Where Windows 10 Update Files

Windows 10 updates

I think it's not for anyone no secret that the latest version of the operating system From Microsoft Corporation regularly receives updateswhich are first loaded, and then installed. Next, after installation, update files remain in the system for quite a long period, although the need for them further Storage fully absent.

And most importantly, most likely not suit Windows 10 users, updates are stored on the disk "C"mainly a section that many is a SSD drivewhose excessive loading files can negatively affect the fate of the computer in the future. And what to do? Disable updates although it is possible to implement, but the feasibility of such action under a big question. The size of the drive is also so simple do not increase. It turns out that single way solving the emergence of the trouble is change update download locationSo that they do not load SSD, and their prolonged storage is not strained.

How to change the folder to download updates?

So, to increase the life of SSDYes, and in general save space on the "C" disk, we need to change the place where Windows 10 will download update files. For this, in order, produce the following actions:

All, now all downloadable in the future windows 10 updates will be stored in the folderwhich you have created yourself, which means the disk "C" will not be loaded by this task And there will be a much longer period of time.

With update!

On this you can finishsince now you know how reduce the load on your SSD drivewhich is very capricious and requires a relaxing attitude towards himself. And if you are interested in other ways optimize the work of its solid-state comrade, write about it in the comments, and I will definitely prepare an additional material on this topic.

Updating Windows 10 system can lead both an improvement in its performance and errors. In the second case, you must remove problem updates. You can erase hanging, unidentified, installed and anniversary updates, as well as erase their cache. After you delete, do not forget to disable automatic download updates.

Is it possible to delete

You can delete updates, since such an option is provided for by Windows developers. Removal can be made by standard applications, so it should not cause any problems. You can wash both the already installed updates involved at the moment and old or only downloaded, not yet installed, updates.

How to delete Windows 10 updates

Updates that have already managed to install on your computer can be removed by system tools, without third-party programs, as well as all other types of updates. But you can do this in several ways: using the control panel, configure computer parameters and command execution. Remember, you will need administrator rights to work with updates, so carry out all actions from an account that has these rights.

Using system parameters

1. Expand the system parameters, for example, using the Windows search string.

   Open the Program "Parameters"

2. Go to the "Update and Security" block

3. Select the "Update Center" section.

   Go to the "Update Center" section

4. Being in the settings of the update center, expand the update log.

   Reveal the update log

5. Use the "Delete Updates" button to proceed to general information about the installed upgrades.

   Click on the "Delete Updates" button

6. Select an update that harms your system, and use the Delete button.

   Allocate the update and click the Delete button.

7. Please note that to delete most updates will have to restart the system, so save all unsaved projects in advance so as not to lose them.

   Press the button "Yes"

Using the control panel

This method allows you to erase updates using the same list that was described in the previous method, but the transition to it will be carried out differently:

1. Expand the computer control panel, for example, through the Windows search string.

   Open the control panel through the Windows search string

2. Change the appearance of the panel by selecting the category "Large icons", and go to the "Programs and Components" section.

   Go to the section "Programs and Components"

3. Navigate to viewing installed updates.

   Go to viewing installed updates

4. Select an update that interferes with your system, and click on the Delete button.

   Click on the "Delete" button

5. Confirm the action and wait until the system deletes the update. Note that to delete most updates, you will need to restart the computer, so save all unsaved projects in advance so as not to lose them.

   I confirm that the update must be removed

Through command execution

1. Expand the command prompt by resorting to the use of admin rights.

   Open the command prompt on behalf of the administrator

2. Use the WMIC QFE List Brief / Format: Table command to view the list of installed updates and their unique numbers that will be needed. Unique numbers begin with KB.

   We execute the WMIC QFE List Brief / Format: Table command

3. Use the WUSA / Uninstall / Kb command: unique_ysifractions to erase the desired update. Please note that the letters Kb and the numbers are separated by the colon, and not written in a row.

