Hide a Stuck Windows Update with wushowhide

When a Windows update fails over and over and Windows keeps trying to install it, hide it with Microsoft's Show or hide updates troubleshooter.

  1. Download wushowhide.diagcab from Microsoft.
  2. Run it, click Next and choose Hide updates.
  3. Tick the problematic KB and finish the wizard.

Note: some browsers flag the download as untrusted. It is the official file, served from download.microsoft.com.

The same thing from PowerShell with the PSWindowsUpdate module:

Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate
Hide-WindowsUpdate -KBArticleID KB5000000

To bring the update back, run the tool again and choose Show hidden updates.

Written by Daniel Ruiz Peláez, Systems & Infrastructure Engineer (Linux, VMware, Proxmox, Active Directory, networking and security). These are notes from real problems I have solved.

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