Windows 7 update error code 80072ee2

Windows 7 update error 0x80072ee2 happens when you are installing updates from the Windows Update Server and was interrupted.

• Run
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• Restart Windows Update Components

1. Run

Windowsupdate.diagca by MicrosoftWindows 7 update error 0x80072ee2 may be due to Window Update encounter a problem in Windows components and installation. Run Windowsupdate.diagca by Microsoft to troubleshoot and fix the error.

1. Download Windowsupdate.diagcab tool from Microsoft. Please see link https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/10164
2. Install and Run Windowsupdate.diagcab,
3. If all indicators are green, close the Windowsupdate.diagcab and run Windows Updates.

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. Delete bad registryWindows 7 update error 0x80072ee2, can also be due to bad registry. To fix this, delete WUServer and WIStatusServer keys if present.

1. Press Windows start. Type “Regedit “in the search bar and press Enter. A registry editor window will pop up.
2. In the registry editor, left click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE => SOFTWARE => Policies => Microsoft => Windows => WindowsUpdate folder.
3. A WUServer and WIStatusServer keys will appear on the right side. Right-click both keys and delete.
4. Then, Restart your computer. Run Windows Updates and Check for Updates.

3. Restart Windows Update Components

Windows 7 update error 0x80072ee2 may be due to incomplete Windows Update downloads. To fix this, delete the data inside the SoftwareDistribution folder then download again

Delete SoftwareDistribution

1. Windows Start. Type “services “in the search bar and press enter. A services window will pop up.
2. Look for "Windows Update" service. Right-click it and select stop. (Don't close the window yet)
3. Browse to C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\download
4. Crt + A to highlight all files. Press right-click on the highlighted files, then select Delete. Wait until all files are deleted.
5. Return to the services window. Look for “Windows Update” service. Right-click it, select start.
6. then restarts your computer.
7. Go to Windows Update and do an update again.

If the error still exists, run DISM command and sfc /scannow command, to check for error causing Windows 10 update error 0x80072ee2.

Run DISM command with sfc /scannow command

1. Click Windows Start, type in Command prompt.
2. Right click and run as Admin.
3. Type in or copy and paste this command DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth to the Command Prompt.
4. Wait until the process is complete.
5. Type in or copy and paste this command sfc /scannow to the Command Prompt.
6. Wait until the process is complete, and then Run Windows update.