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Can't upgrade to Windows 10, despite all files being there
So, I have a 2012 Dell Inspiron laptop that is running Windows 7 SP 1.
I wanted to try and upgrade it to Windows 10 so I could test it out (before doing so on my desktop, since this laptop is one I keep around for "experiments"). Problem is, despite the fact that the Windows 10 upgrade agent seems to have downloaded via Windows Update (the files are there in the GWX folder in System32), I cannot upgrade.
There's no icon in the taskbar, various "fixes" I've tried to get the icon to show up haven't shown up. Running the upgrade files with Command Prompt hasn't worked either.
So what's going on? I hadn't actually turned on the laptop since April until now. Did I wait too long to download the upgrade agent?