If Windows Troubleshooter fixed your problem, you've seen something so rare that we might not be describable using current mathematical models. It would be like winning the lottery every second, from the beginning of the known universe, to after its death, a million times over, and I'm being kind and overestimating the likely hood.
The absolute BEST, sure-fire way to get it to work is to start working on something extremely important that must be completed immediately, preferably with someone waiting for you to send them the end product. Most assuredly a forced update will kick in and force-restart to install. Never fails. One of many reasons I haven't used Windoze as a daily driver in over a decade.
I get the spirit of your post, but the issue with this error is that it doesn't install itself. If downloads several tens of gigabytes of data, then slows your pc to a crawl trying to install it, then forces you to reinstall but never actually goes trough. And so the next bot cycle it tries again, eating up all your data if you're on limited data connections. Windows is a virus.
Windows updates has always had problems. I can distinctly remember WinXP throwing out anything from downloading errors to installing errors. Back then if the updates failed we would just download the problem file, and install it manually. Now they've automated to the point I don't even know if they still allow that to be done. The last time I had the issue was with a version of Netframework that Handbrake needed to allow dvd transcoding. Despite Windows 10 having all the current versions pre-installed, for some reason I still had to manually install one. I think it was 5.6, or something.
Or they give you some generic, canned fix like "restart your PC, and update to the latest build of Windows." Like, what? I disabled the update service in Windows 10 because no matter what, every single time I update, my machine gets slower. Usually the function that suffers the most is shutdown. When I first install Win10 of any version, my PC will shut down almost immediately. One update ruins it, and it will sometimes take up to a full minute to shutdown. In some cases I've had to shutdown manually because it seems to get stuck. Windows updates have been crap since WinXP, so I never expect them to work in any other OS. Not to mention they can break functionality for some of the programs I use. For me it's always best to just do a full system wipe, and install the newest version from scratch.
@@PricklyPineapplesProductions Oh, man don't say that. I really miss Win 7. Just the customizability alone made it worth while. If I could go back to that, while using modern hardware, I'd be all over it like a bad rash, LOL.
For the record, I've never had a Windows troubleshooter fix anything and relying on Windows restore points is usually a disaster too. Regular backups are a must since Microsoft's go-to solution is to reinstall Windows from scratch. Luckily Windows 10 has been pretty stable for me so I'm in no hurry to take any chances with 11.
I've never reaaaally had a problem with windows 11, for a while now actually. VERY stable. Just DO NOT get in on the windows insider with 11... offramping didn't allow me out without the nuclear option. But outside that vary rare instance, yea windows 11 is a stable and safe bet for me and anyone else I know. It's just getting hated on for MS pushing it too hard.
@@christopherjunkins I mean it doesn't make it right that Microsoft is pushing it on us, But they're only doing it because they want us all to get off of Windows 10 so we don't get viruses, also they just want Money, mainly Money tho.
I used to regularly use windows troubleshooter to fix one thing back in windows 7, and it was for Areo for the window transparency. Only had to run it at fresh install to get it working
@@xPaPaDx Also for the record. I observed this (not my machine): Win10 oem installation on laptop which came with 2 SSD partitions, where the C: was about 30G. The other was 30G or more (don't recall exactly) with lots of free space. After some time of use and several (automatic/forced) updates, the machine ended up in a loop of errors saying it was unable to update. It didn't really say why, but we found out it was due to not enough space for the downloads + unpacking on C: We never had any luck getting it to make use of all the free space on D: for this, and what filled up most of C: was actually Windows itself!
Thank you, you're a hero. I kept getting a failed update install, which took an hour every time I tried, and I wasted much of the weekend trying to figure it out. Your solution worked first time.
The one time I had problems with Windows 10 update, it turned out to be that the recovery partition was too small, causing it to fail. I ended up having to reinstall from scratch and restore data in order to get it to work.
Im having a problem when trying to delete or rename those directories When i try to delete softwaredistribution, it says that it cannot be done because the files are being used by another process When i try to delete catroot2 it says the same thing. What can i do?
you dont need to type "Application Data" at least in windows 10. In windows 10 the 'Application Data' is a link file(directory) that points back to 'c:\ProgramData\' The command 'dir' in 'c:\ProgramData\Application Data' won't show anything due to the linking. Let's say you have Adobe then you can cd ''c:\ProgramData\Application Data\Adobe" or ''c:\ProgramData\Adobe" and in both instances it will be the same Adobe folder. So typing ' c:\ProgramData\Microsoft' should be sufficient. Also ' C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\' is yet another link to 'c:\ProgramData\'. I'm sure this applies to other windows besides 10. Note that links are not shortcuts.
For the record, You can also do "Cd %programdata% to get to the programdata directory quickly even if you aren't in the root directory. Works great with a batch file. You can do the same with %appdata% to easily go to the application data directory. I would create a batch file for all this, so you can run the batch file without having to do all the typing.
Thank you very much for your well-explained and easy-to-follow instructions. I'm currently carrying out the procedure to see if it fixes the current Windows Update issue in my Windows 10 Pro system. Can you please let me know if the steps will still work if I do them with Windows booted up in Safe Mode, or will I be missing something there? The reason I ask is because while I was doing it with Windows booted normally, Cryptograph service kept failing to stop (whether by CMD or in Services app) although I launched Command Prompt as Administrator, and also some file/folders couldn't be deleted/renamed due to some process still using them. (I therefore aborted the procedure at this point, so I don't know if any of the remaining steps would've worked or not). I'm hoping, in Safe Mode there will be less obstruction from various background processes.
I did not expect that to work on Windows 8 (not 8.1, original Windows 8), holly! I literally tried that out of curiosity due to similarities compared to Windows 10, but I literally got 3 updates on my Windows 8 laptop.
When I tried to rename the software distribution file it said access denied. Won’t let me delete files for cat either because it says the file is being used by another process
What is your take on this - What do you think of this? Windows 11 has strict hardware requirements and even the slightest deviation means something will not work in Win11. I have tried it with 3 different computers, and something different was out of whack on each one. Microsoft has tried their best to make it look and operate more like a Mac. Also, Win11 is an "always online" OS, meaning it's always trying to connect to Microsoft online services and it assumes that you want to be always online and sharing absolutely everything with the whole world, and getting constant feeds from everywhere. It also needs to be online because it is constantly downloading updates from Microsoft (as in: every other day), so if you're not connected, it will start downloading updates every time you start up. THANKS
There are a couple of ways to achieve some of the things you are talking about. It is easy to bypass the installation and create a single user account and not having to "login". Then the issue with TPM and other securities are easy to bypass. I don't like Win11, but it is an evil we need to live with until someone comes up with a better solution. You can, of course, run Linux, but I already see things more and more causing people to shrug their shoulders and just hand over the information. Soon we will, most likely, getting an annual subscription to Windows 12. Same as Office 365.
@@aelaan12 dude... THIS VIDEO is more comlicated than fixing most errors on linux, seriously. The step up for linux the last 2 years has been incredible. I have dual boot, but havent even started windows in 3 months. EVERYTHING I need I can do in linux, and I game a LOT.
@@unconnectedbedna I'm seriously considering doing the same. I started my career in computers on CP/M and M$ made me a very comfortable living, but now I'm retired don't have to put up with this 'Every-Fucking-Thing as a Service' money grab. I've been called on for help with a handful of W11 systems and have just about had enough of the flash-over-substance BS. M$: It's NOT a MAC! It's NOT a PHONE! Quit trying to make your desktop OS look and act like something far, far inferior.
corporates belives its threat to be alone and in secret use their own property -You hire their oS so they think so they want to check out so you dont have any swatters home or freeloaders
@@Narcan885 In Windows 11 go to Settings, then Windows Updates. The tab that says, "Get the latest updates as soon as they're available." Turn that switch to OFF. Below that where it says, "Pause updates," you can set that to pause updates from 1 to 5 weeks. Hope that helps.
I did everything exactly how you did it and restarted my computer and it still gives me an install error code when trying to install the update. I have no corrupted files I went through and scanned using your other video you suggested at the end. Thank you for your help!
Bro i'm facing the same thing on my Asus Rog strix scar 17 gaming laptop I can't get Windows updates to work at all nor can I use the Microsoft store apps although I have internet access and can surf the Internet but for whatever reason I cannot get Windows updates to work or the Microsoft store and it is super frustrating
I am stuck in this - "2024-11 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5046613)" and whenever I shutdown the PC it takes ages to shut down. Can you help me?
This is a bit late but W10 is still having problems with updates. There is nowhere to post it here but I have put all your commands into a batch file that can be run from anywhere as long as cmd admin is running. Happy to upload it to an email address or website. John
@NazForeverYoung correct. Always run cmd as admin. I'd like to be clear on one thing. I am not a computer tech, nor do I speak computer. Everything I've learned is from YT. A lot of ytrs aren't that good at making thorough content and or are horrible at responding to questions yet still want you to sub and like. My rule of thumb is if they don't do neither of the two I push on and keep searching until I find it and you will find the correct one with some patience.
Great video, I'm not sure how Microsoft could possibly have goofed up something so vital as this. And hopefully they release an update in the future that fixes this ridiculous problem. Amazing video so glad I found this channel. Also, could you make a video or short explaining how to disable widgets completely? It annoys me how I can't uninstall them and I can't find what service it is to disable them. Any help from the comments would be helpful too. As always stay safe, and keep up the great work.
Not sure if you'll ever see this but thanks for the video. I took everything in the video and made it into a single batch file. Added some error checking to make sure it's doing what it's supposed to. The whole thing runs in about 20 seconds and even reboots the computer at the end. Also on my version of Win11 Pro, a handful of those dll files do not exist in system32 for me. Still, everything works as it should. Thanks again!
Plug out your ethernet or disable your WiFi if connected. In addition to the aforementioned services, stop the below services aswell... net stop msiserver net stop dosvc Don't forget to start them when restarting the other services.
I was experiencing this too. If it is still the case run the "net stop cryptsvc" command again. Not sure how but it was still running after the first time and is what stopped me
13:21 you don’t need that if you restart your computer. You didn’t disable those services. Just stopped them temporarily. After a restart they are running again without any additional command
I usually, run sfc /scan then open another cmd as admin to fix corrupt files; and run: net stop wuauserv Net stop bits Then go to rename Software distubution folder then go back to the cmd and run Net start wuauserv Net start bits then check the updates or Software center ( depends on your kinda work) Its worth repairing ccm as well to repair software center. I just subscribed!
My friend I have a huge problem and could really use your help I'm sure you get this 100s of times a day but do you have any advice for a PC that is getting a flickering screen everytime I even click on update windows? I have manually updated the drivers and that didn't help, I Uninstalled my graphics card and reinstalled that didn't help, and I can't run the PC in safe mode at all without it having the same crashing issue.
All seemed to be going well untill i got to catroot2. It says....The process cannot access the file because its being used by another program. And access is denied if i try to change the name as well. Any suggestions from anyone would be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much Can i at least continue without this?
net start wuauserv doesnt work for me it says the service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it
From Windows 10 17 to 20, I had Windows Update stop working. Every time I had to download and update my usb installation pen, and reinstall Windows. It was 4 frustrating years. Not that I reinstalled, just because Windows Update stopped working, but for other Windows issues, so maybe once a year. I have a very complex set of software and settings, so it takes a day or two, to reinstall everything. And it's not like I didn't try to fix Windows Update. I've tried every suggestion I could find, but they never worked. Although I haven't seen your approach, but a variant of it. I concider myself a superuser, as I've tinkered with dos commands, since the mid 90s,and fixed a lot of people's computers. This problem, however, was never solvable for me, on my own computer. Since Windows 10 21,I haven't had the problem, and I didn't change any hardware, method of installation or software, so it must be Microsoft that fixed something in Windows.
