How to create a BAT file to update your Windows 10

  1. Introduction
  2. Notepad and the contents
  3. Save as a .bat
  4. Quick steps

Introduction

In a previous post we showed you how to make a BAT file, in this post we’re going to show you a different type of BAT file that you can make to update windows at the click of a button!

Notepad and the contents

Firstly you need to open up a text editor like Notepad and type in ‘start control update‘ like so.

Notepad with 'start control update'

Save as a .bat

Now save it as a BAT file and browse to it afterwards, (If you don’t know how to save it as a BAT file then click here to find out how) then simply run it and the ‘Windows Update‘ window will pop up and start searching for updates!

Windows update window

There you go! No more searching for windows update or going through your settings, simply just double click the BAT file and your windows update window will appear.

Note: This can be utilized in a number of ways such as setting it up via Group Policy or Task Scheduler.

Quick steps

Open ‘Notepad.exe‘ > type in ‘start control update‘ > save it as a ‘BAT file‘ and run it (We did a guide on how to make a bat file here)

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