rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11

Detection Script to help identify why your PC is not Windows 11 Release Ready. Now Supporting Update Checks!

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WhyNotWin11

Detection Script to help identify why your PC isn't Windows 11 Release Ready, including Update Checks!

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Download

Download latest stable release

Download latest testing release
Keep in mind that you will have to update testing releases manually

System Requirements

 Minimum Requirements*Recommended
OSWinPE/Windows 8.1Latest Windows 10 Build
CPU32-bit Single Core64-bit Dual Core or Higher
RAM (Memory)40MB Free100MB Free
Disk (Storage)5MB Free100MB Free

* WhyNotWin11 can be forced to run on Unsupported Systems using the /force parameter, no support will be given for this parameter.

Other operating systems are unsupported, last version known to run on Wine is 2.3.0.5.

Compiling

  1. Download and run "AutoIt Full Installation" from official website.
  2. Get the source code either by downloading zip or do git clone https://github.com/rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11.
  3. Right click on WhyNotWin11.au3 in the WhyNotWin11 directory and select "Compile Script (x64) (or x86 if you have 32 bit Windows install).
  4. This will create WhyNotWin11.exe in the same directory.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for rules of coding and pull requests.

If you want to help with translations check translating guidelines.

License

WhyNotWin11 is free and open source software, it is using the LGPL-3.0 license.

See LICENSE for the full license text.

readiness
windows-11

rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11

Detection Script to help identify why your PC is not Windows 11 Release Ready. Now Supporting Update Checks!

AutoIt

6,392

955 commits

updated May 14, 2026

See the code

README

Build Status Download Download count) Ko-fi PayPal Join the Discord chat My Twitter

WhyNotWin11

Detection Script to help identify why your PC isn't Windows 11 Release Ready, including Update Checks!

image


Download

Download latest stable release

Download latest testing release
Keep in mind that you will have to update testing releases manually

System Requirements

 Minimum Requirements*Recommended
OSWinPE/Windows 8.1Latest Windows 10 Build
CPU32-bit Single Core64-bit Dual Core or Higher
RAM (Memory)40MB Free100MB Free
Disk (Storage)5MB Free100MB Free

* WhyNotWin11 can be forced to run on Unsupported Systems using the /force parameter, no support will be given for this parameter.

Other operating systems are unsupported, last version known to run on Wine is 2.3.0.5.

Compiling

  1. Download and run "AutoIt Full Installation" from official website.
  2. Get the source code either by downloading zip or do git clone https://github.com/rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11.
  3. Right click on WhyNotWin11.au3 in the WhyNotWin11 directory and select "Compile Script (x64) (or x86 if you have 32 bit Windows install).
  4. This will create WhyNotWin11.exe in the same directory.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for rules of coding and pull requests.

If you want to help with translations check translating guidelines.

License

WhyNotWin11 is free and open source software, it is using the LGPL-3.0 license.

See LICENSE for the full license text.

readiness
windows-11

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