This almost worked for me, i got the updates downloading, but when it came to installation, it got indefinitely stuck at 70% and was waiting forever, so i hard restarted the pc, and decided maybe its time to do a reset and keep my files while im at it. Reset did not work, said there was a problem resetting your pc, and canceled it. Im not sure what to do. My pc has been running perfectly fine for years other than when i swapped out my HDD for an SSD but i got that problem sorted out over a year ago. Recently i had discovered a virus on my computer with malwarebytes and removed it but have been paranoid that its still on my computer, so ive got to extreme lengths to try to out it and get rid of it if there is still a virus. Im not sure if it may have overwritten important files needed for this or if I deleted them on accident in an attempt to get rid of any traces of a virus. The updates have been failing to install for about a month now apparently. I make music and record youtube vids and have many photos, songs, files, etc that Im desperately scared im going to lose. If anyone can help me id be more than appreciative...
Thank you for your video. I followed every single bit of your video, and I still have Windows Update issues. First, the "Install All" button is grayed out, but also, the following updates have grayed out with "Pending Install": 2024-10 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5044380) 2024-10 .NET 6.0.35 Security Update for x64 Client (KB5045998) 2024-10 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8.1 for Windows 11, version 23H2 for x64 (KB5044033) ASIX - Net - 3.22.2.0 What could be holding this from working?
Thank you . I think I'd pay good money to have all of this in a single Batch File I could run (hint). I'm not that confidant in my PC skills . Also , my specific issue with Windows Update failing is due to a Microsoft "bug" apparently . I upgraded from Win7 to Win10 and now when I try and Update Windows10 I get an Error that tells me I don't have a valid License , which of course I do . I can see it ! Would all of your suggestions in this Video resolve that or am I still looking at another issue ? I am curious if your Advertisement for purchasing a Microsoft License and replacing the old one might work. Your thoughts ? Cheers ./SRK
Would it be possible to set all the commands you used into a single (or multiple) .bat files to automate this will less typo errors? Good info and vid.
Okay so I followed absolutely everything like double and triple checked doing each step. But for some reason I still have this update error for my windows 10. I thought maybe I needed more space on my pc so I deleted majority of my games. Should I just hard reset my pc at this point and start from complete scratch? Or will this error still be there to haunt me?
I tried to delete catroot 2, but it says the process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process... Everything is closed except for this browser and CMD promt. Now I am not sure if I should move forward or what it is I just did following along this video. Can someone please help?
Thank you for this great video. Soon I am going to try out all command line commands to see if I can fix my windows update loop which has been affecting my computer for the last 6 months. Everytime I start or shutdown my PC it does an update. I tried the Windows update troubleshooter but it is totally useless. I will create a CMD file with all those commands to be executed in a batch.
Hello I need some help and would like to know If anybody can fix my issues. After using advast and having it update 17 outdated drivers I can no longer open my Obs studio without it crashing. I also can't update my windows either. I did Everything I could in this video other than renaming/deleting the softwaredistribution 7:12 Because I would get denied the access. So I skipped the part with those 2 files. I also had to delete advast cause It would interfer with the net stop cryptsvc aswell. I get a windows error code of update error 0x80070643 when trying to update also when I try to trouble shoot my obs studio I get a message saying OBS Failed to find locale/en-us.ini I wanna reinstall obs but I'm afraid of losing my data and it not working in the end. I'm at a brick wall here and wish I never used advast to update my outdated drivers. Can't revert the update on my drivers either also tried that. Any help would be appricated. I'm just gonna keep looking around In hopes of finding a solution.
I have reset and re-installed my computer around 50+ times I have windows 11 on the computer, the problem I get is after a few hours Microsoft Store doesn't work it say it needs to be conected to the internet?
When I run " rmdir catroot2 /S /Q" I get this error catroot2\{127D0~1\catdb - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
I've tried like 50 videos including this one and the broken windows files video and still no luck. You went a lot more in depth than many other videos which I like but my issue is still not resolved. Do you have any others suggestions or tips?
Thank you very much, I followed all your steps! but it doesn't work for me, although it says that my window is up to date, I am aware, and it is visible that it is not up to date! ( i have wind. 10 Pro N )
Thank you so much for this video man. I followed all the steps exactly, and things are now working perfectly 🙌 Fantastic information, and I will undoubtedly use this video many more times in the future. You sir, are a legend. I am now a very grateful subscriber 👌🇬🇧🇺🇲🍻🍻
The "update and shutdown" was acting strange for the latest Windows 11 update I did yesterday. It restarted my pc as usual, but then my pc just shut off without doing the "updates installing" screen. I turned my PC back on and all was fine, but then it said again when I went to shutdown that there was an update pending...so I did update and restart this time. Again, didn't do the "updates installing" and it showed that I needed to update for a third time, so I went and manually checked and installed the remaining update and that finally fixed it. Getting really tired of Windows 11 shenanigans...so far the worst Windows experience I've had.
How do i delete/ remove/ disable win upd?? I tried disable all in gpo but still win upd running in system. I did it thruu registry editor. Win upd still running and does check. I removed triggers and disabled win update in task manager. - still win upd running in system. I removed whole wuauserv folder in registry editor...-win upd not running in service. Success!!!! But what can i do more to ensure it will not be able to run?
