How to remove downloaded but not yet installed windows update files

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Trouble:

One of our readers Jaime reported a problem regarding the windows update, he says

“How do I delete already downloaded but not yet installed Windows update file?”

 

Windows update

As stated in the statement above user has downloaded windows update files through windows update but because of some reason he does not want to install those windows update. But windows automatic update service keeps trying to install the update.

 

 

Let’s see how can we delete the downloaded windows update files

Fix:

You can easily delete windows update files. For this you need to stop windows update services running in background.

 

Follow the procedure given below:

 

1. Open Start >> Run or press window key + r

2. Type “services.msc” (without quotes) and Click OK , this will open services window.

3. Right click on Automatic Updates Service and select Stop.

4. After the service is stopped, press window key + r

5. Type “%windir%\SoftwareDistribution” (without quotes) and press enter.

6. Open the Download folder and delete all contents of the Download folder.

7. Close the window, press Window Key + r ( or Open Start >> Run )

8. Type “services.msc” (without quotes) and Click OK

9. Right click on Automatic Updates Service and select Start.

10. That’s it Done

 

We hope the above procedure will help to fix the trouble, if it does not let us know through comments.


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Jaime1079 says, May 5th, 2008   

It worked at first. Thank you. Then Windows asked permission to download updates again. I allowed it but it turned out to be the
same updates. Now it keeps nagging to install the updates and I
can’t delete them anymore because Windows changed the location of the target file.

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Jaime1079 says, May 6th, 2008   

I’ve made a mistake. Sorry. I thought Windows had already sneaked in the updates elsewhere. When all along it was just asking to start downloading(not installing) the same.

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heath says, May 10th, 2008   

I did this, and after stopping the updates service, the icon disappears from the system tray. After rebooting, or restarting the service, the icon reappears, and they are the same updates. If I check the Download folder in the %windir%\SoftwareDistribution directory, it’s empty. I don’t want the updates it is trying to install. One of them is the sp1 update for MSOffice, which I don’t use, and the other appears to be a tool for removing Paradox’s Vista Ultimate Crack.(or some other product activation bypass crack) I don’t have any cracks installed on my machine, but I still don’t want that update. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

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anil parit says, June 10th, 2008   

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