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aycontract
Copper Contributor
Nov 25, 2025

Windows Update Lingering Failed Installs

I have 2 lingering installations that fail over and over after they were initially installed just fine.  Is there any way to "clear" these out?  I've tried a myriad of "fixes" from research but none have succeeded from clearing Windows Update database to uninstalling/reinstalling, etc.  Anyone have any ideas as Microsoft is not responding after submitting this issue via Feedback Hub months ago.  Any help to resolve this is much appreciated.

 

 

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  • Andrew_Fox's avatar
    Andrew_Fox
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 26, 2025

    You can either use this old Microsoft tool wushowhide

    https://download.microsoft.com/download/f/2/2/f22d5fdb-59cd-4275-8c95-1be17bf70b21/wushowhide.diagcab

    Or you can use this easy to use third party Windows Update manager that's portable and doesn't require any installation (the MS tool doesn't require install either)

    https://m.majorgeeks.com/files/details/windows_update_minitool.html

     

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