Where does Windows saves the downloaded updates?

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Where does Windows saves the downloaded updates?

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I need to copy them to another partition for making a installer for WinUpdates Offline and I don't want to hear about WinUp, I need the location of the updates in Windows, PLEASE. Thank you.

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Re: Where does Windows saves the downloaded updates?

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not that hard to search .msu file is it ?

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It's Windows XP, so, not. It's a common EXE

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Re: Where does Windows saves the downloaded updates?

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C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download is what you want.

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This portable update saving app will download all updates and save them into a folder of your choice, pretty sure it also allows to block certain updates before downloading them.

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