Windows 10 Two instances of Windows 10 on one computer; active version inexplicably changed.

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There are two instances of Windows 10 on this computer, one each on two separate physical drives. I do not understand why the "active" version suddenly changed during a session two days ago (2023-07-22). I am finding the change disruptive to my work and want to return to the version of Windows (and document tree) that I have used without incident for the last 31 months.Background: I used to run a version of Windows 10 Home N (upgraded from the original Windows 7) on a computer with one SSD. In December 2020, I experienced a sudden motherboard failure. A friend, a retired hardware vendor, built

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