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Cumulative Update Preview
My snipping tool would capture audio but yielded a black screen when I used screen recording. I found a YouTube channel about the topic and the creator of the channel suggested that my Windows 11 might be out of date. I checked and saw that it said everything was up to date. At that time, I also saw "Cumulative Update Preview." Without thinking or researching, I hit "Download and Install." As it was downloading, I looked into the program and decided that I didn't want to get involved in this whole process. I quickly restarted my computer thinking that it would stop the download of the Cumulative Update Preview. Unfortunately, when the computer started up again so did the download....
When I searched my computer for "KB5055627," I got four results:
CompDB_KB5055627_bundle.xml
LCUCompDB_KB5055627.xml
outer.AggregatedMetadata_KB5055627.cab
Windows11.0-KB5055627-x64
The last one was a folder full of Manifest files, MUM files and Security Catalogs.
To officially install Cumulative Update Preview, a restart of my computer is required. I DO NOT want to install this program. Can I just delete the above-mentioned files/folders, and my computer will be back the way it was before the download? I'm hopeful (but kind of doubtful) that it would be that simple.
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The files you found are part of the update package stored on your system, but simply deleting them won't undo an installation that's already in progress or prevent a scheduled update from installing if Windows has already started the process.
Cumulative updates are available by checking Preview Updates in Windows Update's advanced options