   We carry out the WUSA / Uninstall / Kb command: Unique_Sifters

4. Confirm the action.

   We agree with the removal

5. Choose whether you want to reboot now or should do it later. The update will not be completely removed until the computer reboots.

   Choose, restart the computer now or later

Video: Delete updates

Through a third-party program

This is an additional way to which it is worth to resort only if the previous ones do not help solve the problem, since this is the longest, albeit simple, option.

1. First you need to create a recrystable third-party media with the ERD Commander program, which can be downloaded for free from the official site of the developer. But before that, you need to prepare this media: Insert the USB flash drive, wait until it is recognized as the system, and, while in the explorer, click on it right-click, select "Format".

   Select the "Format" function

2. Format the USB flash drive in FAT32 or NTFS format so that there is nothing superfluous on it.

   Select formatting format

3. Now write to it the downloaded ERD COMMANDER, for this, click on the image of the right mouse button, select "Mounting" and specify which media it is necessary to mount the image.

   Choose the item "Mount"

4. Turn off the computer without removing the flash drive. Start starts it, and as soon as the first signs that the computer started to turn on, press the Delete key several times to enter the BIOS. The key may be different from Delete, which use instead of it depends on the model of your motherboard. But during the start of the system boot, you will see a hint in which it will be said, with which keys you can enter the BIOS.

   We enter the BIOS by clicking the Delete key

5. Being in the BIOS parameters, go to the Boot or "Download" section in the Russian version.

   Go to the Boot section

6. You must change the load order so that the computer starts the inclusion from the media you created, and not from the hard disk, so in the menu that opens, in the first place the name of the flash drive instead of a hard disk.

   Put a flash drive in first place

7. Save the changes made and exit the BIOS, the system will start booting again, but not Windows starts, but ERD Commander.

   We save changes and leave BIOS

8. Choose your version of the operating system.

   Choose your version of the OS

9. Select the option "Starting various MSDART recovery tools", and then the "Removing Patch" feature.

   Select the option "Running various MSDART recovery tools"

10. Select the updates you want to delete.
11. After deleting, you will receive a report on which updates have been deleted. Ready, you can return to working with the system, re-changing the load order in BIOS so that it starts with a hard disk.

    Update successfully removed

Removal of anniversary update

An anniversary update is a global update that usually has a round version, for example, "Update V2.0". You can delete such an update, but under the condition that 10 days have not passed since the global update setting:

1. Go to the parameters of the computer, for example, using the Windows search string.

   Open computer settings

2. Go to "Update and Security".

   Select the section "Update and Security"

3. Select the "Restore" block.

   Go to the "Restore" block

4. Perform rollback to an earlier assembly. This process can take some time during which you do not have to turn off the computer and interrupt the procedure by any other ways.

   We start the system rollback to the previous assembly

How to remove downloaded, unidentified, hung

All downloaded updates are in the computer's memory in the format of ordinary files that you can copy to transfer to another computer, or delete. Among these files are dependent and unidentified updates. These files are sometimes called "update cache".

1. Open the standard Windows Explorer.

   Open the conductor

2. Go to the download folder, which is on the path of the main_disk: \\ Windows \\ SoftWaredistration.

   Go on the path basic_disk: \\ Windows \\ SoftWaredistribution \\ Download

3. While in the DOWNLAOD folder, delete unnecessary updates, focusing on their unique number, volume and date of download.

   Delete unnecessary updates via delete folders with them

Disabling the download of a specific update using a third-party program

If you deleted a certain update, then after a while it will boot and re-starts, as the system will understand, referring to the database that it lacks it on the computer, and makes installation. To avoid this, we use the official program from Microsoft - Show or Hide Updates, which can be downloaded from their official website.

