Transfer of apps died about 1995 with changes to Windows. To keep apps we keep the install media and reinstall after the reset.
Can anyone tell me how to transfer all my apps to a portable HDD as I want to reset my PC, which is playing up due to Windows 10 being unable to function properly. Windows 10 says that I must reset my PC to default settings and I'd lose all the apps in the process.
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