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If your Windows Update is showing available updates and your computer starts downloading them, it may happen that at some point it just gets stuck and stops downloading. It will show a constant.
Updates for Windows 10 operating system are not something that you need to be terribly worried about as Windows Update automatically downloads and installs available updates in the background. And the best part is that Windows 10 doesn’t force you restart your PC in the middle of something right after installing updates.
At times, while downloading and installing updates, you might notice that Windows Update has stuck at 0%, 30% or 99% without displaying any specific error. When the Windows Update is stuck at a particular figure without any progress, it usually doesn’t display any error. Because Windows Update doesn’t display error, users find it hard to diagnose the issue.
If Windows Update on your Windows 10 PC is stuck at a particular figure for hours, you can use the given below instructions to download and install available updates without any issues.
Restart your PC and check for updates again
If Windows Update is stuck at a particular figure for more than an hour, we advise you restart your PC once and then navigate to Settings app > Update & security > Windows Update and click Check for updates button. This method doesn’t work all the time, but it’s always a good idea to restart PC when there is an issue with Windows.
Run official Windows Update troubleshooter
Did you know that there is a Windows Update troubleshooter bundled with Windows 10 to fix common Windows Update issues? Please refer to our Windows Update troubleshooter for Windows 10 article to know how to run and use the Windows Update troubleshooter in Windows 10 to address Windows Update issues.
Clear Windows Update cache to fix stuck Windows Update downloads
If the issue persists even after trying above methods, clearing the Windows Update cache should fix the issue. Here is how to make it happen:
Step 1:Right-click on the Start button on the taskbar and then click Command Prompt (admin) to open Command Prompt as administrator. Click Yes button if you see the User Account Control prompt.
Step 2: At the Command Prompt window, execute the following commands:
net stop wuauserv
Press Enter key to execute the command.
net stop bits
Please press Enter to execute the command.
Once both commands are executed, simply minimize the Command Prompt to taskbar as we need to execute two more commands later.
Step 3: Next, navigate to the following location:
C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution
In the above path, “C” is the drive letter of the drive where Windows 10 is installed. If you have installed on drive “D”, then the path would be D:WindowsSoftwareDistribution.
Step 4: Select all files and folders under SoftwareDistribution folder using Ctrl + A hotkey and then press Delete button to delete all these files and folders. Click Continue button if you see any confirmation dialog.
If you’re unable to delete one or more files or folders, restart your PC and then follow the directions again.
Step 5: Maximize the Command Prompt and execute the following commands:
net start wuauserv
Press Enter key to execute the command.
net start bits
Press Enter key.
Step 6: Open Settings app and navigate to Update & security > Windows Update and click Check for updates button to begin downloading and installing updates again.
Hope this helps you fix the issue!
If you find that your Windows Update is stuck downloading updates at 0 % or any other figure in Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista as well, then this post will help you fix the issue.
Windows Update stuck downloading updates
If your Windows Update is showing available updates and your computer starts downloading them, it may happen that at some point it just gets stuck and stops downloading. It will show a constant figure but there will be no progress. The figure in your case could be 0%, 23%, 33%, or any other, but every time you try to download the updates, you find that they are stuck on that particular figure, even if you leave it for an hour or two. I faced this issue and my downloading was stuck at 23%, when I was trying to get Windows Insider Builds.
This is what helped me and I am sure that it could help you too. You may click on the images to see their larger versions.
From the WinX Menu, open Command Prompt (Admin). Type the following one after the other and hit Enter:
This will stop the Windows Update related Services.
Next browse to the C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution folder and delete all the files and folders inside. Press Ctrl+A to Select All and then Delete.
If the files are in use, and you are unable to delete some files, restart your device. After rebooting, run the above commands again. Now you will be able to delete the files from the mentioned Software Distribution folder.
After you have emptied this folder, you may restart your computer or you may type the following commands one at a time in the CMD, and hit Enter to restart the Windows Update related Services.
Run Windows Update again and see.
You will be able to download and install the updates successfully. Once done, you will see that a restart has also been scheduled.
I suggest you restart immediately to complete the process.
This worked for me and I hope it does for you too.
If it does not, you may try this:
Run Windows Module Installer
The Windows Module Installer is a built-in Windows 10 service. It lets you fix the Windows updates which are stuck.
To use this, open a command prompt with admin privileges.
Windows 10 Update Stuck Downloading 100%
Type the following and hit Enter:
Once successfully executed, you should see [SC] ChangeServiceConfig SUCCESS display within the Command Prompt console.
Windows 10 Update Download Stuck At 100 Percent
Exit the command prompt, and check if the buttons are back to normal.
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See this post if Windows Updates fail to Install.
If nothing helps, you can download Windows 10 ISO and make a fresh install too.
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