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Hello,
I want to reinstall my windows 10 64 bit into a new SSD I bought.
I am trying to create a USB flash drive using windows media creation tool but I am getting this error every time. I have tried it on 4 laptops and 1 desktop, and with 3 different pendrives.
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Hi Divyank,
The error code 0x80072F76-0x20017 means that the tool doesn't have permission for it to run. For us to assist you, we suggest that you follow the simple steps listed below:
Let us know how it goes and if you need further assistance, feel free to post back.
i have same problem trying to run the media creation tool i did what you suggested however i do not have option to unblock and i just ran this tool beginning of month. and yes i just downloaded the new version from the fall creators page.
Since the issue persists after performing the steps that we have provided, have you tried performing the steps provided by Andre above?
Kindly update us with the results and if you have further queries, feel free to post back.
sorry it didn't work, last 2 days I was struggling to get it done but very unfortunate..................
Is Microsoft investigating this issue, please advise how to download Media Creation Tool to install Windows 10
Facing the same problem here. Is Microsoft looking into this?
