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on a Dell PC that had previous factory Win 10 install

"When performing a clean installation of the new Windows 10//11 version,  users can’t select which Windows 10 edition they want to install. The Windows 10 installer automatically installs the Windows 10 Home edition in their computer without giving any option to the user to choose a different edition.

This is because the installer detects the previous Windows Edition product key which is stored in BIOS. Then it automatically installs the corresponding edition of Windows 10/11 new version.  

how to force the Windows 10 installer to provide a selection screen so that we can choose which Windows 10 Edition we want to install.

We can force the Windows 10 installer to install our desired Windows 10 edition by adding a new file called  “ei.cfg”. in the Windows 10 installer media tool. By adding this file to the Windows 10 installer, it will display the above selection screen and allows you to choose your preferred Windows 10 edition.

Step 1 – Create Windows 10 Installation Media

Create a Windows 10 USB Installer using Microsoft Installation Media Tool.  

Step 2 – Create ei.cfg File

Copy and paste the following code into Windows Notepad.

[Channel]

_Default

[VL]

0

Save the file as “ei.cfg”.

Use the double-quotes “ ” while saving the file. Otherwise, the Notepad program will create a text file with the name of ei.cfg.txt unless you have already enabled the file name extensions, you can skip this.

Step 3 – Move the ei.cfg file into the Sources folder of the Windows 10 Installation Media.

Now move / copy the ei.cfg file that you have created into the Sources folder of the Windows 10 Installation Media.

Step 4 – Run the Windows 10 Installation

If you do it right, you will be able to see the Windows 10 Edition selection screen