WUSA is a command for Windows to install or uninstall Windows update. In this post, I'd like to use WUSA to work with PowerShell to install or uninstall Windows Update on a computer.
Install
To silently install a Windows update and postpone restart a computer, we can perform (Get-ChildItem <Windows Update Package path>).FullName | %{Start-Process wusa "$_ /quiet /norestart" -wait} on PowerShell console
Uninstall
To silently uninstall a Windows update and postpone restart a computer, we can perform wusa /uninstall /kb:<the number of the KB> /quiet /norestart
Remark: Some Windows Updates are required to restart a computer to take action.
To combine with PowerShell to uninstall some Windows Updates, we can perform (Get-Hotfix).hotfixid.substring(2) | Select -last 3 | %{Start-Process wusa "/uninstall /kb:$_ /quiet /norestart" -wait} on PowerShell console to uninstall last 3 Windows Updates.
To combine with PowerShell to uninstall some Windows Updates, we can perform (Get-Hotfix).hotfixid.substring(2) | Select -last 3 | %{Start-Process wusa "/uninstall /kb:$_ /quiet /norestart" -wait} on PowerShell console to uninstall last 3 Windows Updates.
There is an example. Based on the search criteria, we can change it like this Get-Content <File Name> | %{Start-Process wusa "/uninstall /kb:$_ /quiet /norestart" -wait}
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