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0x80040154 error may occur when you create a system image backup in Windows 8.1

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Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:
  • You are running a Windows 8.1-based computer.
  • You create a system image backup and save it to a BD-R disk.

While creating the backup, you receive the following error message. If you did not format the BD-R disk preliminarily, the message is shown many times.

Windows Backup

An error occurred:

Class not registered (0x80040154)

Close Windows Backup and try again.

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Cause

This issue occurs because the registered class that is used to display the progress bar in Windows 8, is deleted in Windows 8.1.

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Workaround

Before you start system image backup, format the BD-R disc. 

Note Even if you formatted the BD-R disc preliminarily, the error message will be shown once. You can ignore the message and hit OK, the system image backup will continue.

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Article Info
Article ID : 2934165
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 9/29/2014
Exists online : False
Views : 317