r/WindowsUpdate

Windows 11 26H2 update failed with error code 0x8024202a, and the strange thing is I could not find ANY info about this error code online. I mean ZERO results from Google, DuckDuckoGo, and even Bing. (ironically, Microsoft's Bing ai results gave me hallucinated answers that I figured out were just descriptions of other, unrelated error codes.)

When trying to update to 26H2

I get this error when installing this update specifically justy before this appeared on my windows update i installed two other updates just fine it seems to only be with this system version.

I did the following in cmd which stated it found corrupt files and fixed them:

1. Type DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth and press Enter [0x0.6.11]. Wait for it to finish [0x0.6.11].
2. Type sfc /scannow and press Enter [0x0.6.11]. Wait for the scan to reach 100% [0x0.6.11].