Windows 10: Metadata staging failed - Event ID 131

Good morning,

Ever since I upgraded my computer to Windows 10 (Home) 64-bit a few months ago from Win 8.1 I have discovered the following Event ID 131 error in Event Viewer, sometimes as many as five times in a row, after restarting or upon booting up:

Metadata staging failed, result=0x80070490 for container '{1959BB49-AC94-11E5-AE34-3010B356F6E6}'

After googling for a few hours I did find a forum (TechNet) where this error was attributed to 'timing' and that Microsoft was aware of it.

A couple workarounds were given until Microsoft comes up with the fix. One workaround given was changing the time from 'Windows-time' to 'time-nist.gov'. However, even though it worked for some folks, it didn't stop the error in my Event Viewer.

I am just wondering if anyone on this forum has experienced the same Event Viewer error and maybe found a way to stop it from occurring.

Thanks and regards,


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Windows 10 error id 131 metadata staging failed after upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7

Very helpful. Thanks for sharing this information.

Rudolf Aigner

 

Windows 10 error id 131 metadata staging failed after upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7

Hi Scott,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

Try to run the following commands and check if it helps.

• Open command prompt. (Type it in Search or Press Windows Logo Key+X. Click on Command Prompt admin).
• Type the following 4 commands at the CMD prompt:
  

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

sfc /scannow

powershell

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

• Close the CMD window.
• Check to see if the issue is resolved. If not, restart the PC.

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.