Windows 10 is the new installment to the Microsoft Windows Operating system lineup and being in the beta version with its Technical preview out it has gained major attraction from the users across the world and new users are more eager to install and try the upcoming Windows 10. Windows 10 Technical preview version is designed especially for enthusiasts, developers, and enterprise customers so as to evaluate and test the latest changes that has been introduced in Windows 10. What Microsoft has introduced in this new Windows 10 is that they have mixed the styles of Windows 7 as well as Windows 8 because of the new user interface that was introduced in Windows 8 was not very much appreciated by all the users for which they released Windows 8.1 and now Windows 10. Fix Windows 10 Patch KB 3020114 Error 80070005.
Since this is in beta testing mode it is quite normal to face bugs and recently there was a major bug spotted in Window 10 preview build number 9879 that was causing frequenct explorer crashes and restarts. Therefore after knowing about this bug Microsoft soon released Patch KB 3020114 to address this issue and it did worked for some users but most of the users get trapped facing error 80070005 during KB 3020114 Patch update thus failed to install Windows 10 KB 3020114 Patch. After talking about this issue with Microsoft company’s spokesperson Garbriel aul suggested a workaround till Microsoft comes out with a proper final fix.
How to fix Windows 10 Patch KB 3020114 Error 80070005 : Steps to Follow
- Now Open Command Prompt with Administrative priviliges i.e Run CMD as an Administrator and here run the command compact /u /exe /s:%windir%\winsxs\filemaps
- First of all Restart your system.
- Quickly Go to Windows Update Center and Check for Updates.
- Install KB 3020114 Patch and restart your system when prompted.
- That’s it and you are all done.
Note – According to Microsoft around 10% users are facing this error while updating and most of them are users having SSD Drives though the exact reason is still unknown but this fact has surely created a doubt over SSD drive compatibility.
