I'm in the same position Nigel.
Really don't want to do a clean install as it would take forever to get everything back on, & Win10 is working fine as it is. Bit wary of some crucial piece of software not working too.
I did the clean install on a new SSD and haven't had any problems tbh.. I've also done an in-place upgrade from Windows 10 to W11 on the kids computer as that wasn't too important, and that also went without issues. That said, its not like the girls are using anything other than a browser tbh.
If there's nothing spoiling, there's no need to upgrade. W10 will be supported for 3 more years, so you could just leave it until you need a new machine.
I think the upgrade gives one a choice to revert up to 10 days later - at least thats what I saw on wifes laptop. She didn't like the changes so has reverted. One thing I have noticed though on my W10 is that the restore function seems to have been moved & not sure how to set one & M$ seem to be stopping the ability to refuse updates. My latest update to w10 is 20H2 OS build 19042.1466, with another update in the wings....the last update taking 6-7 hours!!!!! I don't think my aged device will take the w11 change, it can't take the X plane 11 trial.
After that massive beast I immediately checked my FS9 & FSX installations - they would not load! Web searching found lots of gaming problems, but following days start up everything worked OK! AMAZING!
I suggest you look through where things now are before saying yes to w11. My impression is that W11 just looks prettier in the 'front end' with some items explained better.
Keith
For what it's worth, I have W11 installed on my computer, but it came installed, rather than an upgrade from W10. Everything MSFS-wise is running beautifully, as is X-Plane 11.
I had the nag from Microsoft to upgrade to win 11 some time ago Nigel. But I took the decision to leave it be for now. I don't think you will suffer any issues with just going for the upgrade. However I think its "tidier" to do a clean install, there's no trace of the old operating system remaining, the registry is nice and new. If you have any issues currently they can be carried over with just the upgrade route. But as you say all the software will have to be reinstalled as Windows won't know any paths permissions etc. Maybe leave it until just before xp12 comes out, then it the upgrade goes wrong there's less to lose?? Clean install and install xp12 at the same time.
I'll probably leave it for another 12 months or so, then do a clean install on a new ssd. By that time I should have enough of an idea if msfs is going to need a bigger drive as well.
Dale
Dale, many thanks for your input, I may very well do as you wrote and leave it until X-plane 12 comes out. I do have X-Plane 11 on a separate drive though but there are other issues that have started nagging at me and one of them is my Quest 2!! Been trying to find answers as other users have had problems re-installing their device. So not knowing much technically is it best to reset Quest 2 to factory settings then re-install the drivers or just install the Oculus App and hope for the best.
My reasoning (right or wrongly) is that from factory settings then the setup might be easier? I have no idea which way to re-install the Quest 2 even though I have Googled it
If any-one can advise it would be extremely helpful.
Regards
Nigel.
I used to be an optimist but with age I am now a grumpy old pessimist.