Windows 10 Update (Something went wrong. Try to reopen settings later)

Anonymous
2020-07-07T10:31:57+00:00

* Mod note on 16 October 2021.

A third-party tool to block all updates to Windows 10 is mentioned several times in this thread. Links to this tool have been removed because Microsoft policy is that one cannot post here any method of permanently stopping/blocking updates to Windows.

Everytime i enter windows update i cant see nothing in Windows Update tab, only "Something went wrong. Try to reopen settings later" .

3 days have went by of me trying to fix this, but nothing is working...

The troubleshoot shows nothing wrong...

Tried to reset the pc but i got an error (something went wrong)...

When i try to scan the disk it always gives me an error

Did sfc /scandisk in safe mode there was no problem

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-11-11T12:10:58+00:00

    For anyone getting an access denied when renaming the SoftwareDistribution Folder. Go into services and actually disable the Windows Update service. It seems that Windows Update service is manually triggered so stopping it won't work as it can restart by itself. disabling and then stopping it will allow you to rename the SoftwareDistribution folder. 

    Good luck everyone.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-11-01T08:41:06+00:00

    I also have the same problem and I tried all the commands in Windows Command Prompt (CMD) but still I have the same problem. Pls help me.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-10-26T19:07:35+00:00

    Hi, yes the problem is the UsoSvc, this service is essential for Windows updates to work, open regedit and navigate to :-

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsoSvc

    In the right payne locate "start" and right click on it select modify in the value data box that opens change the 4 to 2, restart computer and try updates now. The default setting for this key is 2 which equates to automatic start 4 disables the service.

    YES IT SOLVED MY PROBLEM. Thanks.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-10-11T22:02:21+00:00

    which third party tool

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