[FIXED] Media Creation Tool Not Working in Windows 10

As an official tool, Media Creation Tool can help you create a bootable USB drive for installing Windows 10 easily and safely. However, sometimes users may find that Media Creation Tool won't open saying "There was a problem running this tool" or Media Creation Tool gets stuck when downloading Windows. If you meet the same issue and wonder how to fix Media Creation Tool not working, here this passage may help you.

• Solution 1: Run Media Creation Tool as administrator
• Solution 2: Keep the required services running
• Solution 3: Add Registry File in Registry Editor
• Solution 4: Turn off Windows Defender Antivirus temporarily
• Solution 5: Adjust language settings
• Solution 6: Redownload Media Creation Tool file
• Solution 7: Clear space in C: Drive on system
• Solution 8: Create bootable USB without Media Creation Tool

How to Fix Media Creation Tool Not Working

Why Media Creation Tool not opening or getting stuck? There are various reasons such as insufficient permissions, disabled processes, wrong registry entries, OS and antivirus conflict or incorrect language settings, etc. In addition, limited storage can also make your Media Creation Tool get stuck. After knowing the reasons, you can try to fix Media Creation not working with following solutions.

Solution 1: Run Media Creation Tool as Administrator

Step 1: Download the Media Creation file from Microsoft website.

Step 2: Right-click Media Creation file and choose Properties. Then choose Compatibility and check the box for Run the program as an administrator. Finally click on OK.

Solution 2: Keep the required services running

If some required services are disabled in Windows, it may cause Media Creation Tool not working. Before you run media creation tool, you need to enable the required services and keep them running during using the media creation tool.

Step 1: Press Windows key + R then type services.msc then hit Enter.

Step 2: Right-click on each service as follows and select Start to enable them.

• Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
• Server
• IKE and AuthIP IPsec Keying Modules
• TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper
• Workstation
• Windows Firewall
• Windows Update or Automatic Updates

Then you can restart Media Creation Tool and you may find it runs normally this time.

Solution 3: Add Registry File in Registry Editor

If the Creation Media Tool is not opening or downloading Windows, you can try to add command file in registry Editor to fix it.

Step 1: Type Regedit in the search Windows and press Enter button

Step 2: Follow this path to find the OSUpgrade file

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionWindowsUpdateOSUpgrade

Step 3: Right-click on OSUpgrade and select New to create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value

Step 4: Name the new Value as AllowOSUpgrade and then double-click on it to adjust the Value data into 1.

Step 5: restart PC and run the Media Creation Tool again.

解决方案 4：暂时关闭 Windows Defender 防病毒软件

有时防病毒软件可能会错误地阻止媒体创建工具运行。因此，要解决媒体创建工具无法工作的问题，您可以尝试通过以下方式暂时关闭Windows Defender Antivirus：.

第1步：在搜索窗口中输入Windows安全。

第 2 步：转到

病毒和威胁防护。

第 3 步：向下滚动找到

病毒和威胁防护设置，然后单击管理设置。

第 4 步：

关闭实时保护选项。

解决方案5：调整语言设置

不正确的语言设置也可能导致您的创作媒体工具无法工作。因此，检查并将PC语言调整为英语可能会帮助您解决此问题。

第1步：按Windows

键+R然后输入control然后按Enter。

第 2 步：在“时钟、语言和区域”部分下，选择

更改日期、时间或数字格式。

第 3 步：打开

管理选项卡并选择更改系统区域设置。

第 4 步：在当前系统区域设置下拉菜单中，选择英语并单击

确定。

第 5 步：在

管理下，点击复制设置。

第 6 步：

选中欢迎屏幕和系统帐户以及新用户帐户的复选框。

解决方案6：重新下载媒体创建工具

如果媒体创建工具仍然无法使用，您可以尝试重新下载该工具。首先在电脑中搜索Media Creation Tool文件并明确删除。然后您可以再次下载并运行该工具，看看它是否有效。

解决方案7：清理C: Drive on system中的空间

由于iso文件将存储在C盘上。如果 C 盘中剩余的空间不足以安装操作系统，则可能会导致 Media Creation Tool 无法下载 Windows。因此，清理 C 盘空间并确保 C 盘至少剩余 8 G 空间可能会修复媒体创建工具无法运行的问题。要清理C盘中的一些临时文件和其他不重要的数据，可以按照以下方式操作：

第一步：

右键C盘，选择属性。然后点击磁盘清理，它会自动扫描您可以删除的文件，以释放空间。

第二步：选择要删除的无用文件，包括临时文件、回收站中的文件等，然后点击

确定完成磁盘清理。

您可能对在 Windows 10 中无需格式化即可清理 C 盘的 4 种方法感兴趣。

解决方案 8：不使用媒体创建工具创建可启动 USB

如果您尝试了上述所有方法后，媒体创建工具仍然无法工作，则可能是您的 Windows 上的某些文件或服务与该工具发生冲突。所以不用打扰。您可以从 ISO 创建 Windows 10 可启动 USB，而无需使用媒体创建工具。

如果您使用媒体创建工具下载 Windows 10 ISO 文件，则不必这样做。您可以通过 Chrome 从 Microsoft 下载 Windows 10 ISO 文件，无需使用媒体创建工具或任何其他工具。单击该链接查看如何操作。

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