Windows 10: After an improper shutdown, crash, power failure, or when something goes wrong with your registry, the Windows Update will not work properly. So sometimes you will notice that the updates cannot be installed on your system, or sometimes they will not even open.
Below we will see how you can restore Windows Update to its original state if it stops working in Windows 10.
To fix most of the Windows Update issues in Windows 10, in most cases it is enough to run the built-in program Windows Update troubleshooter.
Open it menu Start and type: Troubleshoot and press Enter.
Click on "Windows Update Troubleshooting"
Click the "Run as administrator" button in the dialog box, and the troubleshooter will complete the Windows Update troubleshooter.
If Windows Update still doesn't work, you'll need to reset it and re-register all its components services.
Let's see how:
First, you need to open a command prompt window, your administrator.
(In context search of Start Menu type cmd. Once you see the black icon, right click on it and run as administrator).
See the image below (we use Windows in English)
Type the following commands one at a time:
sc stop bits sc stop wuauserv sc stop appidsvc sc stop cryptsvc
This will stop services related to Windows Update. Now we will have to pass the ingredients again as described below.
Windows Update uses many DLLs that need to be registered correctly.
If any of these DLLs are not properly listed, it may cause the issues discussed above. To write them correctly, you need to type the following commands:
regsvr32.exe / s atl.dll regsvr32.exe / s urlmon.dll regsvr32.exe / s mshtml.dll regsvr32.exe / s shdocvw.dll regsvr32.exe / s browseui.dll regsvr32.exe / s jscript.dll regsvr32. exe / s vbscript.dll regsvr32.exe / s scrrun.dll regsvr32.exe / s msxml3.dll regsvr32.exe / s msxml6.dll regsvr32.exe / s actxprxy.dll regsvr32.exe / s softpub.dll regsvr32.exe / with wintrust.dll regsvr32.exe / s dssenh.dll regsvr32.exe / s rsaenh.dll regsvr32.exe / s cryptdlg.dll regsvr32.exe / s oleaut32.dll regsvr32.exe / s ole32.dll regsvr32.exe / s shell32 .dll regsvr32.exe / s wuapi.dll regsvr32.exe / s wuaueng.dll regsvr32.exe / s wups.dll regsvr32.exe / s wups2.dll regsvr32.exe / s qmgr.dll regsvr32.exe / s wudriver.dll
Now, we need to make a reset on your network.
WARNING. You may need to re-configure the proxy server if you are using it.
Let's look at the reset commands:
ipconfig / flushdns netsh winsock reset netsh winsock reset proxy
Next, we will clear the Windows Update cached files. This will resolve any issues related to corrupted updates.
rmdir% systemroot% \ SoftwareDistribution / S / Q rmdir% systemroot% \ system32 \ catroot2 / S / Q
Finally let's start again the services we stopped at the beginning:
sc start bits sc start wuauserv sc start appidsvc sc start cryptsvc
Restart Windows 10, and Windows Update should work again.
