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Before downloading the updates from the result list, WuInstall checks in the cache_dir if the update has already been downloaded there by another machine. If the update is not in the cache folder, WuInstall downloads the update (from the configured download location - WSUS and/or windowsupdate.com) and puts it into the cache directory, in a subfolder, which has the same name as the Update ID as name.
If the update is present in the folder (if there is a subdirectory with the Update ID), WuInstall tries to copy the update from this shared cache folder to the local update cache. If this fails for some reason, WuInstall deletes the subdirectory in the shared cache folder (because there is apparently something wrong with the update) and downloads the update directly from the Internet.
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and the update "Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2010 2022 (KB890830)" is not yet present in the cache directory. First of all, the cache is checked for a directory with the same name as the Update ID (in this case 20110b11-6dd2-4153-a76d-e660ec78ebed), and the update is not found:
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Checking cache for update: Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2010 (KB890830) Update Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 20102022 (KB890830) Multi-Lingual - Delta not found in cache directory p:\temp\20110b11-6dd2-4153-a76d-e660ec78ebed |
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After the download is finished, WuInstall checks the cache again and finds the just downloaded update there and copies it to the local cache of the machine (the local cache is usually located in the following directory: Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download)
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Checking cache again... Update Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 20102022 (KB890830) Multi-Lingual - Delta found in cache directory, copying to local cache... OK |
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Now, the update is present in the cache directory and is copied from there without downloading it from the Internet or WSUS Server (which apparently saves a lot of Internet bandwidth since the cache directory is in the local network):
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Checking cache for update: Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 2010 (KB890830) Update Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - August 20102022 (KB890830) Multi-Lingual - Delta found in cache directory, copying to local cache... OK |
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This option does the same as /install_cache, but it only downloads the updates, without installing them (which can be used for example to populate the cache with updates, without installing them).
/nocachedel
In combination with /install_cache or /download_cache: does not clear the cache directory on error.
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This option clears the local windows update Windows Update cache.
The local cache is located at %systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\Download.
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