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Unusual Files in C Drive After FAILED Windows Update Attempts!
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Windows 10
Just wanted to give it a fair go one more time by trying to fix problems myself, but still a major failure with Windows Updates.
Also, there doesn't seem to be any issues with the PC itself that I can find using what is available - it really does seem to be corrupt Window Updates.
Error Code: 0x80070057
Reset was done back in February, but didn't work. The only Antivirus third party programs on it before then was Kaspersky and AVG.
AVG was removed in the last part of 2024 and then reintroduced after the reset then removed again when told to remove everything by Microsoft Support.
Current Anti-virus is disabled.
Over the last 48 hours:
a: Scannow came back clean.
b: Chkdsk found nothing.
c: DISM also didn't resolve any issues as none found.
d: Ample storage in C Drive like 500 GBs.
e: Managed to rename SoftwareDistribution folders after the net stop ... net start steps, but made no difference.
f: Troubleshooter had pending restart at first, but since then troubleshooter detects no issues.
g: Have manually downloaded the updates from February and April (can't find anything for March) only these won't install either.
h: With Windows Update ERROR ENCOUNTERED does come up and Troubleshooter still detects nothing.
i: No malware or anything as that was checked prior via someone in the Microsoft Community and I still do checks myself.
j: Under RegEdit after exporting changed the values to 0 for Window Update Ux like:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX]
"IsConvergedUpdateStackEnabled"=dword:00000000
h: Diskcheckup found no issues.
On checking C Drive about the storage space as I was wondering if maybe I was missing something**,** just in case, I discovered these folders or files and was wondering if my PC is now compromised or these are a tell tale sign of Windows Update being corrupted or Other as these have only appeared in the last 6 hours or so.
NOTE: Will be doing a clean install at some point, but not just yet as need to copy some stuff over that I want to keep and as it may take several hours...
There is one or two others like below as well and all dated the same.
Thanks in advance!
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Anonymous
2025-05-21T08:12:04+00:00 -
Ramesh 181.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2025-05-21T04:43:27+00:00 a) It's the same as the repair installation you did earlier, but this time, you'll use the latest ISO (instead of MCT). If you choose the correct ISO language, your files, apps, and settings will be kept.
If the option "Keep personal files and apps" is auto-selected, your data will be safe.
b. You can't download setup exe. You must download the entire ISO.
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Anonymous
2025-05-21T04:38:02+00:00 It shouldn't take that much time. Cancel it.
Download the latest Windows 10 22H2 build (19045.5854) from Uupdump.
https://uupdump.net/selectlang.php?id=960b5860-55a0-4814-8a98-4cefe92923d0
Mount the ISO and run setup.exe and run the in-place upgrade.
The repair installation using the above ISO may or may not fix the Windows Update error 0x80070057, but it fully patches your system. We may need to do further WU troubleshooting after the repair installation.
(or)
The following guide can help to clean install Windows 10 using USB setup disk.
How to: Perform a Clean Install or Reinstall of Windows 10 - Microsoft Community:
a: Does the above setup.exe from Uupdump impact on files or folders like movies, photos or documents? Should I perform a backup?
b: Can I download the setup exe and save it in Downloads until I am ready to run it? How long will it likely take to run?
On my phone so won't be able to access my PC until later.
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Anonymous
2025-05-20T14:58:05+00:00 It shouldn't take that much time. Cancel it.
Download the latest Windows 10 22H2 build (19045.5854) from Uupdump.
https://uupdump.net/selectlang.php?id=960b5860-55a0-4814-8a98-4cefe92923d0
Mount the ISO and run setup.exe and run the in-place upgrade.
The repair installation using the above ISO may or may not fix the Windows Update error 0x80070057, but it fully patches your system. We may need to do further WU troubleshooting after the repair installation.
(or)
The following guide can help to clean install Windows 10 using USB setup disk.
How to: Perform a Clean Install or Reinstall of Windows 10 - Microsoft Community:
Will have to continue this tomorrow night as its really late.
I was just about to cancel it and this is what it had - it tried installing for about 3 hours all in all.
Will be back...👍
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Ramesh 181.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2025-05-20T14:19:54+00:00 It shouldn't take that much time. Cancel it.
Download the latest Windows 10 22H2 build (19045.5854) from Uupdump.
https://uupdump.net/selectlang.php?id=960b5860-55a0-4814-8a98-4cefe92923d0
Mount the ISO and run setup.exe and run the in-place upgrade.
The repair installation using the above ISO may or may not fix the Windows Update error 0x80070057, but it fully patches your system. We may need to do further WU troubleshooting after the repair installation.
(or)
The following guide can help to clean install Windows 10 using USB setup disk.
How to: Perform a Clean Install or Reinstall of Windows 10 - Microsoft Community: