To extend the time to roll back to a prior version of Windows 10 or 11 follow the guidance below:
You CAN extend this to 60 day roll back window by performing the following:
- In the search box, type in cmd.
- In the resulting “best match” screen, right mouse click on the application and click on run as administrator
- From that administrative command prompt, type the following command, choosing any number between 1 and 60 after the Value parameter:
- DISM /Online /Set-OSUninstallWindow /Value:60
Note if you get the message “Error: 1168 Element not found. The DISM log file can be found at C:\WINDOWS\Logs\DISM\dism.log” you can use the registry key method to extend the rollback period.
The registry key method can be downloaded from this link:
The downloaded file will enter the following key into your registry which will extend the rollback period to 60 days.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup]
“UninstallWindow”=dword:0000003c
Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
