Windows 10 on Remko's Blog

Case of the Crashing Task Scheduler

Thu, 18 Jan 2018 14:56:23 +0000

Recently I installed a new Windows 10 machine (version 1709 aka Fall Creators Update).

After a while I noticed a problem with the Task Scheduler: when I wanted to open the “Schedule Tasks” option from settings I received the following error message:

The Task Scheduler MMC snapin was empty:

How to remove Windows.old folder

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 13:00:14 +0000

Just a very quick note here (mostly a note to self) but I had a couple of folder from previous Windows 10 installations named Windows.old Windows.old(1), Windows.old(2) etc.

These folders should be removed when you use Disk Cleanup and select the “Remove previous Windows Installation(s)” option.

Get Windows 10 Version Number with PowerShell

Tue, 04 Apr 2017 16:54:02 +0000

As you may heard, the API’s returning the Operating System version have changed, started with Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2.

The reason for this change is Application Compatibility but let’s take a little closer look into this why.

As an application developer there may be a need to check the version of the OS you’re running on. A typical example is when you are using an API that only works on a specific Windows version (and up). Or the other round, you’re not supporting an older version of Windows (say Windows XP as an example).

A common error in such version checks is to check for a specific Windows version but forget to take new (not yet released) versions into account.