[Bug 1850966] Re: Stuck at "Refreshing software cache" after enabling repository not updated for Eoan

[Patrick Böhm]

In case your tryin to reset your windows password with "chntpw" and
you're getting this message "chntpw: Unable to open/read a hive,
exiting..":

Take a look here (
https://superuser.com/questions/1010229/recovering-a-windows-10
-password-when-the-partition-is-read-only ) and search for the comment,
which starts with: "There is an easy fix for this problem." <--- My next
solution. May it be your next and final solution.

And again: Salut.

PS: After the final reboot to Linux I didn't needed to do the steps for
getting "chntpw". I was also connected to the Internet from start. But
for beeing sure I did this "refreshing (software) cache"-stuff again. I
ignored getting "Chntpw" and i was going ahead with my tutorial, where I
stopped.

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Title:
  Stuck at "Refreshing software cache" after enabling repository not
  updated for Eoan

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Open Software and Updates
  2. Go to "other software" and enable, for example, a repository disabled during upgrade to Eoan which is not updated for Eoan yet
  3. Press close and then reload on the dialog that opens.
  4. Refreshing software cache dialog is stuck

  After closing the dialogs by right clicking on the windows and the
  open apps bar, re opening Software and updates only shows a white
  square you can't interact with.

  Ubuntu 19.10

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