I recently reinstalled Windows on my SSD and it is now refusing to update to 1903 with an error of 0x800703EE without further description. This error was asked several times on SU, but with no good answers, because none of the answers in Getting error 0x800703ee when trying to upgrade Windows 10 works for me. Notice the OP of that post never did accept an answer.
Here are a few points regarding my situation:
- My Windows is version 1809
- I have a dual boot Ubuntu on my system.
- I have messed with the booting partition. I have used AOMEI to shrink my Windows primary partition. Fast boot is off. I accidentally deleted the boot partition, and reconstructed it according to: http://woshub.com/how-to-repair-deleted-efi-partition-in-windows-7/?fbclid=IwAR1MFp_OuUlVYvESLu9-_hNdDqzubRsYd-dfNMpynjYTShyYDBJJGj0I0a0
- Other cumulative Windows Updates were successful.
- I have run
sfc /scannow
andDism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
. It did fix a problem, but they both says my PC is fine now. - Online searching has lead me to believe the error code might be the one related to: "The volume for a file has been externally altered such that the opened file is no longer valid." However, I do not see this message explicitly in any log
Can anyone help with this error? I'd love to provide more information.
The associated XML description:
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient
Date: 10/25/2019 12:35:40 AM
Event ID: 20
Task Category: Windows Update Agent
Level: Error
Keywords: Failure,Installation
User: SYSTEM
Computer: COMPUTER NAME
Description:
Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x800703EE: Feature update to Windows 10, version 1903.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient" Guid="{945a8954-c147-4acd-923f-40c45405a658}" />
<EventID>20</EventID>
<Version>1</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>1</Task>
<Opcode>13</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000028</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2019-10-24T16:35:40.975484800Z" />
<EventRecordID>49631</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="5052" ThreadID="1468" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>COMPUTER NAME</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="errorCode">0x800703ee</Data>
<Data Name="updateTitle">Feature update to Windows 10, version 1903</Data>
<Data Name="updateGuid">{c6a0bbfe-fa2b-4d86-aab4-fb51f87b459e}</Data>
<Data Name="updateRevisionNumber">1</Data>
<Data Name="serviceGuid">{8b24b027-1dee-babb-9a95-3517dfb9c552}</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
WindowsUpdate.log excerpt
2019/10/25 00:48:44.3218564 5052 1468 DownloadManager *FAILED* [8024000C] DynamicDownloadDataFetcher Refresh complete
2019/10/25 00:48:56.1837108 5052 11392 DownloadManager ExtractUpdateFiles
2019/10/25 00:48:56.2338791 5052 11392 DataStore Service 8F9D09EA-B8FB-4BD8-A7B9-281E08077B5A removed
2019/10/25 00:48:56.2338909 5052 11392 Agent RemoveTargetedServiceMapping: 8F9D09EA-B8FB-4BD8-A7B9-281E08077B5A -> 7971F918-A847-4430-9279-4A52D1EFE18D
2019/10/25 00:50:07.5218089 9716 7000 Handler Install complete for update ID: C6A0BBFE-FA2B-4D86-AAB4-FB51F87B459E.1 Return code is 0x800703EE. Requires Reboot:No
2019/10/25 00:50:07.5218108 9716 7000 Handler Enter deployment handler NotifyResult
2019/10/25 00:50:07.5219540 9716 7000 Handler Leave deployment handler NotifyResult
2019/10/25 00:50:07.5219570 9716 7000 Handler *FAILED* [800703EE] Leave deployment handler Install
2019/10/25 00:50:07.6358057 5052 14980 Agent LogHistory called. idUpdate={C6A0BBFE-FA2B-4D86-AAB4-FB51F87B459E}.1, resultMapped=800703EE, resultUnMapped=0
2019/10/25 00:50:07.6365964 5052 14980 Agent Install updates CallerId = UpdateOrchestrator
2019/10/25 00:50:07.6367390 9236 3124 ComApi Install ClientId = UpdateOrchestrator
Screenshot of AOMEI Partition Assistant:
GParted Screenshot:
sdb3
contains the Windows Boot loader. sda3
contains GRUB, I believe, whatever that boots up Ubuntu.