Windows 11 Patch Tuesday KB5013943 causing mayhem

May 11, 2022
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Don’t you just love it when things go this wrong? A bad egg here and there is pretty much the expected norm when it comes to Windows updates that leave Redmond walls every month.

After all, it is impossible to test against all possible scenarios before the release of these patches.

But the latest Windows 11 21H2 Patch Tuesday update for the month of May, which arrived as KB5013943 last night, is causing issues for many users. Not just a single issue, but a slew of them, like buggy Teams and Discord apps, black screens, and good old BSODs.

The update is definitely buggy, and it is believed that the cause of this mayhem may be related to the removal of the .NET Framework 3.5.

As a result, some users are reporting that reinstalling .NET components resolved their issues. Apparently, the solution is to manually reinstall the platform, which means that this workaround may not work for everyone.

Rolling back the update may be the only other option for these users.

KB5013943 Feedback Hub Issues

Oh, and in case you are wondering about the mayhem this particular update is causing, the screenshot above collects the reports on the Feedback Hub.

Users reporting all kinds of problems, including issues related to Phone Link, random black screen, those dreaded Blue Screens of Death, and more. Error messages are thrown around when trying to start applications like Discord, Capture One Pro, Garmin Express, MusicBee, and whatnot.

Hopefully, Microsoft will get on this quickly and find out what went wrong with this notorious update.

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Featured · Patches · Updates · Windows 11

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