# Error(0,h.requestMetadata) is not a function

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**Created:** [August 15, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/error-0-h-requestmetadata-is-not-a-function/371138 "2024-08-15T16:05:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/error-0-h-requestmetadata-is-not-a-function/371138/17 "2025-01-29T09:58:52Z")

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Just had this. Win 10, run as administrator, full control and bang. Long story short, stick the ISO in your downloads folder and then it works. Anyplace else and no.

Then I got this…

> [@Unable to flash Linux ISO file in pen drive](https://forums.balena.io/t/unable-to-flash-linux-iso-file-in-pen-drive/372877):
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> Hi community! It’s been very exciting to try all the new releases and updates on live USB. So in order to try that, I bring the 15 GB pen drive and tried to flash the Linux Mint iso file on it. But I got this error multiple times even after formatting the pen drive. I hope community will surely have some solution. Namaste!

There’s a sneaky windows perms pop up that you might miss and you need to confirm your actions otherwise you get the error.

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