Windows update is stuck at 61%

Anonymous
2020-11-12T10:51:57+00:00

Hello,

I am trying to update windows to version 20H2, however, the installation it's stuck at 61%.

What I tried:

1) I tried running this in administrator command prompt:

net stop wuauserv

net stop cryptSvc

net stop bits

net stop msiserver

ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old

ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 Catroot2.old

net start wuauserv

net start cryptSvc

net start bits

net start msiserver

2) I tried updating windows in safe mode,

**3)**I tried disabling every non Microsoft service in msconfig

**4)**I tried updating using the windows 10 update assistant

Does anyone know how to fix it?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-04-19T10:02:24+00:00

    Did you download the Media creation tool?

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-04-18T23:46:05+00:00

    I turned off both firewall and Defender antivirus with no change in results. Error code remains 0x80070652

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-04-18T13:21:16+00:00

    I posted a comment on this site on April 14th and this thread is all about the same issue; in my post on the 14th

    I provided the link to sort the problem out...there are other people that have said the same link works.

    The link is to the Microsoft website and is an assistant app to install the Windows update

    https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=799445

    download it.....before running it, turn off your anti virus.

    worked for me after tearing my hair out and several unsuccessful different methods

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-04-18T13:01:32+00:00

    Same failure at 61%. Tried multiple times

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-04-16T17:37:22+00:00

    Actually.......I will thank you now instead of later.  I struggled for days to get it past 61% using every technique I found (dreading the thought of reinstalling Windows) and this worked wonderfully.

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