Windows updates

Oblivion

Here's a useful little tip I spotted on the PC Pro website. Windows Update, after installing the updates, leaves behind the downloaded data files which serve no further purpose other than to clog up your hard drive.

This little 4 line command script deletes all those unwanted files.

First copy the 4 lines below and paste them into Notepad and save it to your desktop giving it any meaningful name to you such as UpdatesCrapDelete.cmd
The .cmd at the end is important.

cd \
cd %windir%
cd SoftwareDistribution
DEL /F /S /Q Download

You should now have an icon on your desktop. After making sure all the latest updates have finished installing and rebooted your PC, right click on this icon and select Run As Administrator. It will run the command and delete all the crap.

Sooler

bermary wrote: »

Sooler did what you suggested but the update for net framework 4 still stuck on 2% after 2 hours.

did spoolsv.exe restart?, stop it again.

martin57

Oblivion wrote: »

Here's a useful little tip I spotted on the PC Pro website. Windows Update, after installing the updates, leaves behind the downloaded data files which serve no further purpose other than to clog up your hard drive.

This little 4 line command script deletes all those unwanted files.

First copy the 4 lines below and paste them into Notepad and save it to your desktop giving it any meaningful name to you such as UpdatesCrapDelete.cmd
The .cmd at the end is important.

cd \
cd %windir%
cd SoftwareDistribution
DEL /F /S /Q Download

You should now have an icon on your desktop. After making sure all the latest updates have finished installing and rebooted your PC, right click on this icon and select Run As Administrator. It will run the command and delete all the crap.

Thanks for the tip, tried it on windows 7 but doesn't work, when I right click it doesn't give me an option to run as administrator, though if I right click on other programs I get that option.

Ah spoke too soon, got it to work now, was the cmd that was the prob, many thanks again



thanks
Martin57

Blackjack_Davy

Oblivion wrote: »

Here's a useful little tip I spotted on the PC Pro website.

If you're using CCleaner (and you should for cleaning general cleaning of your computer) you can add this and additional folders and files to be cleaned under the Options > Include tab

this is my list -

bermary

Is the reason I can't install the windows updates I keep getting a fault with my computer or microsoft because one or two other people on here seem to be having trouble too

Coveredinbees!!!!

took ages to update my vista laptop, just leave it running.

bermary

I left mine running for over 6 hours and the installs never got past 2% and computer finished up all over the place, had to do a system restore to get my computer working something like,still showing I have 19 updates to install but dare'nt do so I case I finish up in trouble again