I'll have to try this, for some reason my laptop keeps restarting the updates, I don't know if it's because I'm using it for a couple of hours a day or if there's a network problem...
im having some very unusual problems. for me Windows update stopped working, windows Recovery, to restore to a previous restore point stopped working, and when i tried to use a windows media creation tool, to try and reinstall windows, it told me it could not be used on my pc, i tried both using it on my pc it self, and then tried using it on a flash drive, but then it broke my flashdrive, and everytime i try putting that flashdrive in my pc, it tells me to put in a CD into the flashdrive, which isnt possible. but then after 5 hours of trying a whole bunch of different things, my windows update started working again, and i was able to download updates. but the other two things i listed, are still not functioning as they should. oh yea, i also tried to do the " reset my pc " option, and that didnt work either. so idk what to do. i just had to reinstall my operating system back in december, and i think i might have to do it again. but idk how, when it isnt working. :( oh yea, i have this version of windows 10. 22H2 and heres the build number 19045.3930
Great. I was getting desperate, but this really worked. Well-presented: every step is very clearly explained so that I retained a sense of trust and control throughout the whole procedure. And the updates are working fine now. Many thanks!
Great video! You should make a video on how to avoid the automatic update to Windows !! from Windows 10. As far as I know, there are some scripts for Power Shell to accomplish this, besides turning off the TPM on the Bios.
I have Windows 8.1 and it won't update. I tried everything you said in the video and now it just keeps buffering while checking for updates. I really thought this was going to work and I was making strides with this tutorial as I have tried everything else from restart, msconfig, turning off the firewall, etc. It's been almost a month now and I'm tired of that I can't fix this. I really just want to resolve this once and for all.
Can we have a vid about having windows keep the tags we select in file explorer? Eg: when i need to sort by file TYPE it is quite a tedious process to make it visible. Then the next time u need to sort by file type again u have to manually & tediously reselect it again!
hello! on win 11 for a laptop update was screwed, BUT helper did hel restarting it, great to kno how to manually! and... 5:40, missed the oportunity for showing "/ah" switch. Thanks!
hi on my window 10 in additional setting its says prob with bits service request been started more help typing msg2182 system management automation ive checked the bits service and all is fine so how can remove it from the aditional check up
I noticed that when u searched it said indexing is not running, I had this issue when I was on a local account but when I went Ms account it disappeared, would like for you to look into this. Had it in both win10 and win11
i came across a problem, its with the "net stop wuauserv" part it shows service name invaild?? even if it type is correctly or copy and paste it from the caption.
I tried following the steps but unfortunately I get stuck when I try to find Application Data in the "shut down" part. It simply tells me the path couldn't be found... =(
Apologies for invading with a stupid question here, but MS provides zero support these days. I followed the script to the letter to fix the Bitlocker issue (I don't use bitlocker, so just for reference). When I attempt to re enable Windows RE, says the image wasn't found. In the step prior, I list the partitions, I see the new Windows RE partition is marked "hidden", but it's there. Any idea what I'm doing wrong or how to recover? Thanks in advance.
If Windows Troubleshooter fixed your problem, you've seen something so rare that we might not be describable using current mathematical models. It would be like winning the lottery every second, from the beginning of the known universe, to after its death, a million times over, and I'm being kind and overestimating the likely hood.
The absolute BEST, sure-fire way to get it to work is to start working on something extremely important that must be completed immediately, preferably with someone waiting for you to send them the end product. Most assuredly a forced update will kick in and force-restart to install. Never fails. One of many reasons I haven't used Windoze as a daily driver in over a decade.
I get the spirit of your post, but the issue with this error is that it doesn't install itself. If downloads several tens of gigabytes of data, then slows your pc to a crawl trying to install it, then forces you to reinstall but never actually goes trough. And so the next bot cycle it tries again, eating up all your data if you're on limited data connections. Windows is a virus.
you guys know you can pause updates right?
@@Narcan885
Windows updates has always had problems. I can distinctly remember WinXP throwing out anything from downloading errors to installing errors. Back then if the updates failed we would just download the problem file, and install it manually. Now they've automated to the point I don't even know if they still allow that to be done. The last time I had the issue was with a version of Netframework that Handbrake needed to allow dvd transcoding. Despite Windows 10 having all the current versions pre-installed, for some reason I still had to manually install one. I think it was 5.6, or something.
Unfortunately, Windows Update can break in Windows 10 and they don't tell you how to fix it. The best way is to reset Windows Update when it breaks.
Or they give you some generic, canned fix like "restart your PC, and update to the latest build of Windows." Like, what? I disabled the update service in Windows 10 because no matter what, every single time I update, my machine gets slower. Usually the function that suffers the most is shutdown. When I first install Win10 of any version, my PC will shut down almost immediately. One update ruins it, and it will sometimes take up to a full minute to shutdown. In some cases I've had to shutdown manually because it seems to get stuck.
Windows updates have been crap since WinXP, so I never expect them to work in any other OS. Not to mention they can break functionality for some of the programs I use. For me it's always best to just do a full system wipe, and install the newest version from scratch.
Or switch to a better operating system like 7
@@PricklyPineapplesProductions Oh, man don't say that. I really miss Win 7. Just the customizability alone made it worth while. If I could go back to that, while using modern hardware, I'd be all over it like a bad rash, LOL.
@@demontekdigital just enable csm in bios.
welp didn’t work for me so now I’m resetting cause my pc isn’t working correctly anymore
MS is busy making the search box bigger on the taskbar, rather than bug fixing
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For the record, I've never had a Windows troubleshooter fix anything and relying on Windows restore points is usually a disaster too. Regular backups are a must since Microsoft's go-to solution is to reinstall Windows from scratch. Luckily Windows 10 has been pretty stable for me so I'm in no hurry to take any chances with 11.
I've never reaaaally had a problem with windows 11, for a while now actually. VERY stable. Just DO NOT get in on the windows insider with 11... offramping didn't allow me out without the nuclear option. But outside that vary rare instance, yea windows 11 is a stable and safe bet for me and anyone else I know. It's just getting hated on for MS pushing it too hard.
