0x80072EE7 🪟 Windows

Error 0x80072EE7 (Windows Update / Microsoft Store: server name could not be resolved)

Windows can’t resolve Microsoft’s server names — DNS, hosts file, proxy or firewall problems.

Seen on: Windows

Meaning

0x80072EE7 = WININET_E_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED. Hosts-file blocking (telemetry blockers), broken DNS, or a proxy stops Store and Update from connecting.

Common causes

  • Hosts file entries blocking Microsoft domains
  • DNS server not responding
  • Proxy settings
  • Firewall/VPN

⚡ Quick fix

  1. Reset the hosts file and flush DNS
  2. Use a public DNS server
  3. Reset proxy (Settings → Network → Proxy; netsh winhttp reset proxy)

Detailed fix by platform

Windows

  1. powershell
    notepad C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
ipconfig /flushdns
netsh winhttp reset proxy

How to diagnose

  1. Hosts — Entries for microsoft/windowsupdate domains?
  2. DNS — nslookup storeedgefd.dsx.mp.microsoft.com

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