I have a Windows Store app with Background Transfer to download contents and it is working well until now. However, a few customers report that after they update their PC to Creators Update (1703), the downloads stop working giving an error like HRESULT: 0x80072EE4
(which is translated from an exception by my app).
There are similar reports: HRESULT 0x80072EE4 when using BackgroundDownloader but in my case, it happens after Windows Update 1703. Strangely, this issue doesn't happen on my developer PC where the same update is already installed.
Is there anyone has any clue on the source of the problem or found any workaround?
The problem is that the registry key pointing to the user's Temporary Internet Files cache is gone. If you look in Internet Explorer 11 under Internet Options -->General and click settings under browser history there will be nothing under "current location" and a disk space to use of zero. You may notice that Edge crashes immediately if you try to View Advanced Settings under Settings (at least it did in previous versions.)To reset it to the default I followed these instructions:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/b433f6c6-a9fe-4ca6-aeba-ab9f0fc049a7/reset-temporary-internet-files-back-to-default-location?forum=w8itprogeneral