As part of the May 2021 Patch Tuesday cycle, Microsoft released a cumulative update KB5003173 for Windows 10 on May 11. This was a security update for Windows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004), Windows 10 October 2020 Update (version 20H2), and Windows 10 May 2021 Preview Update (version 21H1) with a few quality improvements.

 

But it turned out that a lot of users reporting an installation failure with the error code 0x800f0922 due to a change concerning the installation of Microsoft Edge Chromium. Though there is no acceptance from the Microsoft side yet, a workaround has been published.

 

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Windows 10 KB5003173 update causing error 0x800f0922 for some users

 

How to fix 0x800f0922 error on Windows 10

As of now, there is no fix from Microsoft related to the installation error code 0x800f0922 that is being caused while installing the KB5003173 for Windows 10. If you are one of those few users, here's a quick workaround:

  1. Open the file explorer, and navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\.
  2. If the folder path exists, remove the folder named "Edge".
  3. Now restart the system before checking for Windows Update again.

 

If you are still having issues installing this month's cumulative update (KB5003173) after applying the above workaround, head over to the Microsoft Edge site and install the latest version of the Chromium-powered Microsoft Edge browser from there.

 


Kunal Chowdhury

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Solution Architect & Former Microsoft MVP

Kunal Chowdhury is an enterprise solution architect and former multi-year Microsoft MVP. He is the author of three technical books: Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook, Mastering Visual Studio 2017, and the Mastering Visual Studio 2019.

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