Martin Nguyen

lianne143

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First, Hello There is correct - I strongly advise against upgrades. &nbsp;Clean installs only - upgrades can never be as reliable as a clean install with clean drivers, registry, and overall system.<br><br>Second, the issue you're having is almost certainly because you're trying to "upgrade" using 2019 Standard when you're currently using 2012 Data Center. &nbsp;You cannot upgrade to a lesser edition. &nbsp;You'd have to upgrade to 2019 Data Center.
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Hi <br />
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We have a Windows 2012R2 Datacenter server ( Vmware Virtual Machine) and there are few applications installed on this server.<br />
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I copied Windows 2019 ISO on this server desktop and right clicked and mounted .<br />
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Now i clicked the setup up file and tried to upgrade from Windows 2012 to 2019 and please see the snapshot of the error .<br />
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At the bottom of the page it says &quot;Your files, apps, and settings can't be kept because you're installing an edition of Windows that's different than the one you're currently using.&quot;<br />
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By default it has chosen &quot;Nothing&quot; and it is not allowing me to choose &quot;Keep personal files &nbsp;and apps&quot;<br />
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Do i need to install windows 2019 and reinstall the application or is there any way i can upgrade to Windows 2019?<br />
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Thanks<br />
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Error-when Upgrading from Windows 2012 to Windows2019

Error-in-Windows-2019-installation.jpg

Hi 

We have a Windows 2012R2 Datacenter server ( Vmware Virtual Machine) and there are few applications installed on this server.

I copied Windows 2019 ISO on this server desktop and right clicked and mounted .

Now i clicked the setup up file and tried to upgrade from Windows 2012 to 2019 and please see the snapshot of the error .

At the bottom of the page it says "Your files, apps, and settings can't be kept because you're installing an edition of Windows that's different than the one you're currently using."

By default it has chosen "Nothing" and it is not allowing me to choose "Keep personal files  and apps"

Do i need to install windows 2019 and reinstall the application or is there any way i can upgrade to Windows 2019?

Thanks

Error when upgrading from Win2012 to Win 2019  - Your files, apps, and settings can't be kept because you're installing an edition of Windows that's different than the one you're currently using.&quot;

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

Error when upgrading from Win2012 to Win 2019 - Your files, apps, and settings can't be kept because you're installing an edition of Windows that's different than the one you're currently using.&quot;

Error when upgrading from Win2012 to Win 2019 - Your files, apps, and settings can't be kept because you're installing an edition of Windows that's different than the one you're currently using."