Secondly, open This PC and go to the C drive or go to the other drives if you have changed your main drive.
Thirdly, double click on the Users folder inside the main drive. On the next window, look for the ‘username’ folder and open it by double-clicking on it.
After that, open the ‘AppData’ folder, and inside the ‘AppData,’ look for the ‘Local’ folder and open it. Inside the ‘Local’ folder search for the ‘Temp’ folder and open it.
Lastly, select all the files on the ‘Temp’ folder and delete them. Before deleting this data, check the ‘Temp’ folder for other files, and if there are any user files, take back up of it as a safety measure.
That’s all, now go to the settings and retry updating your windows and check if the error is solved or not.
Method 3: Run DISM
DISM, also is known as Deployment Image Servicing and Management, is a command-line tool that is used to mount and service Windows images. This tool can be helpful if you are facing errors while updating windows. This tool manages windows update files, and because of this, it can be helpful.
To use DISM, first of all, click on the search tab or use Cortana and search for CMD. Select command prompt, right-click on it, and run it as the administrator.
Secondly, write the following command on the command prompt window and press enter.
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth
After running the previous command, enter the second command mentioned below and press enter.
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
Lastly, after running both the command’s exit the command prompt and reboot your PC.
As soon as you reboot your PC, check your Windows updater and see if you can update to the latest windows. DISM tool will fix all the errors after the scan.
Method 4: Run the Windows update troubleshooter utility
Microsoft cares a lot about its users, and they are aware of various errors the users are facing. To help users dealing with these errors Microsoft has added a troubleshooter utility. You can use this utility to fix errors regarding the update.
To use Windows Update Troubleshooter, first of all, open a search window or use Cortana to search and open the windows setting.
Secondly, on the setting window, go to update and security and click on the troubleshooter option.
Lastly, follow the instructions on your screen to run the troubleshooter. Let it finish the scan and fix the issues.
Method 5: Reset your PC
If none of the upper-mentioned solutions works for you, then you need to reset your windows. We suggest you take a backup of your important data as resetting might delete some data. Now after taking a backup to follow the below-mentioned instructions to reset your pc.
First of all, open the recovery menu by opening the setting>recovery.
On the recovery window, you will see the reset this pc option, and a get started button. Click on the ‘get started’ button to start the reset option.
Lastly, follow the instructions on your screen to rest your windows. This way, your windows will reset, and if some system files were corrupted and were causing the error will be fixed.
Conclusion
To sum up, you can use any of the mentioned methods to solve Windows 10 Update Error 0x80070026. If you still face the error, then contact windows support and provide them with all the necessary information regarding your issue. They will provide you with a solution to fix it. Hopefully, this guide will help you with fixing Windows 10 Update Error 0x80070026.
