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Raymond Saloomey
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What is the cause of windows update error 0x800736B3 and what is the solution to it?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
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Igor Leyko 111K Reputation points Independent Advisor2026-04-11T18:03:19.1+00:00 -
Igor Leyko 111K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2026-04-11T13:24:49.73+00:00 Did you try recommended solutions?
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Raymond Saloomey 40 Reputation points
2026-04-11T17:37:50.71+00:00 Ultimately the only fix was to run the Repair Install. Everything else was a waste of time.
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Igor Leyko 111K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2026-04-10T20:11:32.5633333+00:00 Hi,
0x800736B3 indicates denotes component store corruption. Try solutions mentioned at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3856182/error-0x800736b3-and-0x800f0838-when-installing-kb