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Rename Windows Update (WU) folder

You can use this script to clean up Patch scan issues. The script stops the bits and wuauserv services, deletes the Network Downloader cache as well as renames the Software Distribution folder, then restarts the 2 services.

This is a free script, we are not sure of its original origins, but thank you to whomever originally wrote it!

3-7-2018 Chris A

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ScExport xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://www.kaseya.com/vsa/2008/12/Scripting">
  <Procedure name="Rename WU Software Distribution" treePres="3" id="299781186" folderId="63991881772349112817528314" treeFullPath="_VA Scripts.Patch Deployment">
    <Body description="">
      <Statement name="ExecuteShellCommand" continueOnFail="false">
        <Parameter xsi:type="StringParameter" name="Command" value="net stop bits" />
        <Parameter xsi:type="EnumParameter" name="ExecuteAccount" value="System" />
        <Parameter xsi:type="BooleanParameter" name="Is64Bit" value="False" />
      </Statement>
      <Statement name="ExecuteShellCommand" continueOnFail="false">
        <Parameter xsi:type="StringParameter" name="Command" value="net stop wuauserv" />
        <Parameter xsi:type="EnumParameter" name="ExecuteAccount" value="System" />
        <Parameter xsi:type="BooleanParameter" name="Is64Bit" value="False" />
      </Statement>
      <Statement name="WriteScriptLogEntry" continueOnFail="false">
        <Parameter xsi:type="StringParameter" name="Comment" value="Windows Update services stopped" />
      </Statement>
      <Statement name="ExecuteShellCommand" continueOnFail="false">
        <Parameter xsi:type="StringParameter" name="Command" value="del &quot;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Downloader\qmgr*.dat&quot;" />
        <Parameter xsi:type="EnumParameter" name="ExecuteAccount" value="System" />
        <Parameter xsi:type="BooleanParameter" name="Is64Bit" value="False" />
      </Statement>
      <Statement name="WriteScriptLogEntry" continueOnFail="false">
        <Parameter xsi:type="StringParameter" name="Comment" value="Network Downloader cache deleted" />
      </Statement>
      <Statement name="ExecuteShellCommand" continueOnFail="true">
        <Parameter xsi:type="StringParameter" name="Command" value="rmdir /s /q &quot;%systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution.bak&quot;" />
        <Parameter xsi:type="EnumParameter" name="ExecuteAccount" value="System" />
        <Parameter xsi:type="BooleanParameter" name="Is64Bit" value="False" />
      </Statement>
      <Statement name="ExecuteShellCommand" continueOnFail="false">
        <Parameter xsi:type="StringParameter" name="Command" value="ren %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.bak" />
        <Parameter xsi:type="EnumParameter" name="ExecuteAccount" value="System" />
        <Parameter xsi:type="BooleanParameter" name="Is64Bit" value="False" />
      </Statement>
      <Statement name="WriteScriptLogEntry" continueOnFail="false">
        <Parameter xsi:type="StringParameter" name="Comment" value="Software distribution folder renamed" />
      </Statement>
      <Statement name="ExecuteShellCommand" continueOnFail="false">
        <Parameter xsi:type="StringParameter" name="Command" value="net start bits" />
        <Parameter xsi:type="EnumParameter" name="ExecuteAccount" value="System" />
        <Parameter xsi:type="BooleanParameter" name="Is64Bit" value="False" />
      </Statement>
      <Statement name="ExecuteShellCommand" continueOnFail="false">
        <Parameter xsi:type="StringParameter" name="Command" value="net start wuauserv" />
        <Parameter xsi:type="EnumParameter" name="ExecuteAccount" value="System" />
        <Parameter xsi:type="BooleanParameter" name="Is64Bit" value="False" />
      </Statement>
      <Statement name="WriteScriptLogEntry" continueOnFail="false">
        <Parameter xsi:type="StringParameter" name="Comment" value="Windows Update services started" />
      </Statement>
    </Body>
  </Procedure>
</ScExport>

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