0x80070057 🪟 Windows

Windows error 0x80070057 (The parameter is incorrect)

A Windows component received an invalid value — common in Windows Update, Backup, DISM (Error: 87) and disk formatting.

Seen on: Windows

Meaning

E_INVALIDARG/ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER is generic. With DISM, “Error: 87” almost always means a typo in the command (missing space before /). With updates or backup, corrupt settings or a bad target drive are usual.

Common causes

  • Typo in a DISM/command-line argument (Error 87)
  • Corrupt Windows Update data
  • Backup target drive formatted incorrectly or failing
  • Regional/decimal settings breaking some installers

⚡ Quick fix

  1. Check command syntax: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth (spaces before each /)
  2. Reset Windows Update components
  3. Run chkdsk on the target drive

Detailed fix by platform

Windows

  1. powershell
    DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
chkdsk E: /f

How to diagnose

  1. Context — DISM, Update, Backup or Format?
  2. Syntax — Spaces and slashes
  3. Drive — Healthy?

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