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 ...

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Andrew_Fox
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

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

aycontract
Copper Contributor
Nov 30, 2025
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.

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