@@christopherjunkins I mean it doesn't make it right that Microsoft is pushing it on us, But they're only doing it because they want us all to get off of Windows 10 so we don't get viruses, also they just want Money, mainly Money tho.
I used to regularly use windows troubleshooter to fix one thing back in windows 7, and it was for Areo for the window transparency. Only had to run it at fresh install to get it working
@@xPaPaDx Also for the record. I observed this (not my machine): Win10 oem installation on laptop which came with 2 SSD partitions, where the C: was about 30G. The other was 30G or more (don't recall exactly) with lots of free space. After some time of use and several (automatic/forced) updates, the machine ended up in a loop of errors saying it was unable to update. It didn't really say why, but we found out it was due to not enough space for the downloads + unpacking on C:
We never had any luck getting it to make use of all the free space on D: for this, and what filled up most of C: was actually Windows itself!
No the troubleshooter is a joke and always have for 20 years -It only there for old folk who might belive it fixes something
Thank you, you're a hero. I kept getting a failed update install, which took an hour every time I tried, and I wasted much of the weekend trying to figure it out. Your solution worked first time.
Bro, is this process safe?
Thanks!
The one time I had problems with Windows 10 update, it turned out to be that the recovery partition was too small, causing it to fail. I ended up having to reinstall from scratch and restore data in order to get it to work.
Dearl lord. Quite possibly the best advertisement for moving to the Mac OS I've ever seen.
This is the best video i’ve seen on this matter. Worked like a charm, when nothing else had helped
Amazing! You are a life saver, I was stucked with this Windows 11 update for the whole day. You fixed it. Thanks!
Im having a problem when trying to delete or rename those directories
When i try to delete softwaredistribution, it says that it cannot be done because the files are being used by another process
When i try to delete catroot2 it says the same thing.
What can i do?
Same
Same
Same here
Did you ever get a solution?
@@williamscastolo5730 I believe I ended up doing a hard reset of the device
you dont need to type "Application Data" at least in windows 10. In windows 10 the 'Application Data' is a link file(directory) that points back to 'c:\ProgramData\' The command 'dir' in 'c:\ProgramData\Application Data' won't show anything due to the linking. Let's say you have Adobe then you can cd ''c:\ProgramData\Application Data\Adobe" or ''c:\ProgramData\Adobe" and in both instances it will be the same Adobe folder. So typing ' c:\ProgramData\Microsoft' should be sufficient. Also ' C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\' is yet another link to 'c:\ProgramData\'. I'm sure this applies to other windows besides 10. Note that links are not shortcuts.
For the record, You can also do "Cd %programdata% to get to the programdata directory quickly even if you aren't in the root directory. Works great with a batch file. You can do the same with %appdata% to easily go to the application data directory. I would create a batch file for all this, so you can run the batch file without having to do all the typing.
Why use CMD at all? Why not PowerShell? If you truly enjoy CLI Powershell is way more powerful and satisfying
When i was at delete it says it was being used by another process at 6:39
Thank you very much for your well-explained and easy-to-follow instructions. I'm currently carrying out the procedure to see if it fixes the current Windows Update issue in my Windows 10 Pro system. Can you please let me know if the steps will still work if I do them with Windows booted up in Safe Mode, or will I be missing something there? The reason I ask is because while I was doing it with Windows booted normally, Cryptograph service kept failing to stop (whether by CMD or in Services app) although I launched Command Prompt as Administrator, and also some file/folders couldn't be deleted/renamed due to some process still using them. (I therefore aborted the procedure at this point, so I don't know if any of the remaining steps would've worked or not). I'm hoping, in Safe Mode there will be less obstruction from various background processes.
I did not expect that to work on Windows 8 (not 8.1, original Windows 8), holly!
I literally tried that out of curiosity due to similarities compared to Windows 10, but I literally got 3 updates on my Windows 8 laptop.
When I tried to rename the software distribution file it said access denied. Won’t let me delete files for cat either because it says the file is being used by another process
What is your take on this - What do you think of this? Windows 11 has strict hardware requirements and even the slightest deviation means something will not work in Win11. I have tried it with 3 different computers, and something different was out of whack on each one. Microsoft has tried their best to make it look and operate more like a Mac. Also, Win11 is an "always online" OS, meaning it's always trying to connect to Microsoft online services and it assumes that you want to be always online and sharing absolutely everything with the whole world, and getting constant feeds from everywhere. It also needs to be online because it is constantly downloading updates from Microsoft (as in: every other day), so if you're not connected, it will start downloading updates every time you start up. THANKS
There are a couple of ways to achieve some of the things you are talking about. It is easy to bypass the installation and create a single user account and not having to "login". Then the issue with TPM and other securities are easy to bypass. I don't like Win11, but it is an evil we need to live with until someone comes up with a better solution. You can, of course, run Linux, but I already see things more and more causing people to shrug their shoulders and just hand over the information. Soon we will, most likely, getting an annual subscription to Windows 12. Same as Office 365.
@@aelaan12 dude... THIS VIDEO is more comlicated than fixing most errors on linux, seriously.
The step up for linux the last 2 years has been incredible. I have dual boot, but havent even started windows in 3 months. EVERYTHING I need I can do in linux, and I game a LOT.
@@unconnectedbedna I'm seriously considering doing the same. I started my career in computers on CP/M and M$ made me a very comfortable living, but now I'm retired don't have to put up with this 'Every-Fucking-Thing as a Service' money grab. I've been called on for help with a handful of W11 systems and have just about had enough of the flash-over-substance BS. M$: It's NOT a MAC! It's NOT a PHONE! Quit trying to make your desktop OS look and act like something far, far inferior.
corporates belives its threat to be alone and in secret use their own property -You hire their oS so they think so they want to check out so you dont have any swatters home or freeloaders
Interesting information, Microsoft really have curious criteria.
