1. Windows 10 Update And Shutdown Stop
2. Update And Shutdown Option
3. Windows 10 Avoid Update And Shutdown
4. Windows 10 Install Updates And Shutdown
5. Windows 10 Restart Without Updating

With the release of Windows 10, Microsoft moved to update and maintenance concept to the principle of WaaS (Windows as a Service) which is based on the principle of SaaS (Software as a Service). With the implementation of this, Microsoft kind of forced Windows Updates to not only be downloaded on the users’ machines but also install them while we shutdown Windows 10 and sometimes even seed them to other users. This seeding concept took off much load from the Microsoft servers that would provide these Windows Updates to the users earlier. Installing these updates can be tedious for the users are it takes a lot of precious time from the users working hours and actually, people criticize this kill of their productivity.

Apr 23, 2016  Is there a way to shutdown windows 10 without installing updates? I know previous versions of Windows had command line or registry tricks that helped with this. Note the version of Windows 10 I am using is the normal version you get with the free upgrade. As far as I know, an 'Update and restart' will fully complete the update. So why is that not the case with 'Update and shut down'? I clicked update and shut down last night, expecting Windows to be done with whatever it needs to do, and turned on the machine this morning to be greeted with an hour-long update process I did not expect.

Today, we are going to check out two easy methods by which we can skip this installation of updates and continue working without interruption.

Shutdown Windows 10 without installing any Updates

1] Clear SoftwareDistribution Folder

Windows 10 Update And Shutdown Stop

Windows Updates downloads two types of updates. They are either Critical Update and Non-critical updates. The security updates, bug fixes and patches that are delivered to Windows 10 come under the category of Critical Updates. And the delivery of other features, visual changes come under the category of Non-critical updates. Critical Updates are the once those are released on the second Tuesday of every month or termed as Patch Tuesday. Non-critical updates are the ones released twice every year bringing new features.

Critical Updates need to be installed immediately as they are downloaded whereas the feature updates need not be installed immediately and can be postponed.

Start by hitting the WINKEY + X combinations and select Command Prompt (Admin) in order to launch Command Prompt with Administrator Privileges.

Now copy and paste the following commands one by one in the Command Prompt console and hit Enter.

This will stop all the Windows Update Services running on your Windows 10 PC.

Open File Explorer and navigate to the following location from the address bar:

• C:WindowsSoftwareDistributionDownload

Make sure that you replace the drive letter to the one with where Windows 10 is installed on your PC.

Now, select every file present inside the Software Distribution folder and hit these key combination on your keyboard: Shift + Delete.

Now start the Windows Update services on your PC by copying and pasting the following commands in Command Prompt with Administrator Privileges and hitting Enter:

2] Using Power Button to shut down your PC

First of all, start by hitting the WINKEY + R button combinations or search for Run in the Cortana search box to launch the Run box.

Inside the text label, search for powercfg.cpl and hit Enter.

This will launch the Power Options window.

On the left side panel, click on Choose what the power buttons do.

In the drop-down for When I press the power button and set both the drop-downs to Shut down.

Click on the button that says Save changes.

Now you will be able to shut down your PC without installing any Windows Updates.

3] Alternatives to shutting down your computer

Rather than shutting down your computer you can preferably try other alternatives to save power and keep your computer from being on constantly. They are – either you can try keeping your computer in Hibernate mode or Sleep mode.

Using the Hibernate option, your applications are moved from RAM to your HDD until you turn back your computer on. If you use the sleep option, your computer will go into a low power consumption state where you can quickly resume your work after turning on your PC.

4] How to disable Update and Shutdown in Windows 10

If you wish to how to disable yje Update and shutdown button, you will have to open the Registry Editor and navigate to the following key:

Create a new key under Windows and name it WindowsUpdate. Create another key under this one and name it AU.

So the final path would be:

Now under AU, in the right side create a new DWORD value named NoAUAsDefaultShutdownOption and give it a value of 1. Also create NoAUShutdownOption and give it a value of 1.

Now you will not have the Update and shutdown option. Windows will install the updates only when you restart.

If you wish to explore more, you can read more about these power options like Hibernate and Sleep here and read our guide if you wish to disable Windows Update permanently.

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Whenever a new update is downloaded on your Windows 10 PC, the OS replaces the Restart and Shutdown button with “Update and Restart“, and “Update and Shut down“. This is probably the best practice so that the update is not missed. But at times users find that these buttons continue to display the same message even when you have performed those operations – ie either restarted or shut down your computer. This could happen if an update fails to install and so your PC continues to prompt you every time to Update and shutdown. So what can you in this case?

Update and Shutdown/Restart not working

1] Restart File Explorer

Restarting Windows File Explorer can fix a lot of things, especially when there is a problem with the user interface.

• Right click on an open spot on the right side of the Taskbar
• Click on Task Manager
• Scroll down to Windows Explorer
• Right, click on Windows Explorer.
• Click on Restart

In case you killed it, then you hit the Win+R and hit Enter after typing explorer.exe in it.

2] Run Windows Update Troubleshooter

Windows 10 has tons of auto-repair services built in which can fix small issues which used to get manually fixed. Here, you need to run the Windows Update troubleshooter to resolve this.

• Open Settings > Update and Security > Troubleshoot
• Click on Windows Update, and ‘Run the troubleshooter’

This will try detecting, and then fix common issues which can be resolved by Windows itself. It may take several minutes to complete the process, so be patient. In the end, if you have some update pending which wasn’t realized by the system earlier, it will apply the fix by restarting the Windows Update service.

Update And Shutdown Option

3] Set the Power button to Shut down

Change what the power button does. Open ControlPanel > Power Options and select Choose what the power buttons do from the left side. Set the Power button setting When I press the power button option to Shut down.

This should shut down the computer will out installing the updates. Of course this is just a temporary measure.

Windows 10 Avoid Update And Shutdown

4] Instantly Turn off without updating

If you want to turn off your PC without questions, type “shutdown -s -f -t 0” in the Run prompt, and hit Enter. Another thing you could try is press Ctrl+Alt+Del and choose Shutdown from the bottom right menu.

5] Run Windows Module Installer

Windows 10 Install Updates And Shutdown

The Windows Module Installer is a built-in Windows 10 service. It lets you fix the Windows updates which are stuck.

To use this, open a command prompt with admin privileges.

Type the following and hit Enter:

Once successfully executed, you should see [SC] ChangeServiceConfig SUCCESS display within the Command Prompt console.

Exit the command prompt, and check if the buttons are back to normal.

6] Enter Clean Boot State

In case any third party service is causing trouble for Windows Update, you can perform a clean boot. You will need to disable all third-party applications and services which start during Windows 10 Boot and let only Microsoft services to run. Once in Clean Boot State use the Update and shut down button.

7] Reset Windows Update

Lastly, you can try resetting the Windows Update client using this official tool. It will not roll back nor will delete any downloaded updates from the PC. Instead, it will:

• Configure the services and registry keys related to Windows Update for default settings.
• Clean up files related to Windows Update, in addition to BITS related data.

If this is not comfortable for you, you can always manually reset the Windows Update Components.

Related read: How to shutdown Windows 10 without installing any Updates.

Windows 10 Restart Without Updating

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