Patch Tuesday update problem

Have just tried Troubleshooters again. (Get Help).

For some reason the Windows Update automated diagnostic will not run.

Just tried unpausing updates, reinstalling it, and again same error messages as before

Had the exact same issue. I did all the things mentioned and then some. I had a backup so I knew I couldn't hurt myself to bad. Went to system recovery and ran fix problems using windows update. Held my breath and after reboots the fixes all went on.

I am not sure if it is related, but a few builds ago I couldn't update. I thought it was the specific update so I just ignored it and waited for the next one only to see it doesn't install either. I had to use the SFC and dism commands to fix system files. Then I did a chkdsk to fix logical disk errors and also Registry errors. I then run Windows Update Troubleshooter which didn't fix the issue. So I eventually stopped some specific services along with the Windows Update service and renamed the C:\Windows\Software Distribution and another system folder. I restarted and enabled the services again, then Windows Update worked fine and currently I am at 26300.9711 build. I don't remember the steps, I was following Google AI instructions of how to fix the specific error code.

I found it: Open a Command Prompt as Administrator and execute the following commands:


Load Task Manager and switch to the Services section. Confirm all these services are stopped. If anything is not, click on it and click Stop. Then execute these commands to rename the specific folders:


Now restart the computer and restart the services replacing the previous commands with start instead of stop. Check if Windows Update is working.