Clear Windows Update History in Windows 10  

Paul Black said:

To your knowledge, can ALL the files in the TWO USOShared\Logs folders be SAFELY Deleted?

I am now running Linux, on which I have just deleted everything from both folders. I am going to sleep and will see whether my Windows 10 still works tomorrow.

Paul Black said:

Thanks Matthew, the results will be interesting. Have a good night.

My Windows started at 1:37 PM. Two .etl files were created at 1:48 PM as shown below:

Code:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.746]
(c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Matthew_Wai>Dir /a /s "C:\ProgramData\USOShared\Logs\"
 Volume in drive C is Windows 10
 Volume Serial Number is 8A17-5D98

 Directory of C:\ProgramData\USOShared\Logs

28/09/2020  04:00 AM    <DIR>          .
28/09/2020  04:00 AM    <DIR>          ..
23/06/2022  01:48 PM    <DIR>          System
23/06/2022  01:48 PM    <DIR>          User
               0 File(s)              0 bytes

 Directory of C:\ProgramData\USOShared\Logs\System

23/06/2022  01:48 PM    <DIR>          .
23/06/2022  01:48 PM    <DIR>          ..
23/06/2022  01:48 PM             4,096 UpdateSessionOrchestration.b11257ee-2804-4c8d-9974-c0eb7db6e95f.1.etl
               1 File(s)          4,096 bytes

 Directory of C:\ProgramData\USOShared\Logs\User

23/06/2022  01:48 PM    <DIR>          .
23/06/2022  01:48 PM    <DIR>          ..
23/06/2022  01:48 PM             4,096 UpdateUx.6f1b5fbd-94f3-4906-93b7-5cdc0ded44d6.1.etl
               1 File(s)          4,096 bytes

     Total Files Listed:
               2 File(s)          8,192 bytes
               8 Dir(s)  50,959,867,904 bytes free

C:\Users\Matthew_Wai>

My two VBScript files were run at 1:37:37 PM and 1:42:42 PM as shown below:

Code:

Windows PowerShell
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PS C:\Users\Matthew_Wai> Get-ScheduledTask "WDD_Updates"|Get-ScheduledTaskInfo|FT -A

LastRunTime          LastTaskResult NextRunTime NumberOfMissedRuns TaskName    TaskPath PSComputerName
-----------          -------------- ----------- ------------------ --------    -------- --------------
23/6/2022 1:37:37 PM              0                              0 WDD_Updates \


PS C:\Users\Matthew_Wai> Get-ScheduledTask "Check_for_updates"|Get-ScheduledTaskInfo|FT -A

LastRunTime          LastTaskResult NextRunTime          NumberOfMissedRuns TaskName          TaskPath PSComputerName
-----------          -------------- -----------          ------------------ --------          -------- --------------
23/6/2022 1:42:42 PM              0 24/6/2022 3:00:00 AM                  0 Check_for_updates \


PS C:\Users\Matthew_Wai>