Probably, You are familiar with this folder name “Catroot2”. There is another one named CatRoot. Both are very essential folders that contain critical data related to windows updates. Sometimes, You may need to reset the catroot2 folder in order to repair many update-related problems. In this article, We will go through it in detail.
In fact, Both CatRoot and catroot2 folders are similar to the software distribution folder. These contain update components and signatures etc. If any files contained in these folders get corrupt, Windows update may fail by showing various error messages. So, It is really a good thing to know the way to reset these folders in advance.
Note: You can reset catroot2. But, You should not mess with the CatRoot folder. Because It may create other issues.
How Can You Reset Catroot2 Folder?
Resetting this folder is very easy. You can do it by using a few commands. In this case, Here are the things, You will have to do.
- First of all, Open command prompt as administrator. If you don’t know how to do it, Simply open start menu. Then, Type cmd. After that, Right click on command prompt and choose run as administrator.
- Then, Run the following commands.
net stop cryptsvc
md %systemroot%\system32\catroot2.bak
xcopy %systemroot%\system32\catroot2 %systemroot%\system32\catroot2.bak /s
- After executing these three commands, manually delete everything from catroot2 folder. You will find this folder in C:\Windows\System32\
- Then, Run this command.
net start cryptsvc
- Now, Check for latest windows update.
- Done.
In this way, You can reset catroot2 folder. This is really helpful to get rid of many update-related problems. I hope it will help you in many ways.
