Feb 1, 2020 · Manually clean up C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download Enter net start wuauserv into an elevated command prompt As soon as the service starts again, some folders will be re-created.

After you have installed all the pending updates, it is safe to delete all the files and folder under C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ As @Zab said, stop the Update Service while you …

Jan 27, 2015 · The updates are automatically downloaded to the WINDOWS\Software Distribution\Download subfolder. They are then unpacked to the drive which has the most free space …

Aug 3, 2019 · 3 Software Distribution folder The Software Distribution folder is used by Windows Update for downloading updates before they are installed. From its size, it seems to contain an entire …

Aug 12, 2019 · 0 Have a quick hypothetical question, If I have a pending Windows (10) update and was to delete the contents of c:\windows\SoftwareDistribution folder would that prevent windows from …

Jan 8, 2015 · I need to free space on Windows XP SP3. Q1) What system folders can be safely delete in case I don't need to have restore points etc? Q2) Can I delete content from …

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Jan 18, 2013 · The system that I'm looking at is Windows 7, 32bit. When the system boots up it spends a ton of time reading and writing to the DataStore.edb file which is located in …

Is it possible (and safe) to copy the SoftwareDistribution\\Download folder from one Windows XP machine, A, to another, B, and then let update.microsoft.com do its thing on B minus the download...

Aug 5, 2017 · 0 rmdir /s /q "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution.bak\" The above will delete a single folder: SoftwareDistribution.bak. How can I delete all folders whose names are SoftwareDistribution.bak? …