

WU_E_UH_INVALIDMETADATA A handler operation could not be completed because the update contains invalid metadata. I wrote something about error codes of the type 0x8024xxxx in the blog post Windows 10: Update errors 0x8024xxxx detailed. It would be very helpful to know the plain text description of the error code 0x80242006. What does the update error 0x80242006 stand for? Some MS Answers forum posts mention that checking Windows for defective files (see Check and repair Windows system files and component store) did not help. Windows 10 tries to install an update cyclically and then fails with error 0x80242006. The result is error message "Error 0x80242006".

System daily attempts to update Windows to ver 1709. A typical update error description is: Error 0x80242006 The last link refers to the Windows Defender and the Adobe Flash Player, whose updates fail with error 0x80242006. I have limited the search to Windows 10 and found entries here, here, here and here. If you search for this update error, there are a lot of hits.
