# resetWindowsUpdateService
# This is a legacy method of reseting Windows Update
# Since most enterprises are having antiviruses nowadays, I've included an example of how to disable Palo Alto XDR Traps are a required to reset WuApp
$trapsAdminPassword='PASSWORDHERE'
$trapsBin='C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\Traps'
function resetWindowsUpdateService{
try{
net stop wuauserv
net stop cryptSvc
net stop bits
net stop msiserver
mkdir C:\emptyDirectory
md -Force C:\emptyDirectory
Remove-Item "C:\emptyDirectory\*" -force -recurse -ErrorAction Continue
robocopy C:\emptyDirectory C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution /mir /R:0 /W:0 /NP
robocopy C:\emptyDirectory C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 /mir /R:0 /W:0 /NP
net start wuauserv
net start cryptSvc
net start bits
net start msiserver
return $true
}catch{
write-warning $_
}
}
function stopXdr{
param(
$trapsAdminPassword,
$trapsBin='C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\Traps'
)
echo $trapsAdminPassword | & "$trapsBin\cytool.exe" runtime stop
}
function startXdr{
param(
$trapsAdminPassword,
$trapsBin='C:\Program Files\Palo Alto Networks\Traps'
)
echo $trapsAdminPassword | & "$trapsBin\cytool.exe" runtime start
}
stopXdr $trapsAdminPassword
resetWindowsUpdateService
startXdr $trapsAdminPassword
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