Microsoft Update Downloader is a PowerShell script designed to allow easy file download for updates and hotfixes from the Microsoft Update Catalog. Advanced functionality allows to batch download multiple updates at once, as well as filtering the files by language, Windows version and architecture.
- Windows 7 with SP1 (32 and 64 bits) or later
- PowerShell 3.0 or later
- NET Framework 4.5
- DigiCert Global Root G2 Certificate
- GNU Wget (already included with release versions)
- Linux kernel 3.13 (AMD64, ARM32 and ARM64) or later
- PowerShell 6.0 or later
- DigiCert Global Root G2 Certificate
- GNU Wget
Once your system meets mentioned requirements and has the MSUpdate-DL scripts downloaded and ready, you can run it by using the following syntax:
MSUpdate-DL.ps1 [REQUEST] [OPTIONS]
A second script allows for a batch download, reading lines from MSUpdate-DL-Batch-List.txt. Syntax for this script is as follows:
MSUpdate-DL-Batch.ps1 [OPTIONS]
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| REQUEST | KB update number to download. This field is required and must always come first. |
| --details | download a details sheet for each update in html format |
| --architecture="VALUE" | filter files by OS architecture. valid values are: all, 32, 64, itanium |
| --ntversion="VALUE" | filter files by Windows NT version. valid values are: 50, 51, 52, 60, 61... |
| --language="VALUE" | filter files by language. valid values are: enu, fra, ita, jpn, rus... |
| --retry-policy="VALUE" | specify the retry on error policy: normal or aggressive |
| --retry-timeout="VALUE" | specify the timeout between retries on seconds |
| --retry-number="VALUE" | specify the number of retries on error: any number or infinity |
| --output="VALUE" | specify a different output directory (default is C:\msupdate-dl\ on Windows, and \home\username\msupdate-dl\ on Linux) |
| --double-check | enable strict check of language update files |
| --version | show script version |
| --help | show brief help information |
| --log | enable logging to a text file |
| --timeout="VALUE" | enable timeout between downloads |
Please refer to documentation.htm for a complete operation guide. Make sure to read and understand the documentation before using the script. This markdown section only serves as a brief introduction to this script.
Download the english version file for the KB951376 update, and log the process:
MSUpdate-DL.ps1 KB951376 --language="enu" --log
Batch download updates to an external drive with the details files:
MSUpdate-DL-Batch.ps1 --output="E:\backup\updates" --details
Batch download updates only those in english, german or french, only for Windows Vista x64, and log the process:
MSUpdate-DL-Batch.ps1 --language="enu,deu,fra" --ntversion="60" --architecture="64" --log
- MSUpdate-DL latest release
- DigiCert Global Root G2 Certificate
- PowerShell 3.0
- PowerShell 6.0
- NET Framework 4.5
- GNU Wget for Windows
- GNU Wget for Linux
| GitHub name | Email address |
|---|---|
| blueclouds8666 | blueclouds8666@mail.com |
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