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The Windows 11 media creation tool is no longer working.
And today marks the last day of support for Windows 10.
There are other methods to upgrade your Windows 10 PC to 11.
Talk about bad timing. Just as today marks the final day of Microsoft support for Windows 10, a popular Microsoft tool that upgrades your PC to Windows 11 isn't working right. So now what do you do if you want to move on from Windows 10?
In the latest update to its page on known issues in Windows 10 22H2, Microsoft broke the news that the Windows 11 media creation tool is, well, broken. The folks in Redmond report that version 26100.6584 of this tool, released September 29, 2025, might not work as expected when used in Windows 10. The program may shut down unexpectedly with no error message to indicate what happened.
Also: Don't want to upgrade to Windows 11? You don't have to, but here's what you should know
Microsoft said it's working to fix the issue. Once the glitch is resolved, the company will release an update to the media creation tool that you can then run. But by then, Windows 10 may no longer be supported.
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