Dism Error 14098 The Component Store Has Been Corrupted

DISM Error 14098, The component store has been corrupted

We will be taking a look at the following methods to fix this component store corruption issue on Windows 10/8/7:

1] Use Restore Health

If you are in Advanced Startup Options, you can select Command Prompt directly and proceed with the steps. Alternatively, you can get your computer into the Clean Boot State or boot with an external bootable installation media. Open Command Prompt (Admin)and enter the following command and hit Enter: Let this DISM command run and once done, restart your computer and try again. If it fails maybe you need to use the /StartComponentCleanup parameter:

2] Reset Windows Update Components

The following links will help you if you need to restore Windows Update components to default:

3] Whitelist dism.exe in your Antivirus

You need to open your antivirus setting and do the needful. This post will show you how to exclude a folder or whitelist a process in Windows Defender.

4] Uninstall recently installed updates

Some Windows Updates may affect some mechanism internally when upgrading Windows, and this in return causes issues with other components of the operating system. If you have recently installed any updates, try uninstalling the Updates. Reboot your computer and try again and see if that helps you. Now read: Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them.