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Clearing Windows Update Cache

Clearing Windows update cache is used when some updates will not complete. This could help Windows to update automatically.

  1. Open administrator command prompt:

    Windows key + R, type “cmd” into the box, ctrl + shift + enter

  2. These steps will stop the update services, type them line by line into the command prompt:

    net stop wuauserv
    net stop cryptSvc
    net stop bits
    net stop msiserver
  3. Now we have to remove the updated cache:

    ren C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old
    ren C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 catroot2.old
  4. Now we must restart the update services:

    net start wuauserv
    net start cryptSvc
    net start bits
    net start msiserver
  5. Now you should reboot and try windows updates again.