Windows 10: Windows Update 2023-05 not working after trying multiple solutions.

I have been on every website and every help forum and tried all of the countless different solutions offered to try and fix this but it seems nothing it working. I have the space on the PC for the downloads, I have tried troubleshooting, no solution. I have unplugged all non necessary products, I have tried all of the recommened command prompts, I have tried to turn firewall on and off too. I've been at this for hours with no success and there are no options to speak directly to someone so I am hoping I can get some help here as it is just simply not working for me.

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2023-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5026372) Install error - 0x800f081f

Mostafa,

I have this problem with the last two Windows "Cumulative" updates - 2023-04 (KB5025182) and 2023-05 (KB5026372), so I will try your solution of clearing the Windows Update cache. I have already tried multiple times running both the DISM and SFC commands, but those have not worked. I also thought there was a method of downloading a Windows Update and manually installing it - is that an option? If so, where do I find the file(s) to download?

Thanks.

- Alan W.

 

2023-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 for x64-based Systems (KB5026368) Not download?

The catalog link posted by Mavis [MSFT] works fine here; not sure why it doesn't work for you.

The direct download link for the .msu file is below:

windows10.0-kb5026368-x64_a5523f98635d9c2b93f2f2144e5bacab7ff7d838.msu

2023-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 for x64-based Systems (KB5026368)

 

Why does the 2023-05 CU for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64 contain several wim images and is 9GB in size in WSUS?

I noticed a large increase in the size of Windows 11 patches in WSUS starting April 2023;
The May 2023 W11 cumulative update is the same way-- many files that are multiple GB's in size according to WSUS, but it is only a single update file that is much smaller at the update catalog?

Case in point this patch:

2023-05 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5026372)

Microsoft Update Catalog

It's only 275 MB at the update catalog-- a single MSU file.

However If we look at the same patch in WSUS, i.e. using powershell:

This outputs a list of many files including several .WIM images, totaling ~9.2 GB in size!

April's CU was similar, but the March CU wasn't humongous like this.

This seems like possibly a mistake?