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wuauclt.exe /DetectNow

Posted on March 11, 2009March 11, 2009 by Daggar

That’s the command to make trigger Windows Update without wading through Microsoft’s update site. Useful when running the laptop that might not be on when the update is scheduled.

Start Button > Run > wuauclt.exe /DetectNow

This blog is in danger of becoming my scratch pad.

2 thoughts on “wuauclt.exe /DetectNow”

  1. lizzie says:
    March 20, 2009 at 11:24 am

    Scratch pad away!

  2. Robert says:
    March 12, 2014 at 1:40 pm

    Didn’t work, nothing happened. Was trying to get Win 7 updates to
    INSTALL (24 of them). I’m really ticked.

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