Stop Windows 10 Updates Properly and Completely

Matthew Wai said:

In your script, the variable is "%~dp0", which creates a bad path name.
In my script, the variable is split(wscript.scriptFullName, wscript.scriptname)(0), which does not create a bad path name. It is impossible to do so via CMD script.
It is possible to do so via VBScript.
Is there a reason why you can only use CMD but not VBScript?

No reason, I just didn't know how. Now I do since you showed me. The script is already a mixture of CMD and VBScript so I'll fix it. Thanks.

@Matthew Wai I showed your solution to the non-english path name problem to @rpo at MDL forum who wrote the vbscript portion of the wrapper script code (I'm a horrible vbscript programmer and can only make modest edits, I only know batch script) so he came up with this solution ("%~dp0" was not the problem after all):
In wrapper script 2.5.5 change this code in lines 337 and 410 (change highlighted in blue)

Code:

echo Set Fso=CreateObject^("Scripting.FileSystemObject"^):Set f=Fso.CreateTextFile^(fso.GetSpecialFolder^(2^) ^& "\task.xml",True^)

to this

Code:

echo Set Fso=CreateObject^("Scripting.FileSystemObject"^):Set f=Fso.CreateTextFile^(fso.GetSpecialFolder^(2^) ^& "\task.xml",True,True^)

The script now works in any language path name. Thank you for the pointers. Your input is much appreciated.

Matthew Wai said:

@ Pedro147
Next time when my VBScript has found an update which is not shown on Windows Update MiniTool, you can either exclude the update by the method described in my post #302 or install it after downloading it from Microsoft Update Catalog (enter the update title on the search bar).

Thanks @Matthew Wai will do. Sorry I didn't get a notification for this post.

Try3 said:

- I also already have a startup batch file [well, logon, actually - because it needs Admin access]

Do you know a batch file can automatically get administrative privileges?

Pedro147 said:

didn't get a notification for this post.

It seems to have happened to some members.

The administrator has added a new option to completely disable Windows Update.
Enable or Disable Windows Update Automatic Updates in Windows 10 | Tutorials

Try3 said:

@pf100
I've been studying the WUMTWrapperScript.
I notice that you have a section ::Determine if running 32 or 64 bit Windows OS and set variables accordingly
- but what you then seem to check is the CPU architecture not the Type of the OS itself
- whereas you could use something like If Defined ProgramFiles(x86) (Set OSType=x64) Else (Set OSType=x86) to achieve the stated aim because that system variable only exists on 64-bit Windows.
Or am I missing the point of that part of the script?

I'm checking the architecture of the OS.
I decided early on to not check for "Program Files (x86)" because some programs are hard-coded to install in that folder and will create it if it doesn't exist even on a 32 bit OS and so is not a reliable way to check the OS's architecture.
If you want to find the architecture of the OS:
Vista and newer:
wmic os get osarchitecture
Xp and newer:
wmic cpu get AddressWidth (this is how I check)
If you want to find the architecture of the processor itself:
wmic cpu get DataWidth
Source.