Windows Update Failures: HRESULT: 0x80240016

[danielsollondon]

The Windows Update customizer can fail if there are any outstanding Windows restarts, or application installations still running, typically you may see this error in the customization.log, System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80240016): Exception from HRESULT: 0x80240016. We strongly advise you consider adding in a Windows Restart, and/or allowing applications enough time to complete their installations using [sleep] or wait commands(https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/start-sleep?view=powershell-7) in the inline commands or scripts before running Windows Update.