1. Running the application, search for unidentified updates by clicking on the "Next" button.

   Press the Next button

2. Select Hide Updates mode to go to hiding updates.

   We celebrate updates that should not be installed on their own

Disable all updates

By default, the update is downloaded and installed automatically to avoid, you need to change the system parameters. Note that to work with some programs you may need the latest updates, so it is not always recommended to disconnect an independent installation.

Standard method

1. Run the "Run" window by closing the Win + R keys combination on the keyboard.

   Run the program "Run" by closing Win + R

2. Use the Service.msc command to go to the service list.

   SERVICE.MSC command

3. Lay in the general list of updates and double click on it with the left mouse button.

   Select the Windows Update Center

4. The properties of the service will open, in which you need to click the "Stop" button to disable the search for updates to the nearest reboot of the computer, and set the start type "disabled" so that the update center is never started and, accordingly, could not search and install updates.

   Turn off the service and change the type of startup to "disabled"

Using a third-party program

If the standard method is not suitable for some reason, you can use the third-party program of Win Updates Disabler, the portable version of which is distributed free of charge and does not require installation

What to do if updates are not deleted

If you can't delete updates, then try the following methods:

• swipe the deletion process through the command line, running on the administrator, or a third-party program. Two of these methods are described in detail above in the "Delete Installed Updates" item;
• roll back the system to the recovery point, created when the update has not yet been established, or go through the system recovery process. For the first method, you will need the recovery point created by you or the system in automatic mode, for the second method - the image of the system recorded on the third-party media. You can also reset Windows that will return the system to the initial settings. Note that in some cases, all data stored on the computer may be lost, so save them in advance on an exemplary reliable carrier in order not to lose;
• if the above methods did not help, then reinstall the system and disconnect the automatic update to control the independent, which updates to install, and which is not.

System rollback

To roll back to the recovery point to delete the update, you can follow the following actions:

1. Using the search location of Windows, find the "Restore" section.

   Select the recovery points and roll back the system.

Cleansing the history of the magazine

Clearing update log can lead to system breakage, so this operation is recommended only in extreme cases. Parts are frequent when after cleansing users fleeing Windows or other problems with the system have arisen. In advance, create a system recovery point and save all important files on a third-party carrier so as not to lose them. If you still decided to clear the story, then open the command prompt with the administrator rights and follow the following commands alternately:

1. net Stop Wuauserv
2. del% Systemroot% \\ SoftWarDistribution \\ Datastore \\ Logs \\ Edb.log
3. net Start Wuauserv

Ready, the magazine must be clean, it may be necessary to restart the computer.

Installed and unidentified updates can be removed by standard methods or using a third-party program. After deleting the update, do not forget to prohibit it again, otherwise the system will restore it every time after it will notice the loss.

Microsoft systematically releases updates for Windows 10 – so, for example, "November update" (Anniversary Update), "Windows 10 for designers" (Creators Update) and most recently published "Autumn Creative Update" (Fall Creators Update). Sometimes it is difficult to keep track of the coming new items, so the company presented a special tool designed to safely and timely download updates - Update Assistant Windows (Windows 10 Update Assistant).

This program not only automatically downloads and starts installing the latest version of Windows, but also ensures that personal files and programs installed on your computer are not injured as a result of the update.

The tool will have to taste to those users of Windows 10 that do not want to wait until the update of the functions appears in the Windows Update Center, because it may take enough long time - up to several months. And with Update Assistant, you can immediately update your operating system to the latest version.

However, people who first begin to use this tool, usually there are a huge number of a wide variety of questions: Update Assistant is loading a complete ISO image of Windows 10? How much is the ISO-image of Windows 10 weigh and how much space does Windows 10 take on the disk after installation? Where does the Update Assistant Windows save downloaded files?

Update Assistant Windows loads a whole set of installation files for Windows 10, so the size of the downloaded files may vary depending on the type of operating system (32- (x86) or 64-bit). On average, the installation file weighs 3-4 GB.

