Windows 10 Event ID 257 CAPi2. The Cryptographic Services services failed to initialize the Catalog Database. The ESENT error was -1805

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Getting an error in the application log every time we restart Cryptographic Services:

Event ID 257 CAPi2. The Cryptographic Services services failed to initialize the Catalog Database. The ESENT error was -1805

I've tried following:

1. Stopped Cyptographic service.

2. Make a backup of c:\windows\system32\catroot2\

3. Delete contents of c:\windows\system32\catroot2\

4. restart Cyptographic service


5. Error appears in application log.

6. C:\windows\System32\catroot2\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE} is empty. the catdb does not get recreated.

7. System recovery does not fix the issue.

Consequently:

8. Windows patches fail to install.

9. Running any .msc, i.e. service.msc fails with a Red UAC pop-up: This app has been blocked for your protection. Publisher unknown.

Any insight on how to fix this would be helpful.

Have multiple machines broken.

All are running Windows 10 Pro 1803.

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