How to Cancel Windows 11 update?

Hi LynnChristy.

Sorry, but your registry path is nothing near what I posted.

I posted 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate', as circled in red in the screenshot.

You posted 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Security'

It looks like you're editing the wrong registry path.

But the forced download of Windows 11 has not been blocked by this step

Two things (if you did the registry correctly) that came to my mind that are worth trying.

In the search,

type cmd, right-click it and choose run as administrator.

Execute the command:

gpupdate /force

Close the Window, pause the update and resume again.

Matt-NYC, First, I totally agree with you and others who are angry with Microsoft for putting us through this. I have now spent days in a black hole obsession with trying to correct this. Second, I did do the registry changes because the instructions in this thread and on numerous places on the web said exactly the same thing and the YouTube tutorials provided such a clear, step-by-step demo. Every step I did matched not only what I read, but what I saw. Fortunately, my computer is working just fine, so no harm was done. But the forced download of Windows 11 has not been blocked by this step. In my interaction with JoJun there are more details.

Thank you, JoJun, for replying. My screen looks just like yours, but with the extra things above. For some reason my computer will not do a screen shot when I am in the registry, but here are the entries from a Print to PDF save:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Security

Class Name: <NO CLASS>

Last Write Time: 3/8/2022 - 3:44 PM

Value 0

Name: OutlookSecureTempFolder

Type: REG_SZ

Data: C:\Users\Lynn'sSurfacePro\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows \INetCache\Content.Outlook\E2JVQ1K6\

Value 1

Name: InitEncrypt

Type: REG_DWORD

Data: 0x2

Value 2

Name: InitSign

Type: REG_DWORD

Data: 0x2

Value 3

Name: TargetReleaseVersion

Type: REG_DWORD

Data: 0x1

Value 4

Name: ProductVersion

Type: REG_SZ

Data: Windows 10 Value 5 Name: TargetReleaseVersionInfo Type: REG_SZ Data: 21H1

So my guess is that the items parked in Values 1 and 2 (already there before I did anything) are overriding what I have added with the instructions here and elsewhere and which show up as Value 3 and 4. The little icon with the blue letters that precedes TargetReleaseVersion is also there in front of those entries for Values 1 and 2.

Your suggestion of setting for 21H2 seems worth trying, though, so I think I will do that. Thank you again.

Hi LynnChristy. Sorry to see you're having problems.

I don't have the keys you mention. Here's a screenshot of my registry you can compare to.

I set my 'TargetReleaseVersionInfo' to '21h2', since I wanted to stay on 10 for as long as possible. From what I understand, setting an older version *can* still force you to upgrade, if that older version is out of support. My memory is hazy now, but I think I first tried setting my old version (1904?) and that didn't help.

If you don't find any differences in the registry path and keys, I'd say call Microsoft Support line and ask them to help.