{"id":1775,"date":"2016-12-16T01:53:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T00:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=1775"},"modified":"2020-12-13T07:10:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T06:10:09","slug":"windows-10-a-feature-upgrade-drops-error-0xc1900209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/12\/16\/windows-10-a-feature-upgrade-drops-error-0xc1900209\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10: A Feature Upgrade drops error 0xC1900209"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/win102.jpg\" width=\"58\" height=\"58\" align=\"left\" \/>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/?p=184773\">German<\/a>]Some Windows 10 users are facing an installation abort with error 0xC1900209 during Feature Upgrades (for instance upgrading from Windows 7\/8.1 to Windows 10, or during upgrade to Anniversary Update and so on). Here are a few information how to solve an error 0xC1900209 issue.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl-vg03.met.vgwort.de\/na\/90b51c77baaa42ed9a8c6fc354252ce3\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>I came across this error in a German Microsoft Answers <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/de-de\/windows\/forum\/windows_10-windows_install\/windows-update-1607-wird-heruntergeladen-aber\/311f9cf6-1ed0-486b-821c-6f0d8ecc7368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forum post<\/a>. A user received an upgrade error during installing Windows 10 Version 1607 as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fehlerabbruch\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180703210611\/https:\/\/k70.imgup.net\/Upgrade-Fe683c.jpg\" alt=\"Fehlerabbruch\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Windows 10 just reported a problem and offers a problem solving button \u2013 but that will not be to helpful. You can also select the <em>Advanced Options <\/em>hyperlink in <em>settings <\/em>app, category <em>Windows Update<\/em> and go to <em>View your update history<\/em>.\u00a0 Overall the user managed to find out the error code 0xC1900209 that causes the install issue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180703210611\/https:\/\/c45.imgup.net\/Upgrade-Fe08df.jpg\" width=\"532\" height=\"84\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If no error code is shown in <em>settings <\/em>app\u00a0 (update history), try to fire up event manager (press <em>Windows+X<\/em>, select <em>Computer Management<\/em>) and navigate in the left pane to <em>Event Viewer \u2013 Windows Logs \u2013 System<\/em>\u00a0 and <em>Setup<\/em>. Wait, until all events are listed und step through the entries. You can use the date of a faulty update install listed in Windows update history.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180703210610\/https:\/\/d58.imgup.net\/Upgrade-er6f1a.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The screenshot shown above contains an error within event category <em>System <\/em>from Source <em>WindowsUpdateClient<\/em>. It was an installation failure installing an upgrade to Windows 10 Version 1411 \u2013 the error code was listed in the error details. If that doesn't helps, try the information given within the following two blog posts to search the log files.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/07\/05\/how-to-decode-windows-errors\/\">How to decode Windows errors?<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/10\/15\/windows-10-analyze-upgrade-errors\/\">Windows 10: Analyze upgrade errors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What causes error 0xC1900209?<\/h3>\n<p>In the case mentioned above, a feature upgrade failed with error 0xC1900209. Within my blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/10\/15\/windows-10-analyze-upgrade-errors\/\">Windows 10: Analyze upgrade errors<\/a> I discussed, how to proceed in case of an upgrade error. The code 0xC1900209 is a NTSTATUS message, where the lower four digits describing the error cause. The error code 0xC1900209 is described within this <a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-US\/itpro\/windows\/deploy\/resolve-windows-10-upgrade-errors?f=255&amp;MSPPError=-2147217396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technet article<\/a>::<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"640\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"48\">0xC1900209<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"327\">The user has chosen to cancel because the system does not pass the compatibility scan to install the update. Setup.exe will report this error when it can upgrade the machine with user data but cannot migrate installed applications.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"254\">Incompatible software is blocking the upgrade process. Uninstall the application and try the upgrade again. See <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/mniehaus\/2015\/08\/23\/windows-10-pre-upgrade-validation-using-setup-exe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 10 Pre-Upgrade Validation using SETUP.EXE<\/a> for more information.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>An incompatible software is blocking the upgrade process. To find out, which software is blocking, grab a Windows 10 install medium and execute <em>Setup.exe <\/em>from Windows. Setup analyzes the system for compatibility issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Use Windows Media Creation Tool to download the install image and create a Setup DVD or an USB Stick with install files.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Setup will report incompatible apps. In practice, <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/de-de\/windows\/forum\/windows_10-windows_install\/windows-update-1607-wird-heruntergeladen-aber\/311f9cf6-1ed0-486b-821c-6f0d8ecc7368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Word 2010 Starter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/de-de\/windows\/forum\/windows_10-windows_install\/windows-10-upgrade\/50fb7181-58fa-4493-8321-85189d9f89c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nero 9 Essentials<\/a> or older Nero burning rom versions, <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/forum\/windows_10-windows_install\/windows-10-update-giving-error-code-0xc1900209\/a7bc8052-5d61-4d39-873d-82169848a847?auth=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intel Dynamic Power Performance Management<\/a>, and also third party antivirus tools has been identified as show stoppers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Windows 10 Upgrade Assistent Fehler\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180703210610\/https:\/\/f01.imgup.net\/Win10Ver16f42e.jpg\" alt=\"Windows 10 Upgrade Assistent Fehler\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If setup doesn't name the incompatible app (see screenshot above), try my suggestions within the blog post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/04\/windows-10-anniversary-update-inkompatible-apps-vpc\/\">Windows 10 Anniversary Update: inkompatible Apps (VPC)<\/a> to identify the app manually. There has been Active Sync or Windows Mobile Device Center identified as show stoppers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Similar articles:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/win10-wiki\/\">Win10 Wiki<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/07\/05\/how-to-decode-windows-errors\/\">How to decode Windows errors?<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/10\/15\/windows-10-analyze-upgrade-errors\/\">Windows 10: Analyze upgrade errors<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/11\/29\/windows-how-to-decode-update-0x8024-errors\/\">Windows: How to decode update 0x8024\u2026. errors<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/08\/05\/virtual-pc-2007-blocks-windows-10-anniversary-update-install\/\">Virtual PC 2007 blocks Windows 10 Anniversary Update install<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[German]Some Windows 10 users are facing an installation abort with error 0xC1900209 during Feature Upgrades (for instance upgrading from Windows 7\/8.1 to Windows 10, or during upgrade to Anniversary Update and so on). 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