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Windows Update - Windows
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C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsUpdate\component install, text
C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.logWindows Update
2 log locations · Windows
- Readable log: run Get-WindowsUpdateLog in an admin PowerShell. It writes WindowsUpdate.log to the Desktop.
Where Windows Update keeps its logs
Windows Update logs to C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsUpdate\ on Windows. 1 other Windows log location is recorded below.
Paths are printed exactly as Windows Update writes them. Environment variables like %LOCALAPPDATA% and $XDG_STATE_HOME are never expanded, so a path can be pasted straight into a shell. Where a path differs between installer types or shipping flavours, each one is racked as its own card below - why that happens.
Finding your way around Windows.