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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.
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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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
Thanks Andrew. The mini tool did what I needed to rid the failed updates from the UI.
FYI, there's a .net version on GitHub.