To start working with Update Assistant, run the program and click the Update Now button. The program will verify the parameters of the computer, and if the compatibility settings match, the Windows 10 installation file download will begin.

Before loading on a C: \\ disk, the Windows10UGREDE folder will be automatically created containing several files. It is in this Update Assistant folder that will download the installation files with the extension ".esd."

As the file loads, its size will increase. When the full ESD file is downloaded (that is, the load percentage will reach about 80%), this file will be removed to the following folder: C: \\ $ GetCurrent \\ Media.

At the end of the download, this folder will contain a complete set of Windows 10 installation files. They can also be used to install this system to any other computer, only in this case it is worth considering that the UPDATE Assistant deletes the "Media" folder shortly after copying files to the specified location destination.

Therefore, if you want to make a backup of the installation files - you should copy the folder "C: \\ $ Getcurrent \\ Media" immediately after it appears. Having created a copy of this folder, you will receive a complete set of installation files for the latest version of Windows 10, with which you can update the operating system on any other computer.

As you know, users of Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 operating systems can be updated free to the 10th version for free, while maintaining all the programs installed on the personal computer and files.

In order to facilitate its customers life, Microsoft has included all the necessary installation files in a separate update that is automatically loaded through the update center. As a result: the user does not need to look for something and download - everything is already on his computer in a special hidden folder.

However, not every user wants to be updated to Windows 10. Someone has no licensed version of the operating system, someone wants to wait until several updates come out, so as not to go to the "raw" product. In this case, Windows 10 will take 6 extra gigabytes on the system hard disk. This interferes, if the volume of the disk is not very large (for example, used SSD by 50-100 gigabytes). This article describes how to find and delete this folder, as well as disable the applications, due to which it automatically loads to the PC.

Configure Windows Explorer

You received a notification of Get Windows 10. Required a sentence and got it again. The operating system is very annoying to install updates and go to the novelty. If you want to get rid of it, you need to delete "dozens" installation files and some updates.

But first of all, users will need to change file display configurations in the system conductor (program for working with disks, folders and files). This is necessary because the Windows 10 distribution is saved in the hidden folder, you cannot see. No appropriate settings.

Follow the instructions provided:

Windows ~ BT folder

After you change the Windows Explorer configurations, you can see folders and files with the "hidden" attribute ("Hide"). Now you can search for a folder into which the Windows 10 distribution is loaded and delete it.

The first place where it can save is right in the root directory of your system disk. That is, on what you installed OS (it contains the "Windows" directory. In most cases, it has the letter "C: \\". The folder is called "$ Windows. ~ Bt". You can safely delete all its contents.

If you are looking for this directory to force the update to Windows 10 - this is an unsuccessful idea. When you try to start "setup.exe" manually all installation files will be deleted.

In some cases (depending on the update center setting), this folder can be located elsewhere:

1. Open the "Windows" directory on the system hard disk.
2. Find the "Software Distribution" section.
3. It contains the "download" directory. Open it.

Here you can also find the "$ Windows. ~ Bt" folder.

Address line conductor

If you do not want to climb in the system conductor configuration and change something there, there is an alternative way to open a hidden directory. To do this, you can use the addressing string. It is located between the working area of \u200b\u200bthe conductor (in which the files and folders are displayed) and the toolbar with various tabs.

In this way, you can open any hidden folders without affecting the configuration of the Windows system conductor. Going to the directory, you can simply select all the files that are stored in it, and remove them.

Hard disk search

If there was no turnover of the Windows 10 system disk directory of the Windows 10 system disk directory, and you do not want to search for various sections, you can resort to search utility services. To do this, open the conductor and click the CTRL + F key combination to invoke the search menu.

Copy the name folder in it, which you want to find, and press ENTER. The program independently deletes the necessary data and shows you where they are stored. This is the least successful way, since this section is often not indexed by the system. In this regard, the search may take quite a long time. Or do not bring any results at all.

