{"id":1883,"date":"2019-07-31T10:01:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T10:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2023-10-10T10:49:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:49:54","slug":"windows-10-media-creation-tool-not-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/windows-10-media-creation-tool-not-working\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Fix &#8211; Windows 10 Media Creation Tool Not Working\/Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Windows Media Creation tool comes to our immediate rescue while trying to repair operating system errors or upgrading to Windows 10. But users have often reported an error message while trying to run the tool preventing the same from being loaded. So, if\u00a0<strong>Media Creation tool not working or opening<\/strong>, don&#8217;t worry. This article is<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">\u00a0going to take a look at some of its troubleshooting mechanisms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Fix 1: Run Windows Media Creation Tool As Administrator<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Running Windows Media Creation Tool as an administrator can provide you with an upper hand over all problems. For this you need to follow the below mentioned steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 1. Download the installation file of Media Creation Tool and right click on the same to open properties.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 2. Select \u2018Run this program in compatibility mode\u2019 from the Compatibility tab.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 3. Choose your preferred Windows version and check the \u2018Run this program as an administrator\u2019 box.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 4. Confirm all the changes you have made and run the tool again.+<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Fix 2. Use A Third-Party Software<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">If your media creation tool is not working, then you can readily create a bootable media using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/iso-editor.html\">WizISO<\/a>. It\u00a0is a seemingly simple, but very excellent tool that could do a lot of work including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/how-to-burn-iso-to-usb-drive.html\">burn ISO<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/extract-iso-files.html\">extract ISO<\/a>, create ISO, edit ISO and copy disc.\u00a0Most notably it can be able to burn all Windows ISO files to USB very efficiently without creating errors, the ISO file can be burned to\u00a0 a USB or DVD\/CD through sector-by-sector copying.\u00a0This 5 features makes it a very valuable tool for\u00a0users\u00a0who need to deal with ISO file. The core\u00a0of this program is it supports two starting mode: MBR and UEFI mode, because nowadays, UEFI has \u00a0replaced the traditional BIOS on PCs, so,WizISO should be your best choice as it \u00a0can create a uefi bootable usb for windows 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/images\/iso\/iso_eidtor_main.webp\" alt=\"iso editor\" width=\"626\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Don&#8217;t miss:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/create-bootable-usb-dvd-on-mac.html\">How to Create A Windows 10\/8\/7 Bootable USB or DVD on Mac OS<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Fix 2. Enable All Necessary Services<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">If different services are disabled, then you might come across the 0x80070015 error code. Thus, it becomes essential to check the status of the same by following the steps mentioned below:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Firstly, you will have to press the Windows key and R together and type in services.msc before pressing Enter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Now check the status of the below mentioned services from the available list and set their type to \u2018Automatic.\u2019 <\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">&#8211; Server<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">&#8211; Windows Update<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">&#8211; TCP\/IP NetBIOS Helper<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">&#8211; Background Intelligent Transfer Service<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">&#8211; IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">&#8211; Workstation<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Fix 3. Make Changes To The Registry Editor<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">This method is not recommended for amateurs as even a minor mistake can lead to grave results in terms of OS damage. To keep things safe, you can back up your registry to proceed with the changes by following the steps mentioned below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">\u00a0Type \u2018regedit\u2019 in Windows Search bar to open the Registry Editor.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Now click on \u2018File\u2019 appearing underneath the \u2018Menu bar\u2019 before clicking \u2018Export.\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> In this step, you will also be required to select the location from the left pane and type in the \u2018File Name.\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">On completion of the backup, you need to navigate to <em>DDHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Current Version\\WindowsUpdate\\OSUpgrade\u00a0key<\/em> from the left pane.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Now you will have to right-click on the empty space for selecting New\u00a0-&gt;\u00a0DWORD. You can change its name to AllowOSUpgrade before setting its value to 1.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Ultimately, you will have to close Registry Editor before restarting your PC.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Fix 4.Check For Available Updates<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The Windows Media Creation Tool serves as the ultimate nirvana for people on the lookout for a potent option which can speed up the whole update drill. This tool makes massive use of update-related services for unleashing its greatest potential. It thus becomes necessary to ensure that all services related to updates are running properly. if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/windows-7-usb-dvd-download-tool-not-recognizing-usb-or-hdd.html\">Media Creation Tool not recognizing your USB<\/a>,You can do the same by following the steps mentioned below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 1. Type services.msc in the Windows Search bar and open Services.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 2. Ensure that the following services are running:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Server<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">TCP\/IP NetBIOS Helper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Server <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Workstation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Automatic Updates or Windows Update <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 3. You can right click on the services which have stopped and start each one individually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 4.\u00a0Lastly you need to restart Windows Media Creation Tool and things will hopefully go back to normal.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Fix 5. Checking The Language Settings<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Instances of the Windows 10 setup file and system language not matching with each other are not rare. However, such cases can also cause your system to flash messages like \u201cThere was a problem running this tool\u201d while working with Windows Media Creation. You can get over these problems by changing the language of your laptop or PC to English.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">This can be done by navigating to \u2018Control Panel\u2019 and choosing the \u2018Clock, Language and Region\u2019 option. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">In the next step, you will have to click on \u2018Change date, time or number format\u2019 from the \u2018Region\u2019 section. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Now you need to open the \u2018administrative\u2019 tab and choose \u2018Change system locale\u2019 option.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The \u2018Locale\u2019 has to be set to \u2018English\u2019 followed by pressing OK.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Now you will have to toggle back once again to the \u2018Administrative\u2019 tab and click on \u2018Copy settings.\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">You need to check both \u2018New user accounts\u2019 and \u2018Welcome screen and system accounts\u2019 boxes if the same is not checked already.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Ultimately you need to save the changes by clicking on \u2018Apply\u2019 and \u2018OK\u2019 before rebooting the system.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Fix 6. Checking Storage Space &amp; Trying Out Another Device<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">If you have more than one PC at your home, make it a point to try out your other options before coming to a conclusion. You will have to create a bootable ISO file or USB having at least 6 GB storage space using your alternative PC. Setting up main Windows requires approximately 4 GB storage. But this won\u2019t be of much help once your device starts taking updates. Your problem with the Media Creation Tool is most likely to get solved once you format your USB flash drive to NTFS format rather than FAT32.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Fix 7. Deactivate Your Antivirus<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">We all are well versed about the relationship between third party antivirus solutions and Windows 10 which in most cases might block some of the Windows features and even detect false treats. If your Windows Media Creation Tool has not been showing positive results off late, then it is advisable to disable your antivirus temporarily.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">You can do the same by clicking on \u2018Alt+ Ctrl+ Delete\u2019 from the Task Manager and locating your antivirus process before clicking on End Task. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Ultimately you will have to locate the icon from the taskbar and right click on the same before ultimately clicking on \u2018Disable.\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The error code displayed varies in accordance with the real culprit behind the problem. But in most of the cases, you can fix them all by applying the troubleshooting tips mentioned above. So, try them out today and don\u2019t forget to share your experience in the comments section below.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows Media Creation tool comes to our immediate rescue while trying to repair operating system errors or upgrading to Windows 10. But users have often reported an error message while trying to run the tool preventing the same from being loaded. So, if\u00a0Media Creation tool not working or opening, don&#8217;t worry. 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