10 setup automatically detects the edition type of previously installed Windows version in your computer and then it installs the corresponding edition of Windows 10.

In fact Windows 10 setup should ask users to select the edition type (Home, Single Language, Education, Pro, etc) at the installation time as shown in following screenshot:īut when a user is trying to clean install Windows 10, he is unable to select edition type at the time of installation. Windows 10 setup automatically installs Windows 10 core (or Home) edition in their computer without giving any choice to choose between Home or Pro editions. Related: Download Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 Offline ISO Filesīut many people are reporting an issue where they can’t select which Windows 10 edition they want to install during clean installation. Many people like me prefer to perform clean install of new Windows versions so that we can get a fresh Windows install and user experience without any glitched and leftover files, etc. Let’s talk about clean installation of Windows 10. Today we are going to address another annoying problem which many users are facing while installing Windows 10 operating system in their computers.

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