

Select This PC, and type *_APPRAISER_HumanReadable.xml in the search box and search the PC for filenames that end with this term.Make sure to select the checkbox for Hidden items. Open File Explorer and click the View tab.You can determine which file is triggering the block by examining a hidden log file. You will need to delete the file it is detecting before you can install the upgrade. Many a time it may so happen that the app is not installed on your PC, but it is likely that the compatibility checker is detecting a file associated with the app, rather than the app itself. While it usually should not block, but things don’t go straight all the time. When you run Windows 10 Upgrade Advisor, the system checks for such apps and warns you. Chances are that they would work, but they haven’t passed through the compatibility check. The reason Windows Upgrade fails, is because of apps that are not compatible with the next version of Windows. Uninstall this app now because it isn’t compatible with Windows 11/10 In this post, we will talk about how to remove blocking applications that don’t allow Windows 11/10 Update to complete.

You may see this message for apps like VirtualBox, VMware, etc, This process lets you identify & remove those associations. But sometimes the applications are not even installed, but they have traces in form of associations. If it is installed, you may select the Manually uninstall option.

What do you do when Windows Setup throws you a message – Uninstall this app now because it isn’t compatible with Windows 11/10? It may be accompanied by Error Code 0xc1900208. All this keeps happening because few applications block the update process. The update downloads just fine, but when the system goes ahead to update further, an error like incompatible applications, blocking applications, and the Error code 0xc1900208 shows up. Many a time Windows 111 or Windows 1 Updates get stuck.
