Is it possible to uninstall the Windows 10 update assistant? When i delete it it just automaticly reinstalls itself when i start the pc again

This is the most annoying operating system anybody could ever put out. Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves.

So I've been plagued by the Windows 10 Update Assistant too. It comes up every time I log on to my laptop. My problem is that the update to 1703 is not compatible with any of my peripherals and I have a stable build that works the way I want it to. So, when I first got the update in November 2017 I ended up rolling it back. Not a problem until January 2018 when Microsoft decided to force the update on my computer. I logged on and it was most of the way through installing the update. Still didn't work with my peripherals. I rolled it back again. At first the update tried to install every time I logged on and I would have to stop it. Then it switched to an Update Assistant screen which allowed me to chose a "remind me" box. I used cccleaner to get rid of it. I have to do this several times a day. I keep uninstalling it and it comes back. So your solution above looked great EXCEPT... double-clicking or right clicking on any of the triggers does NOTHING so I cannot disable them. WTF Microsoft. I realize that there is a real security threat out there but I sincerely doubt that most home users are a target. I am the sole user and administrator of my laptop and I want to choose what is or is not installed on it. I use a tight security protocol as well. I am a university professor and I count on my laptop to keep my course and projects running. I wish Microsoft would F off with this stuff and give users like me control over what happens to their personal property. I consider this a real invasion of my property. Ther. Rant over.

Can't speak for anyone else but for me this did not work - despite trying it three times.   Perhaps no-one here is old enough to recall the repellant 'thing' which appeared from John Hurt's chest in the original version of Ridley Scott's Alien, but that seems to me to be exactly what the Windows 10 Update Assistant has become.  It is a monster: an alien, destructive and sinister interloper which it appears utterly impossisble to deter or remove.  Please everyone, there must surely be some answer, somewhere - or must we all be forever haunted like poor Sigourney Weaver and hern dooomed spacecraft ..... ?

Like what DaveM121 said, you cannot uninstall The Update Assistant in Windows 10.

What we suggest is you can submit a feedback regarding to your concern about the Update Assistant to our Feedback Hub.

You can submit your feedback through this link.

If you have any other concerns, please don't hesitate to post back here.

This is ludicrous!!   I do not wish my application of Windows to be 'updated' at the moment.  Why, therefore, can I not delete the relevant program?  Sorry to be vulgar, but who the hell owns my computer: me or Microsoft?  I do not expect Renault to tell me how to manage my car or Bosch my dishwasher so why should the maker of the operating systrem on my computer presume to tell me what I may or may not do with it?  Or, worse, foist its products on me when I have not asked for the them or in ways that make them 'unrefusable'?  This is all some kind of technological dictatorship in which the user has no role and no say.

I had this exact problem for the longest time. I was able to fix it with the task scheduler solution, but since that's not working for you, here's a janky fix that will totally prevent it from running, it's what I've been using the last several months.

1. Right click on your desktop, select new -> text document. Open the text document.

2.  The following script continuously executes commands that will terminate Windows Update Assistant whenever it attempts to start. Copy and paste the following script into the text document:

@echo off

:Loop

taskkill /im Windows10UpgraderApp.exe /f

taskkill /im SetupHost.exe /f

goto Loop

3. Go to File -> save as...
4. Change the file name to Windows Update Killer.bat (The file name doesn't matter as long as the extension is .bat) -> select "Save as type:" -> select "all files"
5. Save the file.

After doing this, an executable file will appear on your desktop. Run the file as an administrator. A command prompt window will appear. Closing the window will terminate the script, so just keep it running and you'll never see Windows Update Assistant ever again.

Hi David,

For us to isolate this further, please help us verify the following:

• What's the current version and build of your Windows 10 computer?
• What are the options available when you open the Task Scheduler? Could you provide us a screenshot of it?

To check for your computer's current version and build, just type in winver in Cortana search and hit Enter.

Looking forward to hear from you.

Regards.