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12-20-2011   #1


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Windows Update info stored in SoftwareDistribution

does any one know if i was to save the updates stored in windows\SoftwareDistribution if i could use the files so i dont have to download again / put in custom install

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12-21-2011   #2


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Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by dsk04 View Post
does any one know if i was to save the updates stored in windows\SoftwareDistribution if i could use the files so i dont have to download again / put in custom install
Hello!

Basically, the answer is no. Technically speaking, there is a compilcated procedure, which does work, but actually, there is very little of value in there. To save disk space, once Windows Update has finished with an installer in that folder, it deletes it, and so there is actually very little of value in there, because it has all already been deleted. You can read slightly more about it here: Is there a way to backup current MS Updates?

Richard
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12-21-2011   #3


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i don't know, i don't like that answer going to do a little exploring myself, ill have an answer in a few hours...
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12-21-2011   #4


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Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by dsk04 View Post
i don't know, i don't like that answer going to do a little exploring myself, ill have an answer in a few hours...
As I said in that other post, it is the file themselves, renamed, which make up the installers, and the folders are the installers extracted. To test this, extract the installers using my tool here: Windows Update - Extract an Update

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12-21-2011   #5


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ok i tried to move files i saved from the download folder(cabs within folders) and it tried to download them again so i guess you cant
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