Quickly check for Windows 10 system updates with this handy how-to…
Sometimes, checking for updates on your Windows 10 PC can be a pain. You either have to swipe open the Action Center and then open Settings, or get to Settings through the Start Menu. Then, you have to scroll down to Updates and Security and click it. While this isn’t a huge deal, it can be sort of a pain, as it involves a few steps.
There’s actually a much easier way of taking care of manually checking for updates. This cool tip, however, is going to require you to make some modifications to your Windows 10 computer’s Registry.
If you’re not comfortable making Registry modifications, then you might want to skip this one. However, if you’re undaunted by the challenge, and you’d like to put the ability to check for Windows 10 updates on a right click context menu off the Desktop, then you should follow the steps outlined below.
1. Open Regedit
2. Navigate to Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground\Shell
3. Select the “Shell” folder in the left pane
4. Right Click the “Shell” folder in the left pane
5. Click New – Key from the context menu that appears
6. Name the new Key (folder) “Check for Updates” without the quotes and press enter
7. Select the “Check for Updates” folder in the left pane
8. Right Click the “Check for Updates” folder in the left pane
9. Click New – Key from the context menu that appears
10. Name the new Key (folder), “command” (all lower case) without the quotes and press enter. You’re going to create two (2) string values, one in each of the folders (Keys) that you’ve created.
11. Right click the “Check for Updates” Key (folder).
12. Select New – String from the context menu that appears.
13. Name the String, “SettingsURI” without the quotes.
14. Double click the new string you just created and enter the following value into the “Value data” field: ms-settings:windowsupdate-action
15. Right click the “command” Key (folder).
16. Select New – String from the context menu that appears.
17. Name the String, “DelegateExecute” without the quotes.
18. Double click the new string you just created and enter the following value into the “Value data” field: {556FF0D6-A1EE-49E5-9FA4-90AE116AD744}
If you’ve done everything correctly, then once you right click on the Windows 10 Desktop, you should see an entry in the context menu called Check for Updates. Clicking it, will launch Settings – Updates and Security – Windows Update – Check for Updates, and will automatically… check for updates.
This added shortcut will DRASTICALLY cut down on the amount of time it takes to manually check for updates to your Windows 10 computer. However, you should know that your Windows 10 PC will automatically check for updates on its own. It will also download them in the background and likely install most of them, without you ever knowing that you needed to do… anything. However, if you want to stay on top of things, as I do, then this is the quickest and easiest way I’ve found to check for updates as often as you want or need.
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Quickly check for Windows 10 system updates with this handy how-to… Sometimes, checking for updates on your Windows 10 PC can be a pain. You either have to swipe open the Action Center and then open Settings, or get to Settings through the Start Menu. Then, you have to scroll down to Updates and Security […]
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