How to Fix “Your Windows license will expire soon” on Windows 10

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To fix “Your Windows license will expire soon” on Windows 10, you need to end the task for “Windows Explorer”.

Then, run “explorer.exe”, run “slmgr -rearm” on the command prompt and restart your computer.

After you’ve restarted your computer, the error message will be gone.

If your Windows license expires, your computer will reboot every 3 hours.

As a result, any unsaved data and files will be lost.

Hence, it’s important to fix the license before it expires.

Here are 6 steps to fix “Your Windows license will expire soon” on Windows 10.

End the task for “Windows Explorer”
Run a new task
Run “explorer.exe”
Open the Command Prompt
Run “slmgr -rearm”
Restart your computer

1. End the task for “Windows Explorer”

The first step is to end the task for “Windows Explorer”.

To do so, you need to open the Task Manager.

There are a couple of ways to open the Task Manager.

Firstly, you can press “CTRL” + “ALT” + “DEL” on your keyboard.

Secondly, you can right-click on the Windows taskbar and click on “Task Manager”.

Once you’ve opened the Task Manager, you need to find the “Windows Explorer” task.

Right-click the “Windows Explorer” task.

This will open a menu containing multiple options including “Restart”, “End task”, “Resource values”, and more.

Click on “End task” to end the task for “Windows Explorer”.

2. Run a new task

After you’ve ended the task for “Windows Explorer”, your screen will turn black.

This is part of the process, so you don’t have to worry.

Now, you need to re-run the “Windows Explorer” task.

To do so, click on “File” at the top of the Task Manager.

By doing so, a couple of options will appear including “Run new task” and “Exit”.

Click on “Run new task” to run a new task.

3. Run “explorer.exe”

After you’ve clicked on “Run new task”, the “Create new task” pop-up will open.

On the pop-up, you can type the name of a program, folder, document, or internet resource that you want to run.

Then, Windows will open it for you.

Now, you need to re-run the “Windows Explorer” task.

To do so, enter “explorer.exe” on the search bar.

Lastly, click on “OK” to run the “Windows Explorer” task.

4. Open the Command Prompt

After you’ve run the “Windows Explorer” task, your screen will be back to normal.

Now, you need to run a command in the Command Prompt.

To do so, you need to open the Command Prompt.

You can do this by searching for “cmd” in the Windows search bar.

After you’ve searched for “cmd”, you’ll see the “Command Prompt” app.

Click on “Command Prompt” to open the Command Prompt.

5. Run “slmgr -rearm”

After you’ve opened the Command Prompt, you need to run a command.

The command that you need to run is “slmgr -rearm”.

To run the command, type “slmgr -rearm” and press enter your keyboard.

This command will reset the Windows activation timers.

In other words, you’ll be able to use Windows without extending the trial.

For instance, if you’re using the 30-day trial of Windows, the trial will be reset after you’ve entered the “slmgr -rearm” command.

This will stop the “Your Windows license will expire soon” from displaying.

6. Restart your computer

After you’ve run the “slmgr -rearm” command, a pop-up message will appear.

The pop-up message will say that the command is completed successfully.

Here’s the full message, “Command completed successfully. Please restart the system for the changes to take effect”.

This means that you need to restart your computer for the command to work.

Click on the Windows icon on the taskbar, click on the power icon, and click on “Restart” to restart your computer.

After you’ve restarted your computer, the “Your Windows license will expire soon” should be gone!

How do I extend my Windows 10 license?

Here is an alternate solution to extend your Windows 10 license.

Press the Windows + R key.
Type “gpedit.msc” and run it.
In the Local Group Policy Editor, click on “Computer Configuration”.
Expand “Administrative Templates”.
Expand “Windows Components”.
Scroll down and double-click “Windows Update”.
Double-click “No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations”.
Select “Enabled”, click on “Apply”, and click on “OK”.

By doing so, you won’t receive the “Your Windows license will expire soon” error anymore.

Conclusion

You got the “Your Windows license will expire soon” on Windows 10 error because of a couple of reasons.

Firstly, you might be using a pirated version of Windows 10.

Secondly, you might be receiving a scam pop-up.

If your license expires, you won’t be able to use certain features on Windows.

Hence it’s highly recommended that you get it fixed as soon as possible.

Keep in mind that if you have an unlicensed Windows operating system, this guide will not work for you.

To fix this, you need to get a genuine Windows operating system.