Very well explained.
My question is can we just make a PowerShell script that will do all these steps at once?
I have my Windows updates delayed by three weeks. That way by the time I get the update most of the bugs have been fixed.
How
@@Narcan885 In Windows 11 go to Settings, then Windows Updates. The tab that says, "Get the latest updates as soon as they're available." Turn that switch to OFF. Below that where it says, "Pause updates," you can set that to pause updates from 1 to 5 weeks. Hope that helps.
"The troubleshooter has restarted the Print Spooler Service."
And that's it. For 10 years that's the only one that's worked.
Gave up in end
Same, can't stop catroot2 and I think some of my files are corrupted so I dont even think this will help
This didn't work for me on Window 11. Is it the same set of instructions for Windows 11?
this man is a legend it's been 2 years since he made this video and it still saves ass's
I did everything exactly how you did it and restarted my computer and it still gives me an install error code when trying to install the update. I have no corrupted files I went through and scanned using your other video you suggested at the end. Thank you for your help!
Bro i'm facing the same thing on my Asus Rog strix scar 17 gaming laptop I can't get Windows updates to work at all nor can I use the Microsoft store apps although I have internet access and can surf the Internet but for whatever reason I cannot get Windows updates to work or the Microsoft store and it is super frustrating
@@retrokane3629did u fix
@@retrokane3629 bro is it fixed now? im facing same issue
I am stuck in this - "2024-11 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5046613)" and whenever I shutdown the PC it takes ages to shut down. Can you help me?
This is a bit late but W10 is still having problems with updates. There is nowhere to post it here but I have put all your commands into a batch file that can be run from anywhere as long as cmd admin is running. Happy to upload it to an email address or website.
John
Can you help me please 😢😢😢
Thanks so much. Finally fixed a Dell XPS laptop that wouldn’t update. Your instructions and delivery are exemplary.
What if you get access denied?
Not sure if you still need it. But here is the command prompt to give you access.
bootsect/nt60 sys
@@rafaelcadena44Having the same issue. Tried what said and access is denied to that too.
Don’t know if u still need it but try this, icalcs c:\windows\winsxs\* /t /q /c /grant administrators:f
Run cmd as admin?
@NazForeverYoung correct. Always run cmd as admin.
I'd like to be clear on one thing. I am not a computer tech, nor do I speak computer. Everything I've learned is from YT. A lot of ytrs aren't that good at making thorough content and or are horrible at responding to questions yet still want you to sub and like. My rule of thumb is if they don't do neither of the two I push on and keep searching until I find it and you will find the correct one with some patience.
Great video, I'm not sure how Microsoft could possibly have goofed up something so vital as this. And hopefully they release an update in the future that fixes this ridiculous problem. Amazing video so glad I found this channel. Also, could you make a video or short explaining how to disable widgets completely? It annoys me how I can't uninstall them and I can't find what service it is to disable them. Any help from the comments would be helpful too. As always stay safe, and keep up the great work.
Yeah, but when they release the update we won't be able to install it!
Wonderful and well detailed video. The information presented is always to the point without any fluff. Thanks for posting such gems.
Not sure if you'll ever see this but thanks for the video. I took everything in the video and made it into a single batch file. Added some error checking to make sure it's doing what it's supposed to. The whole thing runs in about 20 seconds and even reboots the computer at the end. Also on my version of Win11 Pro, a handful of those dll files do not exist in system32 for me. Still, everything works as it should. Thanks again!
I have windows 11 pro and can't get windows updates to work at all or Microsoft store
@@retrokane3629i think we’re cooked together bro💀
When I try to rename or delete SoftwareDistribution access is denied. Please help me what do I do
Plug out your ethernet or disable your WiFi if connected.
In addition to the aforementioned services, stop the below services aswell...
net stop msiserver
net stop dosvc
Don't forget to start them when restarting the other services.
I was experiencing this too. If it is still the case run the "net stop cryptsvc" command again. Not sure how but it was still running after the first time and is what stopped me
Your instructions resolved the issue on my end! Thank you so much for your help. Now I'm interested in checking other your videos.
13:21 you don’t need that if you restart your computer.
You didn’t disable those services. Just stopped them temporarily. After a restart they are running again without any additional command
Well done! Thanks so much. You really make my day. Thanks again.
that was super simple and helpful thank you
I usually, run sfc /scan then open another cmd as admin to fix corrupt files; and run:
net stop wuauserv
Net stop bits
Then go to rename Software distubution folder then go back to the cmd and run
Net start wuauserv
Net start bits
then check the updates or Software center ( depends on your kinda work)
Its worth repairing ccm as well to repair software center.
I just subscribed!
My friend I have a huge problem and could really use your help I'm sure you get this 100s of times a day but do you have any advice for a PC that is getting a flickering screen everytime I even click on update windows? I have manually updated the drivers and that didn't help, I Uninstalled my graphics card and reinstalled that didn't help, and I can't run the PC in safe mode at all without it having the same crashing issue.
dawg i love your shirt
Thanks. There's a link for it in the description.
Great Comprehensive video! - Thx - It's now in my 'how to' favourites ;)
All seemed to be going well untill i got to catroot2. It says....The process cannot access the file because its being used by another program. And access is denied if i try to change the name as well. Any suggestions from anyone would be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much
Can i at least continue without this?
x2
same here
hey rich please tell me what's your technical opinion about modified windows versions like tiny 10
I did an entire video about it.
@@CyberCPU ooh, i wonder how i missed it
thank you rich ,the debloating windows video was very informative
net start wuauserv doesnt work for me it says the service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it
Thanks for the video, extremely helpful as always!