If there is a disabled display of hidden directories in the explorer, the search can not detect anything. In this case, you first need to activate the display of files with the "HIDE" attribute, and then search them.

Disable updates "Get Windows 10"

If you simply delete the "$ Windows. ~ Bt" directory, after a while it will start downloading to your personal computer. To do this, you need to delete updates that provide the operation of the GET Windows 10 application. They are deleted, as well as installed programs using a special operating system tool.

Follow the instructions:

Here users will need to find and delete multiple programs. Their list depends on the version of your operating system.

For Windows 7, you must delete:

• KV 3035583.
• KV 2952664.
• KV 3021917

For Windows 8, you will need to delete:

• KV 3035583.
• KV 2976978.

You can use the search string in the upper right corner to quickly find all the necessary files. Highlight the object, after which the "Delete" button appears above the list, which you want to click.

Blocking automatic installation

If your update center is running, it immediately downloads the updates again and install them on the computer. To prevent this, it is necessary to prohibit the load of these patches. This requires to do the following:

1. Call "Control Panel" through the Start menu.
2. Find the "Update Center" and run it.
   
3. Click on the "Important Updates" hyperlink.
   
4. Click OK and close the update center.

Now the Get Windows 10 notification will not disturb you.

There is another article on a similar topic on the site, which describes additional methods of getting rid of the unnecessary directories :.

Video on the topic

Downloaded, hung and installed updates are stored in the computer's memory. Over time, they occupy a large amount of memory and give failures in the system. One part of Windows updates is removed automatically, and the second half will have to be cleaned manually.

Clean computer: paths and ways

Delete installed updates

Already installed updates can be removed, thereby retrieving the version of the operating system until these updates have not yet been received. To fully delete a specific update, as for installation, you need to restart the computer at the end of the process. Deleting some updates will lead to the fact that the system will install the previous version of the update, the one that was used before installing the update deleted.

There are several built-in ways to get rid of the installed versions. Removal options through additional programs will be discussed in a separate paragraph, therefore, if the standard methods do not fit you, you can use the third-party application. So, we consider the internal means of removal.

Using the update center

1. Expand the computer settings. Open computer settings
2. Select the "Update and Security" tab.
   Go to the "Update and Security" section
3. Go to update log in which all information about installed updates is located.
   Open the update log
4. Click on the Delete Updates button.
   Click the Delete Update button
5. The control panel opens. A list of installed updates will appear on the screen, it can be sorted by one of the columns. To erase the update, select it and use the Delete button.
   Select an update and click on the "Delete" button
6. You will be asked to confirm the action, do this by pressing the "Yes" button. After deleting all unnecessary updates, restart the computer. Press the button "Yes"

Video: Delete updates using the update center

Using the control panel

In the previous paragraph, we fell into the desired section of the control panel through the computer parameters, now consider how to do it directly:

Video: Delete updates using the control panel

Using the command line

1. Find and open the string using the administrator rights. Open the command prompt on behalf of the administrator
2. Note to delete updates through the command, you must figure out the unique number of this update in advance. It always starts with KB, you can find it in the update log when viewing the list of installed updates, on the official Microsoft website or using the WMIC QFE LIST Brief / Format: Table, calling the table with dates and update numbers.
   We execute the WMIC QFE List Brief / Format: Table command
3. After you find out the desired numbers, use the WUSA / Uninstall / Kb command: unique_code to start deleting a specific update.
   We perform the WUSA / Uninstall / Kb command: unique_kod
4. You may be asked to confirm deletion, do it by pressing the "Yes" button. Select the parameter "Yes"
5. To complete the procedure, you must restart the computer. This can be done immediately or later. Choose, restart the computer now or then

Clearing folder with old updates and copies

The recovery and version of previous updates are stored in the computer's memory, in the case when a new update causes an error or any other problem, the system could be returned. You can not delete the WINSXS folder in no case, as this may lead to the fact that Windows will stop running, and you will not roll back or restore it without this folder. Clear folder is recommended only when its weight exceeds 8 GB.

