Windows 10: Windows Media Creation Tool Error

Hello!I have encountered an error with the Windows 10 Media Creation tool. Whenever I try to start it up now it spits an error after approx. 30 secs. the error code is 0x800705B4 - 0x20000This was for a clean install of Windows 10 for a machine of mine.The program was used on a PC running Windows 11 22H2 and previously had no issues, although it strangely no longer works.Thanks in advance.

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Windows Media Creation Tool Error 0x80070079-0xA001A

Your USB thumb drive needs to be at least 8 GBs.

The error code 0x80070079-0xA001A means that the tool doesn't have permission for it to run. For us to assist you, we suggest that you
follow the simple steps listed below:

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  Right-click on the Media Creation Tool.exe.
  
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  Press Properties.
  
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  Click on General.
  
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  At the bottom, click on Unblock.
  
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  Press Apply, and then OK.
  

Let us know how it goes and if you need further assistance, feel free to post back.



You can also download the ISO first using the Media Creation Tool, then create a bootable copy. Yes, you can use it to perform clean install.

If Windows 10 was already installed and activated on your system, just proceed to perform a direct clean install as described in the following articles.

Step 1: How
to download official Windows 10 ISO files

Step 2:

• How to: Perform a clean install of Windows 10

 

Media Creation Tool Won't Download ISO

Hi,

Thank you for being a part of Windows 10.

What is the exact and complete error you get when you try to create Media creation tool?

I would suggest you to try the steps from the following link to create Media creation tool.

Installing Windows 10 using the media creation tool

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/media-creation-tool-install

Hope this helps. Let us know if you have any other issues with Windows in future.

 

Windows Media Creation Tool Error

I'm trying to install Windows 10 Media Creation Tool onto my 16GB flash drive. The download finishes and it moves onto the step of verifying the download. At around the 60% mark it pops up with an error message saying

"There was a problem running this tool

We are not sure what happened but we are unable to run this tool on your pc, if you continue experiencing problems reference the error code when contacting customer support 0x800701B1 - 0xA001B"

I've ran the media creation tool 3 times now and the same error message pops up.