Delete Pending Windows 10 Updates

1. Windows 10 Update Assistant
2. Delete Pending Updates Windows 10 Mobile

Delete Downloaded, Failed, Pending Windows Updates 1 Delete the contents of the Temporary folder. 2 Remove pending.xml file. Navigate to C: Windows WinSxS folder. 3 Delete contents of SoftwareDistribution folder. 4 Reset the catroot2 folder. Resetting the catroot2 folder has been known to. Back in late 2018, I told you how to cancel the pending installation of Windows 10 version 1809, and a similar method can be used for cumulative updates as well. Today, however, we’re going to.

So you've been up and running on, and everything has been going great. Then one day, you suddenly see a list of apps queued up in the Windows Store waiting to update and stuck in the 'pending' state.Microsoft said this morning that they, although some users are still experiencing them. If you fall into that camp, you will want to read on for a possible fix!The natural reaction probably is to close and reopen the Store or to reboot your computer when that doesn't work. But if you are like most people who have experienced this issue, you are still stuck with the problem.Here is a list of steps you can take to get the Store working and your apps downloading again.

Windows 10 Update Assistant

Once you've tried restarting your computer ( Start Power Restart), the next step is to log out of the Windows Store and then log in again with your Microsoft account.

Delete Pending Updates Windows 10 Mobile

TIP:Here's what you might be seeing.and type in net stop WuAuServ. This command stops the Windows Update service. Keep PowerShell or the Command Prompt open for later.Open File Explorer and find C:WindowsSoftwareDistribution. We want to delete this folder, but to be safe, let's rename it. We suggest SoftwareDistribution.Old so it's easy to find.

Once deleted, Windows will recreate this folder almost immediately.Go back to PowerShell or the Command Prompt and type in net start WuAuServ to start Windows Updates again.Finally, we'd reboot and check Windows Updates to see if the pending updates are gone. If so, open File Explore and if you see SoftwareDistribution next to SoftwareDistribution.Old, go ahead and delete SoftwareDistribution.Old.-=Advertisement=.