Just got a Beelink Mini-12-S-Pro, and Intel wants me to install a driver update, but Windows won't allow it. How can I install?
I can't delete catroot2 because cmd says the file is used in another process.
same
you have to stop cryptsvc a 2nd time, same issue with softwaredistribution, where you have to stop windows update a 2nd time
@@Jospa44 Thanks that helped, I stopped it a second time and rmdir catroot2 /S /Q worked
From Windows 10 17 to 20, I had Windows Update stop working.
Every time I had to download and update my usb installation pen, and reinstall Windows. It was 4 frustrating years.
Not that I reinstalled, just because Windows Update stopped working, but for other Windows issues, so maybe once a year.
I have a very complex set of software and settings, so it takes a day or two, to reinstall everything.
And it's not like I didn't try to fix Windows Update. I've tried every suggestion I could find, but they never worked. Although I haven't seen your approach, but a variant of it.
I concider myself a superuser, as I've tinkered with dos commands, since the mid 90s,and fixed a lot of people's computers. This problem, however, was never solvable for me, on my own computer.
Since Windows 10 21,I haven't had the problem, and I didn't change any hardware, method of installation or software, so it must be Microsoft that fixed something in Windows.
I'm in the middle of a windows 10 update crisis right now but damn that joke on your shirt is funny!
I remember building a script that did something similar on Windows 8.1, might update it for Windows 11.
Needed this exact video today. Knowing Windows, Ill be back again someday. Thanks for the help pal.
This almost worked for me, i got the updates downloading, but when it came to installation, it got indefinitely stuck at 70% and was waiting forever, so i hard restarted the pc, and decided maybe its time to do a reset and keep my files while im at it. Reset did not work, said there was a problem resetting your pc, and canceled it. Im not sure what to do. My pc has been running perfectly fine for years other than when i swapped out my HDD for an SSD but i got that problem sorted out over a year ago. Recently i had discovered a virus on my computer with malwarebytes and removed it but have been paranoid that its still on my computer, so ive got to extreme lengths to try to out it and get rid of it if there is still a virus. Im not sure if it may have overwritten important files needed for this or if I deleted them on accident in an attempt to get rid of any traces of a virus. The updates have been failing to install for about a month now apparently. I make music and record youtube vids and have many photos, songs, files, etc that Im desperately scared im going to lose. If anyone can help me id be more than appreciative...
Does the link to window 10 purchase actually work? And is it a real product key after purchase?
Thank you for your video.
I followed every single bit of your video, and I still have Windows Update issues. First, the "Install All" button is grayed out, but also, the following updates have grayed out with "Pending Install":
2024-10 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5044380)
2024-10 .NET 6.0.35 Security Update for x64 Client (KB5045998)
2024-10 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8.1 for Windows 11, version 23H2 for x64 (KB5044033)
ASIX - Net - 3.22.2.0
What could be holding this from working?
what kind on pc case do you have can you write the name its looks awsome
The couple of times it crashed on me I just made sure windows update wasn't running, cleared out that softwaredistribution folder and did a restart. 👍
You could have mentioned the clock trick at the start of the vid mate, cheers
We have all likely been here at some point. Almost as annoying as the time it can take for Windows update to check for updates.
Thank you . I think I'd pay good money to have all of this in a single Batch File I could run (hint). I'm not that confidant in my PC skills . Also , my specific issue with Windows Update failing is due to a Microsoft "bug" apparently . I upgraded from Win7 to Win10 and now when I try and Update Windows10 I get an Error that tells me I don't have a valid License , which of course I do . I can see it ! Would all of your suggestions in this Video resolve that or am I still looking at another issue ? I am curious if your Advertisement for purchasing a Microsoft License and replacing the old one might work. Your thoughts ? Cheers ./SRK
Would it be possible to set all the commands you used into a single (or multiple) .bat files to automate this will less typo errors?
Good info and vid.
There is a free downloadable batch file tool out there to do this, but YT won't allow me to post the link. Do a search and you should find it.
@@johnbrown9588 Also, do a search for a recent video which has the link to the download.
I finally got so fed up with windows buggy updates, that I simply said NO MORE and disabled it permanently!
Okay so I followed absolutely everything like double and triple checked doing each step. But for some reason I still have this update error for my windows 10. I thought maybe I needed more space on my pc so I deleted majority of my games. Should I just hard reset my pc at this point and start from complete scratch? Or will this error still be there to haunt me?
I tried to delete catroot 2, but it says the process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process... Everything is closed except for this browser and CMD promt. Now I am not sure if I should move forward or what it is I just did following along this video. Can someone please help?
I just want to know what is the name you have add to save the text commands
Thank you for this great video. Soon I am going to try out all command line commands to see if I can fix my windows update loop which has been affecting my computer for the last 6 months. Everytime I start or shutdown my PC it does an update. I tried the Windows update troubleshooter but it is totally useless. I will create a CMD file with all those commands to be executed in a batch.
This video is one of the best videos explaining and solving computer problems ever.
Man, thank you so much for this amazing tutorial. It's very simple and easy and was solved my problem. Thaks thanks and more thanks
Hello I need some help and would like to know If anybody can fix my issues. After using advast and having it update 17 outdated drivers I can no longer open my Obs studio without it crashing. I also can't update my windows either. I did Everything I could in this video other than renaming/deleting the softwaredistribution 7:12 Because I would get denied the access. So I skipped the part with those 2 files. I also had to delete advast cause It would interfer with the net stop cryptsvc aswell. I get a windows error code of update error 0x80070643 when trying to update also when I try to trouble shoot my obs studio I get a message saying OBS Failed to find locale/en-us.ini I wanna reinstall obs but I'm afraid of losing my data and it not working in the end. I'm at a brick wall here and wish I never used advast to update my outdated drivers. Can't revert the update on my drivers either also tried that. Any help would be appricated. I'm just gonna keep looking around In hopes of finding a solution.
