Following refresh, have errors updating Windows and installing apps


  1. Posts : 87
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    Following refresh, have errors updating Windows and installing apps


    I did a refresh on my Windows 10 desktop the other day, to see if it would free up space on my boot drive by eliminating stuff I didn't use. That seems to have worked, but I am getting errors in Windows update:
    Following refresh, have errors updating Windows and installing apps-capture2.png

    and also installing MS Store apps:
    Following refresh, have errors updating Windows and installing apps-capture1.png

    I have tried re-booting, signing out/in of account, downloading and running Windows Update troubleshooter, and clearing Windows update cache with batch file that: stops BITS, stops Windows Update service, deletes cache and re-starts Windows Update service and BITS.

    None of those steps fixed my problems, and I am open to suggestions as how to fix this
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  2. Posts : 87
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    Thread Starter
       #2

    I should also add that I ran both DISM and SFC /scannow, and found no issues
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  3. Posts : 87
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       #3

    no suggestions?
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  4. Posts : 4,224
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       #4

    Try updating Defender inside the Windows Security app:
    Following refresh, have errors updating Windows and installing apps-image.png
    That usually helps to clear up Windows Update (WU) issues. Then, you can manually download and apply the cumulative update from the Microsoft Update Catalog. If you don't know how, I wrote a tutorial about this: Download and Install Windows Update from Microsoft Update Catalog.
    HTH,
    --Ed--
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       #5

    There were even more problems than what I originally posted. For instance the Windows Update troubleshooter I downloaded from a MS site, ran and said it was fixed (or maybe found no problems to fix, I don't remember for sure). However, windows has a Windows Update troubleshooter built in, which you can access in the Settings app. That one failed to start and gave me another error message starting 0x8 and I don't remember the rest of the digits.

    So, I decided to refresh a second time, and so far so good. I have installed all the updates that were throwing errors before, and have been able to install MS Store apps.

    Since I still don't know what happened the first time, I am going to wait on marking this solved. If everything is still going good tomorrow, I will return to this thread and mark it so. And if something goes haywire, it might be my doing, and I might have a better idea of what I installed, modified or removed that goofed things up.
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  6. Posts : 87
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    The same problem re-surfaced, preventing me from updating or installing MS Store apps. I believe the culprit is software I installed called ImDisk, gotten from here https://imdisk.en.lo4d.com - which I have been using to create a RAMDisk for my browser caches and Windows Temp file folder.

    It comes with it's own uninstaller, and upon uninstalling and rebooting, the problem has gone away. I am going to mark solved.

    Does anyone know of a RAMDisk utility that doesn't cause problems in Windows 10?
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  7. Posts : 4,224
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       #7

    The free AMD Radeon RAMDisk works pretty well. I used the non-AMD version of it (same maker, AMD just licenses it) for years. Check it out at AMD Radeon RAMDisk.
    HTH,
    --Ed--
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  8. Posts : 87
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    Thank you. Using Radeon RAMDisk, and so far, so good
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