Yeah, and that's what I noticed with MBAM. Disabling or killing it completely didn't change the situation. Also double-checked Windows Update. It's hard to tell since I don't have any system updates...

Windows Update seems to be working fine.

I might have overlooked changes I've made to AV though. I just recently installed Malwarebytes as a potential replacement to defender (like win10 will let...

Tried #2 for a second time, still no good.

In addition if I try to pause all or remove apps from the download queue, the store freezes. If I try to restart the Windows Update service, it hangs...

I do have indications of progress though. My downloads are no longer just hanging at "pending," but they just sit there at "0.0 MB downloaded" now.

Just tried it myself as well. Didn't work aside from making me look at a blank screen for 5 minutes after logging in.

I'm having the same problem. None of the troubleshooting steps that I've found have worked.