How to Fix Error Code 0x80070490 in Windows 10/8/7?

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Fix #1: Windows 10/8 update error
• Fix #2: Windows Vista/7 update error 80070490
• Fix #3: Something happened 0x80070490 - 0x20016
• Bonux tip: How to backup Windows 10?
• Frequently Asked Questions

Overview

The error 0x80070490 usually appears when users try to install Windows updates, upgrade Windows operating system, install an application from Windows Store, and it can be triggered by causes like registry corruption, corrupted files in Component-Based Servicing (CBS) , third-party software coalification, faulty system errors, etc. Error code 0x80070490 can be an extremely broad issue to many Windows users, because it happens to various circumstances. Same error code with different error messages can be totally different problem. Sometimes, even same error message can't be fixed with identical solution under different Windows versions. Therefore, it seems complicated to solve the problem and that is true in some cases. If you have received the error without knowing causes and effective remedy, you can try steps in this guide which is dedicated to the error in different conditions.

Fix #1: Windows update error

The error is likely to happen when users attempt to install system updates but each story differs from one another, here is one of them: "After I updated system to 8.1, some programs on my computer didn't work and I had to reinstall them. However, I got an error when trying to install applications like New and Maps. The error message is 'Something happened and this app couldn't be installed. Please try again. Error code: ox80070490.' In order to solve the problem, I've even tried uninstalling them and installing again after rebooting system. But that doesn't work."

In another case, this update error code appears this way "Windows Store failed to sync machine license. Result code 0x80070490" or "There were problem installing some updates, but we'll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help ". Quite a few users receive the error message after installing Windows 10 or Windows 8.1 update. Windows 8.1 update was released in the year 2014 and it improved user experience greatly in many aspects. Most users are willing to install this update, but this error adds frustration to those who want to install the update.

Solution #1: Repair damaged and corrupted system files

Step 1  Open an elevated command prompt. That means you should run the Command Prompt with administrator level privileges, otherwise in following operation you'll get message like "You must be an administrator running a console session in order to use the sfc utility". If you are in Windows 8.1 you can right-click on the start butt