Windows 8 Apps not downloading. All stuck on pending.

Anonymous
2012-12-22T14:29:15+00:00

I just received a brand new Windows 8 laptop. Right out of the box, a bunch of apps want to update but they all get stuck on "pending" and will not download. I'm very disappointed at the lack of "out of the box" workability. How can I get these apps to update and download?

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Anonymous
2012-12-29T00:03:19+00:00

I found these steps on a different thread and gave them a try, and afterwards my updates downloaded and installed fine.  Forcing the update service to create a new SoftwareDistribution folder seemed to resolve the issue:

  1. Open an administrative command prompt (go to the Start screen, type "cmd", right-click on Command Prompt and hit "Run as administrator")
  2. Type the following four commands in the command prompt:
  3. net stop wuauserv

cd %systemroot%

ren SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.old

net start wuauserv 4. Try to install updates again.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-09-30T14:53:20+00:00

    When u open the cmd command, right click on the icon and click "run as administrator". It should work fine after that. Hope this helped you ^_^

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-09-28T13:34:23+00:00

    I just received a brand new Windows 8 laptop. Right out of the box, a bunch of apps want to update but they all get stuck on "pending" and will not download. I'm very disappointed at the lack of "out of the box" workability. How can I get these apps to update and download?

    Go to troubleshooting (press win+w > then type troubleshooting). 

    Click "fix problems with windows updates" on the window that opens.

    Click next.  Windows will search for solutions, but it won't find anything.

    Then select ".. try in administrator mode".

    Windows will find and fix the problem.

    Worked for me and a few others.

    THIS WORKS!!  Thanks soooo much!

     

    Just tried this and it worked, I am so pleased but why is life so difficult with Windows 8. We should not have to get so elated when we are successful at a fix, we should not have to do it in the first place.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-09-27T17:03:38+00:00

    I had the exact same problem none of the method seem to help

    so i just turned the fire wall and it is working properly but before that i did this

    From the desktop:

    Press Windows + R keys

    Type "wsreset.exe" on run window and press enter

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-09-26T17:19:37+00:00

    You are great. Its worked.

    After wasting my time at last this worked.

    Thanks .

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