How to fix
“Something Happened” Error While Upgrading to Windows 10
on Windows

I can’t upgrade to Windows 10. The Something happened error message shows up and everything freezes. Why? I’m running Windows 7 at the moment.

Are you familiar with a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) window saying Something Happened? If you are, then you must be struggling with Windows 10 upgrade. Although this issue prevailed when free Windows 10 upgrade was available (not available anymore), people report that this Something Happened error still occurs. In most of the cases, this BSOD error emerges while upgrading using Media Creation Tool. Luckily, there are several things that you can do to solve Something Happened issue. These are the following:

How to Fix Something Happened Error While Upgrading to Windows 10?

Fix 1. Run Windows Media Creation tool as Administrator

• Right-click on the Media Creation Tool’s exe file and select Run as Administrator.
  That’s it. Now you just have to follow the instructions provided by the tool.

Fix 2. Disable you antivirus

Probably you have already heard about the tendency of antimalware to initiate various conflicts and incompatibilities. Therefore, we strongly recommend you to disable/remove your security utility to fix Something Happened BSOD. For this purpose, you have to:

• For this purpose, go to the Task Manager by clicking Ctrl + Alt + Delete and find your antivirus there.
• Right click on it and select End Task.
• After that, navigate to Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs.
• Find your antivirus on the list, right-click on it, and select Uninstall.
• If Something Happened error is gone, make sure that you install a professional antimalware tool once Windows 10 upgrading is finished.

Fix 3. Reset Locale and Language settings

• Go to Start and type intl.cpl in the search bar.
• Click Enter to open the window that contains information related to your locale, language, and other settings.
• Go to Administrative and select Change system locale.
• Select English (United States) and click OK.
• After that, click on Copy Settings and place ticks on Welcome screen and system accounts and New user accounts boxes.
• Once it’s done, click OK and restart your PC.

Fix 4. Fix registries

• Click Win key + R simultaneously and type regedit in the dialogue box to open Registry Editor.
• Type HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\WindowsUpdate\OSUpgrade in the window and hit Enter.
• Right click on the right pane and create a key DWORD AllowOSUpgradeand.
• Click on it and change its value from 0 to 1.
• After that, close Registry Editor and restart your PC.