This is exactly what the Windows 10 Th2 upgrade has done to my PC. I (used to) have RST service, with that tray icon. According to my preliminary investigation Windows has removed the RST files, but left the registry entries for it. My guess is the package
folder is gone. The tray icon folder is not on disk anymore either, though still mentioned in the registry. Windows has also replaced the drivers that came with RST with some ancient drivers from 2006. Essentially, everything is messed up. RST requires that
the RST service, the drivers are all the same versions. You cannot overinstall or repair using another version, you cannot run mismatched versions.
Here's what I've been able to do so far--How to get the drivers back that match your nuked RST software:
1) First a word of caution: only use the RST version that was installed on your PC and was working before the upgrade(Don't install the latest and greatest drivers/RST software, it will create a mess and make your PC unbootable).
2) Do a full disk image of your entire PC. (Command line works for Windows 7,8 and 10. http://www.howtogeek.com/167984/how-to-create-and-restore-system-image-backups-on-windows-8.1/) In case you make your PC unbootable you can always go back.
3) Check Intel Chipset SATA Raid Controller or Intel-"A bunch of old controller names"-Controller in Storage Controllers in Device Manager-- It's been probably downgraded. This is not the version you want to use. We will update those drivers.
4) Get the RST installer ("SetupRST.exe"), you may already have it in your downloads folder if you're lucky or you can get it off Intel's website.--- Just make sure its version matches the RST software you used to have.
5) Unzip the SetupRST.exe, then unzip the MSI files until you find the "iaStore**.inf" file. Make sure you use the 64bit MSI if your PC is 64bit, and 32 if it's a 32bit PC. Use 7Zip to unzip-- Other unzippers may not do a proper job.
6) Go back to Device Manager. Click on Storage Controllers > Your "Intel Controller" > Driver Tab > Update Driver.
Choose "Have Disk" Browse to your "iaStore**.inf" file, select it, and the driver should install. (If you don't have RAID but have the AHCI setup choose "iaAHCI**.inf" instead.)
7) IF the driver fails to install because of the "signing error":
-Open the Windows command promt as “Run as Administrator”.
-Run “bcdedit -set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS” (without the “”).
-To finalize the process run “bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON” (without the “”).
-Reboot and repeat Step 6 again, and reboot.
8) Ok... so you should now have the driver that matches your RST service software. I've got to this point. Now we need to figure out how to fix the "package not found error" so we can run SetupRST.exe and repair the install. I'll update this post, when I do.
:)
Update: ...OK, I think I've done it.
9) Open regedit as Administrator. Search for "Rapid Storage Technology".
You should find the key for RST product in the installer folder. It will look something like this.
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products\D04EA5027DA892F44A03DD1286AD65D2--yours may be different]
"ProductName"="Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology"
"PackageCode"="849CE8AEECEAAF44CA235715D37DD1A1--yours may be different"
Locate the subfolders "SourceList"--key LastUsedSource, "SourceList\Net"-- keys 1 and 2....
There will be various references to the RST package locations...
Since our package is missing, replace all the references with the paths to the install package you've extracted in step 5. For example, change
C:\Users\Pasha\AppData\Local\Temp\IIFB711.tmp\
C:\ProgramData\Intel\Package Cache\{409CB30E-E457-4008-9B1A-ED1B9EA21140}\RST_x64.msi\
to
n;1;C:\Users\Pasha\Downloads\SetupRST_works\
C:\Users\Pasha\Downloads\SetupRST_works\
C:\Users\Pasha\Downloads\SetupRST_works\RST_x64.msi\
There are 3 places where you can change the path.
10) Run SetupRST.exe. and choose "repair". It should repair the installation and your RST service should start right away and ask for a reboot.
11) You will get a blue screen with a driver IRLQ not equal error... and your PC will reboot itself again and boot into Windows 10 on the second try.
Your RST service and the tray icon will now work.
I'm going to back up this System to another drive and see if I can disable the driver signing without ruining the system. What a hack, huh!
Update: Yes, it seems like turning off the test mode and integrity checks is safe.
Run:
“bcdedit -set loadoptions ENABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS” (without the “”)
“bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF” (without the “”)
reboot
Looks like SFC and DISM gave me a clean bill of health:
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.10586]
(c) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow
Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.
Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.
Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.10586.0
Image Version: 10.0.10586.0
[==========================100.0%==========================]
No component store corruption detected.
The operation completed successfully.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
Tip: If you don't know your version you can look at the remnants of the RST product in the registry.
Look at the "Version"(look at step 9) key. In my case, the key value 0x0e050000 (e-5-0 in hex) means 14-5-0. My version was 14.5.0.1081. I don't know why the build number isn't there... Better than nothing.
Follow-up: So, now you've got your RST up and running and everything is working as it should(i hope). However, since we have modified the registry to point to OUR extracted package,
located in the "Downloads" folder, the repair isn't exactly clean. If you delete those files you'll be back to square one if you want to uninstall or reinstall RST. To finalize our repairs you need to uninstall RST again. Go to "Add/Remove Programs" aka "Programs
and Features" in Win 10 and uninstall "Intel Rapid Store Technology"(It will/should keep the actual drivers, just install the RST service). It will ask you for a reboot, and while rebooting you may see another blue screen (Interrupt_not_handled)-- not sure
if it's related to our exercise, since it gives no additional helpful information of any sort. Fortunately, the system self-reboots, and loads windows on the second try. Mind you, it will take a long time to boot and there will be a lot of hard drive churning
going on. But, once you're in windows, simply install RST again and reboot, and the install packages will be in their right places and the registry entries you had made will be pointing to them instead.
