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HotCakeX
Nov 27, 2019MVP
How to change the frequency of Windows store app updates on Windows 10?
I want to increase the app update check frequency so my store app will download and install app updates more frequently, I would also like to deploy this to a range of other computers on my network. ...
noel_lapin
Feb 19, 2020Copper Contributor
DearHotCakeX ,
The PowerShell command (Get-CimInstance ... UpdateScanMethod) seems trigger updating Store Apps.
Today there is an update for "Mail and Calendar" App.
I opened Microsoft Store panel and let it stay opened its "Downloads and updates" page. Then I opened a PowerShell console with administrative privilege and executed the command Get-CimInstance.
When I set "Update apps automatically" in the Store settings as OFF, nothing happened. But when I set auto-updating ON and executed Get-CimInstance again, the Store automatically started downloading and installed the update for Mail and Calendar.
Under the both settings OFF/ON, Get-CimInstance command returns the same "zero". And I cannot tell the command certainly forced updating, because its original due timing might be today. Anyway, I will schedule to run the command every morning and see the updates pile up or not.
HotCakeX
Feb 19, 2020MVP
Thank you very much, those are great info and observations, I can't test it right now, first I need to turn off auto update then manually check for updates and run the command to see what happens