Windows 10 is a reliable operating system and regular free updates are one major reason behind it. Although Windows 10 is the most popular operating system there are some errors that can hinder the user experience on the otherwise secure OS. Several users complain facing Skype error code 0x80070497 on Windows 10, so in this article, we will teach you how you can fix Skype error code 0x80070497 in Windows 10.
How to Fix Skype Error Code 0x80070497 in Windows
Using Command Prompt
Here are the steps on how to fix Skype error code 0x80070497 in Windows 10 through command prompt:
Launch the Command Prompt.
You can also tap Windows + X key on your keyboard and select Command Prompt “Admin.”
Here you have to stop Windows updates service and BITS service in the command prompt.
To start the command, you need to enter the following command:
net stop bits
net stop wuauserv
Now deletes qmgr*.dat files, to remove this enter the following command prompt and tap Enter:
Del “%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\qmgr*.dat”
If you are doing this step first time, then you need to skip the above steps and go through the next steps given below. If you are done all the steps and not get success, then repeat the steps and remember to follow all the steps without skipping ant steps.
It is one of the useful messages that you need to use carefully, here are other methods that can help you to fix this error:
Here you need to run three commands in the command prompt to change the name of the folder, and every time you need to enter with the command:
Ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore *.bak
Ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\Download *.bak
Ren %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 *.bak
Here you need to reset Windows updates service and BITS service as default security description. To process these steps, you need to enter the command in the command prompt:
sc.exe sdset bits D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)
(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)
sc.exe sdsetwuauserv D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)
(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)
After this above command you need to enter the given command in the command prompt and then tap the Enter button on your keyboard:
cd /d %windir%\system32
Next enter the following in the command prompt and then tap the Enter key on your keyboard:
cd /d %windir%\system32
Now In the windows updates service and BITS service these steps maybe get several commands that user need to enter in the command prompt to fix this issue here are the following command you need to enter the command and Tap Enter button with each command:
regsvr32.exe atl.dll
regsvr32.exe urlmon.dll
regsvr32.exe mshtml.dll
regsvr32.exe shdocvw.dll
regsvr32.exe browseui.dll
regsvr32.exe jscript.dll
regsvr32.exe vbscript.dll
regsvr32.exe scrrun.dll
regsvr32.exe msxml.dll
regsvr32.exe msxml3.dll
regsvr32.exe msxml6.dll
regsvr32.exe actxprxy.dll
regsvr32.exe softpub.dll
regsvr32.exe wintrust.dll
regsvr32.exe dssenh.dll
regsvr32.exe rsaenh.dll
regsvr32.exe gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32.exe sccbase.dll
regsvr32.exe slbcsp.dll
regsvr32.exe cryptdlg.dll
regsvr32.exe oleaut32.dll
regsvr32.exe ole32.dll
regsvr32.exe shell32.dll
regsvr32.exe initpki.dll
regsvr32.exe wuapi.dll
regsvr32.exe wuaueng.dll
regsvr32.exe wuaueng1.dll
regsvr32.exe wucltui.dll
regsvr32.exe wups.dll
regsvr32.exe wups2.dll
regsvr32.exe wuweb.dll
regsvr32.exe qmgr.dll
regsvr32.exe qmgrprxy.dll
regsvr32.exe wucltux.dll
regsvr32.exe muweb.dll
regsvr32.exe wuwebv.dll
Next, reset Winsock and enter the following command:
netsh reset Winsock
Then tap Enter key on your keyboard.
Now reset your Windows updates service and BITS service and enter the given command:
net start bits
net start wuauserv
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