That’s because you’ll be creating a new symlink folder and Windows doesn’t let you have two folders of the same name, even though one is only pointing to the new folder you created in step one. Now, you’ll need to rename the existing folder to something different. Step Three: Rename the Old Download Folder Scroll down until you find the wuauserv service near the bottom of the list. Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open the Task Manager and click the “Services” tab. The Windows Update service won’t let you do that if it’s running. Next, you have to stop the Windows Update service to prevent it from updating anything while you change things around and because in the next step, you’ll be renaming the old update folder. Step Two: Stop the Windows Update Service We’ve named ours “NewUpdateFolder,” and it’s located on the D:\ drive. Next, name the folder to whatever you want. In File Explorer, find the location you want to use, right-click anywhere, point to the “New” submenu, and then click the “Folder” command. (You really should be backing up regularly, anyway.) It’s a pretty safe process, but better being safe than sorry. Note: Before going any further, you should back up your computer just in case anything goes wrong while altering things in system folders. It’s not complicated, though, and we’ll walk you through the steps. We’ll be shutting down the update service, using the Command Prompt to create a symlink (a virtual link to a new folder so Windows still thinks it’s using the original folder), and then restarting the update service. You’ll have to jump through a few hoops to make it work. Since these updates can often take up a lot of space-16-20 GB in some cases-you might want Windows to download them to a different drive, especially if you’re using something like a solid state drive where disk space is at a premium. Windows takes care of removing update files at some point after they’ve been installed, but often-especially in the case of major updates like the October 2018 Update-it keeps those files around for a while in case you want to uninstall the updates or roll back your version of Windows. If the system drive is too full and you have a different drive with enough space, Windows will often try to use that space if it can. Windows will automatically try to use a different drive if your system drive is full, but with a few steps, you can also force Windows to download updates somewhere else.īy default, Windows will store any update downloads on to your main drive, this is where Windows is installed, in the C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution folder. To update your system to the latest release, there must be enough space on your hard drive for the update files.
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