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Kjell Inge's avatar
Kjell Inge
Copper Contributor
Oct 30, 2017

:( Linking an account in this page is broken!

I had to change to another account also enabled for Insider builds, but I ended up with a client that is stuck at this status when selecting "Windows InsiderProgram":

 Linking an account in this page is broken! As a workaround run "Command Prompt" as admin and execute: "REG DELETE HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\Account /va /f".

 

The BIG issue is that this suggestion have absolutely NO effect!

  • Dennis Pearce's avatar
    Dennis Pearce
    Copper Contributor

    The trick is to run the command prompt as an "admin" and then typing REG DELETE HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\Account /va /f  and entering it, this solves the problem.

  • The original suggestion fixed the problem for me as well - the dism command didn't work though, threw an error message. 

     

    C:\WINDOWS\system32>dism /online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:OneCoreUAP.OneSync~~~~0.0.1.0
    Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
    Version: 10.0.17025.1000
    Image Version: 10.0.17025.1000

    Error: 0x800f0950
    DISM failed. No operation was performed.
     
    Mind, I had to reopen the settings page twice for the status to change... 
  • shafiul islam's avatar
    shafiul islam
    Copper Contributor

    i forgot to say u have to do this first......

     

    1. At Start, type ‘command prompt’, a Best Match will be Command Prompt app. Right-click on the Command Prompt app, select ‘Run as administrator’.
    2. Select ‘Yes’ to allow the app to make changes to your device
    3. At the command prompt enter the following: dism /online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:OneCoreUAP.OneSync~~~~0.0.1.0
    4. Press Enter. The reinstall will start progress. If you aren’t seeing progress, you can press Enter again.
    5. Once the reinstall is complete, you will be prompted to restart your device. If not prompted, you will need to restart the device yourself.    then try with the "power shell" REG DELETE HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\Account /va /f   (only f not f")
    • george Ortencio's avatar
      george Ortencio
      Copper Contributor

      shafiul islam wrote:

      i forgot to say u have to do this first......

       

      1. At Start, type ‘command prompt’, a Best Match will be Command Prompt app. Right-click on the Command Prompt app, select ‘Run as administrator’.
      2. Select ‘Yes’ to allow the app to make changes to your device
      3. At the command prompt enter the following: dism /online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:OneCoreUAP.OneSync~~~~0.0.1.0
      4. Press Enter. The reinstall will start progress. If you aren’t seeing progress, you can press Enter again.
      5. Once the reinstall is complete, you will be prompted to restart your device. If not prompted, you will need to restart the device yourself.    then try with the "power shell" REG DELETE HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\Account /va /f   (only f not f")


      No this command didn't work for Me as well , its says The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.  

    • george Ortencio's avatar
      george Ortencio
      Copper Contributor

      No this command didn't work for Me as well , its says The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.  

  • shafiul islam's avatar
    shafiul islam
    Copper Contributor

    try with the powershell run as administrator paste :::; REG DELETE HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\Account /va /f           .... worked for me

    • Leonardo Edgar Deco's avatar
      Leonardo Edgar Deco
      Copper Contributor
      funcionou perfeitamente no meu caso desvinculei a conta do inside e apareceu esta msg
    • Kjell Inge's avatar
      Kjell Inge
      Copper Contributor

       


      shafiul islam wrote:

      try with the powershell run as administrator paste :::; REG DELETE HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\Account /va /f           .... worked for me


      Thank you for your suggestion, but I have already tried this many times and it does NOT work. 

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