powershell as administrator Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup net stop wuauserv takeown /f "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution" /R /A /D Y icacls "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution" /inheritance:r /grant:r Users:(OI)(CI)F /T icacls "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution" /inheritance:r /grant:r Everyone:(OI)(CI)F /T icacls "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution" /inheritance:r /grant:r SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)F /T icacls "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution" /inheritance:r /grant:r Administrators:(OI)(CI)F /T icacls "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution" /grant Administrators:F /T icacls "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution" /grant Users:F /T icacls "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution" /grant SYSTEM:F /T icacls "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution" /grant Everyone:F /T Rename-Item C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old net start wuauserv Rmdir C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution.old -recurse