Hi Friends,
Welcome back to yet another video,
In this video tutorial, I will gonna show you, How to Rename the SoftwareDistribution folder in windows 10 & 11
Press Windows Key + R Key from the keyboard to open run
and then type services.msc
now click on the Ok button
In the Services list, search for Windows Update.
Right-click on it
and go to the Properties,
Choose Startup type to Disable from the dropdown menu
Now the Windows Update service is disabled
Click on apply
and then click on the ok button
let’s go and rename the Software Distribution folder
Open this pc
Navigate to C drive
and then open the Windows folder and find the Software Distribution folder
Rename the folder to SoftwareDistribution.OLD
Click on the continue button
once successfully renaming the software distribution folder
now restart your computer
Once you do that, go and re-enable the Windows Update service:
Once again navigate to Services and find Windows Update
and inside Properties, change from Disabled to Manual
Click on apply
and then click on the ok button
Restart your computer once again.
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