There are a lot of people looking to upgrade to Windows 11 right now… and apparently a lot of them are having trouble doing so. Because one of the most popular methods for moving from Windows 10 to the new operating system—Microsoft’s official Media Creation Tool—has a debilitating bug in its latest release.

Microsoft says the latest version of the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool (MCT) no longer works correctly on Windows 10 22H2 computers.

The Windows 11 media creation tool is used to create a bootable USB drive or DVD with the installation files for the OS. You typically turn to this tool to run a clean install or reinstall of Windows 11 on a new or existing computer. It's an ideal way to upgrade any Windows 10 PC to the latest supported version of Windows, not just your current PC.

Microsoft recently admitted that it has broken the Windows Media Creation Tool, making it difficult to upgrade to Windows 11 amid Windows 10's imminent death. However, it has provided a workaround as it works on a permanent fix for the issue.

Windows 11 Media Creation Tool version 26100.6584 crashes on Windows 10, leaving users unable to create bootable media.

Windows 11 Media Creation fails to work on Windows 10 PCs, ahead of Windows 10 EOD. Workarounds exist, though a fix timeline isn't mentioned.

Microsoft has broken its own Windows 11 media creation tool just as millions of users face a deadline to abandon Windows 10 — and with less than 24 hours until support officially ends. The company acknowledged on October 10 that version 26100.

Fix the “unable to run this tool” error when Media Creation Tool fails on Arm64 PCs with this quick workaround.

After rolling out Windows 11 25H2, also known as Windows 11 2025 Update, Microsoft has confirmed that the Media Creation Tool has stopped working on devices with Arm64 CPUs.

Microsoft has confirmed that the latest version of the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool (MCT) is malfunctioning on devices running Windows 10 22H2. The