{"id":2535,"date":"2017-04-03T00:54:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2022-06-23T20:58:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T18:58:14","slug":"windows-update-error-0x80073712","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2017\/04\/03\/windows-update-error-0x80073712\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows update error 0x80073712"},"content":{"rendered":"

[German<\/a>]Sometimes users are facing error code 0x80073712 during installing Updates in Windows. I've seen this error from time to time since Windows Vista. Here are a few details about that issue.<\/p>\n

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What doe's error 0x80073712 stands for?<\/h3>\n

A few weeks ago I run across this error code browsing Microsoft Answers forums. So I thought, to write a short article about that error. First of all I tried to find out more details about error code 0x80073712. it stands for a broken or corrupt Windows component store (ERROR_SXS_COMPONENT_STORE_CORRUPT). The folder WinSxS contains missing or damaged files.<\/p>\n

Windows component store (located in sub folder WinSxS<\/em>) contains features, to handle updates and customize Windows. Microsoft has published this Technet article<\/a> about component store.<\/p>\n

How to fix ERROR_SXS_COMPONENT_STORE_CORRUPT?<\/h3>\n

The next question is, how to fix ERROR_SXS_COMPONENT_STORE_CORRUPT. The first step should be a system file check using sfc <\/em>.<\/p>\n

1. Open an administrative command prompt window (type cmd <\/em>in Windows search box and use Run as administrator <\/em>context menu).<\/p>\n

2. Enter sfc \/scannow <\/em>within administrative command prompt windows and wait for results of sfc check.<\/p>\n

I've discussed this in detail within my blog post Check and repair Windows system files and component store<\/a>. Sometimes sfc is able to fix the broken component store.<\/p>\n

In Windows 7 you can use also System Update Readyness tool (CheckSUR) \u2013 see Microsoft's article Fix Windows Update errors by using the DISM or System Update Readiness tool<\/a>. From Windows 8 onward, CheckSUR has been exchanged with DISM <\/em>(see Microsoft's article).<\/p>\n

This approach has also been proposed within this Microsoft Answers forum thread<\/a>. If that doesn't, try a repair install using an inplace upgrade (installing Windows from within a running Windows, to keep data and programs).<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Windows 10: Analyze upgrade errors<\/a>
\nCheck and repair Windows system files and component store<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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