Cleaning downloaded updates and cache

Downloaded, but for some other reasons not set or installed recently updates are also stored in the computer's memory. Some downloaded updates hang, because of this can not be established. All such updates are located in the main_disk folder: \\ Windows \\ SoftWaredistribution \\ Download. Going to this folder, you will find subfolders with long names, you can delete them all or only certain, focusing on the code in the title and the creation date. Removal is carried out by the usual movement to the basket, that is, click on them with the right mouse button and apply the "Delete" function.

Delete the contents of the folder in the main_disk: \\ Windows \\ SoftWaredistribution \\ Download

It is worth clearing the subfolder of the DeliveryOptimization located in the same SoftwaredRibution folder, it is stored in the update cache. Delete the folder itself can not, only its contents.

Clean the folder in the basic_disk: \\ Windows \\ SoftWaredisticsTRIBUTION \\ DeliveryOptimization

Cleansing from the previous assembly

After installing the anniversary update, the system assembly version changes. In order for the user to have the ability to cancel the transition to the new global version of the operating system, the WindowsOld folder is created, which contains all the necessary files for 30 days. After the end of this period, the folder self-esteem, but if you do not want to wait, follow these steps:

1. Run the program for clearing the disk.
   Open the program "Cleaning the disk"
2. Select the C disc and wait until it scanned. Choose a disc for cleansing
3. Navigate to Clearing System Files, this will require administrator rights. Windows Remove the selection of a disc that requires scanning. Press the "Clear System Files" button
4. Tick \u200b\u200bthe "Previous Windows Settings" and "Temporary Installations" items. Mark the "Previous Settings" and "Temporary Installation Files" checkboxes
5. Start the removal process and agree with all the warnings that appear on the screen.
   We specify that you still want to delete files

Cancel automatic update

By default, all available updates are downloaded and installed automatically, notifying you only that the system is updated. The negative sides of this action consist in the fact that at any time a load on the Internet may appear. Traffic spent on downloading updates is not controlled. There are several ways to deactivate the automatic system update, the easiest and fastest - complete the operation of the update center:

Third-party update management programs

There are several third-party programs that help manage updates, one of them - Windows Update Minitool. It can select updates for downloading and installing, deleting installed and downloaded versions, blocking certain updates. The application has a Russian language, almost all actions are performed in the main menu using the list and icons of action on the left side of the window. Download the program distributed for free, is recommended from the official developer site.

Manage updates via Windows Update Minitool

Another program is Iobit Uninstaller, designed to remove various Windows components, including updates. The application is built in the support of the Russian language. An introductory version can be downloaded for free from the official website of the developer. In the Windows Updates section, you can delete each update separately or erased them somewhat immediately. The application allows you to create recovery points that will help you configure the system if after deleting the next update failures will occur.

Remove updates via Iobit Uninstaller

Update deletion error

Updates may not be deleted for the following reasons:

• at the moment they are at the download stage or installation;
• removable update is involved in any process or application;
• the update hung.

First, disconnect all the extra processes, programs and burst the Internet connection. If it does not help, then boot in safe mode and try to delete the update through it. Try to delete updates in different ways described above in the article: Through the control panel, command line, third-party applications and folder cleansing.

To enter the secure mode, follow these steps:

If nothing helped, then two outputs remain: perform the system rollback until the update has not yet been installed, or reinstall the system using the image of the desired version. When you manage to delete an update, do not forget to deactivate it automatic installation, otherwise, when you first connect to the Internet, the update will rise again.

If Windows updates or a disadvantage of memory leads to uncomfortable work, it is worth removing harmful updates. To do this, in Windows 10 there are many system methods, such as deleting using the update center, delete the control panel and using the command line. And also suitable third-party programs whose functions are not limited to this. Remember, with untouched auto updates, the data will fall on your computer again.