The EASY way is to simply have backups so you can go back as soon as something breaks!
Could not delete nor rename the folders. Access Denied. I ran CMD as administrator, but did not make any difference.
The CMD section of your video does work in windows 10 stop bits (service not running). stop wauaserv (invalid command). etc etc
I have reset and re-installed my computer around 50+ times I have windows 11 on the computer, the problem I get is after a few hours Microsoft Store doesn't work it say it needs to be conected to the internet?
If your running any debloat scripts or programs, it might be blocking Microsofts servers making the store not work.
@@CyberCPUI get access denied on changing software distribution name
Just when I thought I’d found a solution. Thanks for the video. Don’t still understand why it keeps giving me errors
Does this work for windows 11 home edition?
Windows update broken? You don't say.. Let's talk about it!
When I run " rmdir catroot2 /S /Q"
I get this error catroot2\{127D0~1\catdb - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
I've tried like 50 videos including this one and the broken windows files video and still no luck. You went a lot more in depth than many other videos which I like but my issue is still not resolved. Do you have any others suggestions or tips?
Mine Also 😞
Can these video instructions work on Windows 10 machines?
Thank you very much, I followed all your steps! but it doesn't work for me, although it says that my window is up to date, I am aware, and it is visible that it is not up to date! ( i have wind. 10 Pro N )
loved it ! new subsriber 😁
Thank you so much for this video man. I followed all the steps exactly, and things are now working perfectly 🙌 Fantastic information, and I will undoubtedly use this video many more times in the future. You sir, are a legend. I am now a very grateful subscriber 👌🇬🇧🇺🇲🍻🍻
The "update and shutdown" was acting strange for the latest Windows 11 update I did yesterday. It restarted my pc as usual, but then my pc just shut off without doing the "updates installing" screen. I turned my PC back on and all was fine, but then it said again when I went to shutdown that there was an update pending...so I did update and restart this time. Again, didn't do the "updates installing" and it showed that I needed to update for a third time, so I went and manually checked and installed the remaining update and that finally fixed it. Getting really tired of Windows 11 shenanigans...so far the worst Windows experience I've had.
How do i delete/ remove/ disable win upd??
I tried disable all in gpo but still win upd running in system.
I did it thruu registry editor.
Win upd still running and does check.
I removed triggers and disabled win update in task manager. - still win upd running in system.
I removed whole wuauserv folder in registry editor...-win upd not running in service. Success!!!!
But what can i do more to ensure it will not be able to run?
I'll have to try this, for some reason my laptop keeps restarting the updates, I don't know if it's because I'm using it for a couple of hours a day or if there's a network problem...
im having some very unusual problems. for me Windows update stopped working, windows Recovery, to restore to a previous restore point stopped working, and when i tried to use a windows media creation tool, to try and reinstall windows, it told me it could not be used on my pc, i tried both using it on my pc it self, and then tried using it on a flash drive, but then it broke my flashdrive, and everytime i try putting that flashdrive in my pc, it tells me to put in a CD into the flashdrive, which isnt possible. but then after 5 hours of trying a whole bunch of different things, my windows update started working again, and i was able to download updates. but the other two things i listed, are still not functioning as they should. oh yea, i also tried to do the " reset my pc " option, and that didnt work either. so idk what to do. i just had to reinstall my operating system back in december, and i think i might have to do it again. but idk how, when it isnt working. :( oh yea, i have this version of windows 10. 22H2 and heres the build number 19045.3930
Great. I was getting desperate, but this really worked. Well-presented: every step is very clearly explained so that I retained a sense of trust and control throughout the whole procedure. And the updates are working fine now. Many thanks!
Didn't work for me. Why?
Great video! You should make a video on how to avoid the automatic update to Windows !! from Windows 10. As far as I know, there are some scripts for Power Shell to accomplish this, besides turning off the TPM on the Bios.
Would factory reset help do anything?
Is there any way to package this and deploy it to devices for bulk operation
I have Windows 8.1 and it won't update. I tried everything you said in the video and now it just keeps buffering while checking for updates. I really thought this was going to work and I was making strides with this tutorial as I have tried everything else from restart, msconfig, turning off the firewall, etc. It's been almost a month now and I'm tired of that I can't fix this. I really just want to resolve this once and for all.
you can also use the command 'cd %programdata%' or 'cd %allusersprofile%' for accessing 'c:\ProgramData\'
Can we have a vid about having windows keep the tags we select in file explorer? Eg: when i need to sort by file TYPE it is quite a tedious process to make it visible. Then the next time u need to sort by file type again u have to manually & tediously reselect it again!
hello! on win 11 for a laptop update was screwed, BUT helper did hel restarting it, great to kno how to manually! and... 5:40, missed the oportunity for showing "/ah" switch. Thanks!
hi on my window 10 in additional setting its says prob with bits service request been started more help typing msg2182 system management automation ive checked the bits service and all is fine so how can remove it from the aditional check up
I noticed that when u searched it said indexing is not running, I had this issue when I was on a local account but when I went Ms account it disappeared, would like for you to look into this. Had it in both win10 and win11
i came across a problem, its with the "net stop wuauserv" part it shows service name invaild?? even if it type is correctly or copy and paste it from the caption.
I tried following the steps but unfortunately I get stuck when I try to find Application Data in the "shut down" part. It simply tells me the path couldn't be found... =(
Apologies for invading with a stupid question here, but MS provides zero support these days. I followed the script to the letter to fix the Bitlocker issue (I don't use bitlocker, so just for reference). When I attempt to re enable Windows RE, says the image wasn't found. In the step prior, I list the partitions, I see the new Windows RE partition is marked "hidden", but it's there. Any idea what I'm doing wrong or how to recover? Thanks in advance.