Wusa Is Not Recognized

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Wusa Not Recognized

I am attempting to use this syntax:

wusa.exe 'IE11-Windows6.1-KB2929437-x64.msu' /norestart

But it simply pops up with the WUSA help box, like it doesn't understand my syntax.

I've tried a full path or without quotes, same issue. Am I missing something?

ZenoZeno

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It doesn't understand my syntax.

Look at the help box that pops up.

/norestart

When combined with /quiet installer will NOT initiate reboot.

Try the following command:

Where {path} is the full path to IE11-Windows6.1-KB2929437-x64.msu

Description of the Windows Update Standalone Installer in Windows

You can use the following switches together with Wusa.exe.

/norestart Prevents Wusa.exe from restarting the computer.
The /norestart switch is ignored if the /quiet switch is not present.
If you run Wusa.exe together with these two switches, you must manually restart the operating system after the installation is complete if the installation requires you to restart the computer.
For example, if the Windows6.0-KB934307-x86.msu file is in the D:934307 folder, type the following command at a command prompt to install the update package:
wusa.exe D:934307Windows6.0-KB934307-x86.msu /quiet /norestart

Source Description of the Windows Update Standalone Installer in Windows

DavidPostill♦DavidPostill

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Is there the full list of return codes for 'wusa.exe'?

I guess that Windows System Error Codes are applicable here.http://www.hiteksoftware.com/knowledge/articles/049.htm

But sometimes I need to consider other return codes such as: 2359302 or 2359303

DenisDenis

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I don't pretend that these pages are comprehensive, but here are links to two documents that might help:

Hopefully they're useful. There's a third document titled Windows Update Agent Networking Error Codes that you'll find along side Windows Update Agent Success and Error Codes. I would have included that link but a I received a red tooltip that informed me I 'need at least 10 reputation to post more than 2 links.'

Major MalfunctionMajor Malfunction

Here is a link (I hope it is what your are searching for): http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/windows_update_codes.htm .

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Wusa.exe is just a wrapper for Windows Update functions to install MSU updates. Install the Windows 10 SDK and look into the file 'C:Program Files (x86)Windows Kits10Include10.0.10240.0umwuerror.h' to all Windows Update related errors.

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