Please use the script to clean the windows update folder
Please run the script as System User
Steps:
- Stop Windows Update service and BITS.
- Rename the SoftwareDistribution Folder
- Restart the Windows Update and BITS services.
- Check that a new SoftwareDistribution folder has been created.
- Delete the renamed folder
def ecmd(CMD):
import ctypes
class disable_file_system_redirection:
_disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection
_revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection
def __enter__(self):
self.old_value = ctypes.c_long()
self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value))
def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
if self.success:
self._revert(self.old_value)
from subprocess import PIPE, Popen
with disable_file_system_redirection():
OBJ = Popen(CMD, shell = True, stdout = PIPE, stderr = PIPE)
out, err = OBJ.communicate()
ret=OBJ.returncode
return ret
import os
import shutil
import random
n=random.randint(10000, 20000)
p='C:\\Windows\\SoftwareDistribution'
rn='ren "%s" "%s"'%(p, n)
pn='C:\\Windows\\%s'%n
print 'Stopping Windows Update Service %s %s'%('.'*20, ecmd('net stop wuauserv')==0)
print 'Disabling Windows Update Service %s %s'%('.'*20, ecmd('sc config wuauserv start= disabled')==0)
##print 'Stopping BITS %s %s'%('.'*20, ecmd('net stop BITS')==0)
print 'Disabling BITS %s %s'%('.'*20, ecmd('sc config BITS start= disabled')==0)
print 'Renaming SoftwareDistribution %s %s'%('.'*20, ecmd(rn)==0)
print 'Enabling Windows Update Service %s %s'%('.'*20, ecmd('sc config wuauserv start= auto')==0)
print 'Starting Windows Update Service %s %s'%('.'*20, ecmd('net start wuauserv')==0)
print 'Enabling BITS %s %s'%('.'*20, ecmd('sc config BITS start= auto')==0)
print 'Starting BITS %s %s'%('.'*20, ecmd('net start BITS')==0)
if os.path.isdir(p):
print '%s %s is available again'%(p, '.'*20)
else:
print '%s %s is not available again!!'%(p, '.'*20)
if os.path.isdir(pn):
shutil.rmtree(pn)
print 'Removing the renamed Folder %s %s True'%(pn, '.'*20)
else:
print 'Removing the renamed Folder %s %s False'%(pn, '.'*20)
Sample Output:
Script in JSON format:
20170530-Clean-Windows-Update-Folder.json
