Windows 10 Update Error - Quick Fix

[Music] hello everyone how are you doing this is mdtech here another quick tutorial today I'm going to show you guys how to resolve issues you might be having with your Windows Update on your Windows computer so it's going to be a pretty straightforward tutorial and we're going to jump right into it so we're going to start very simply by heading over and left clicking on the start button to open it up and then you want to type in services should be listed as the desktop app you want a left click on it once to open it up so now underneath services you want to scroll down until you get to the Windows Update service right here you want to right click on it and then left click on properties if service status says running click on this stop button right here once you've done that you can click on OK and now I'm going to minimize the services window and now I'm going to go to the Start menu left click on it again type in file explorer should be listed as a desktop app you want a left click on a once to open it up now I'm going to go underneath this PC on the left side here I'm going to go underneath the local disk and I'm going to go underneath windows and now I'm going to scroll down as we get to software distribution right here should be something that says download now this is just a backup copy of Windows updates that have been installed in the past they're just copies they're not the actual updates so what I'm going to do is fill onto all of them I'm going to right click and then select delete you might need user account control permission in order to do that and it should be empty once you've done that if you're unable to find this folder for some reason you want to go underneath the View tab and then underneath options on the far right side and then underneath the View tab you want to make sure underneath hidden files and folders that the show hidden files and folders and drivers is checked here if it's not let's say if this don't show hidden files folders or drivers you want to select the show hidden files folders and drivers and then click on apply and ok please note all we have to do to get to that which is going to neat the View tab on this window and once you click on that you went underneath options and then like I said underneath folder options go underneath the View tab show hidden files folders and drives very simple to do and you can see we've deleted everything out of the Downloads folder which is good not our actual download folder the windows update download folder should clarify that for some of you guys and now I'm going to reopen the services window that we had minimized through our taskbar should say when is update again probably will be highlighted in your case as well I'm going to start to start the service button right up here and you can see then if we double clicked on the windows update folder it should say service status running so very straightforward I recommend restarting your computer and then try to install the windows updates again and hopefully your problem has been resolved so I hope this brief tutorial was able to help you guys out and as always thank you for watching and I will catch you in the next tutorial goodbye

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Id: YEZvZAThqs0

Length: 3min 45sec (225 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 01 2017