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Under what circumstances is the "Reinstall now" button in the Windows Settings app enabled?
I'm referring to the button under System > Recovery > Fix problems using Windows Update. In the past, I have tried using this feature on workstations that have their updates managed with Windows Update for Business, but the button is greyed out and it says "This option is currently unavailable". I have worked around that by adding the device to a "Windows Update for Business excluded" group which is excluded from the update ring policies, which re-enables the button.
Is there any way to keep this button enabled for WUfB-managed machines? Or some other way to initiate the reinstall (without having to package and deploy the OS installation media)?
Interestingly, I just checked on my own machine which is managed with WUfB and the button is not greyed out. I am on build 26100.5061; is this a new feature in the Release Preview channel? (I skimmed the blog posts in the Windows Blog but didn't find anything referencing this.)
- EricMoe
Microsoft
Per Fix issues by reinstalling the current version of Windows - Microsoft Support,
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Fix problems with Windows Update isn’t available on devices that have their updates managed. Devices won’t have the option if they are enrolled in Autopatch, leverage the deployment service, or have any of the following Windows update policies configured...
I see the same non-greyed-out behavior on my Windows 11 25H2 dev device and cannot find any public documentation either, so I don't know if it's intentional or not.
