Now browse into your ‘Windows\System32\’ directory and look for the file ‘wusa.exe’, select it and click OPEN. Also make sure the ‘Always use the selected program to open this kind of file’ is ticked. The following prompt will then appear.įrom here, just select ‘Browse’ and then press OK. Thats the application included in Windows and is used to install these packagesįirstly you need to click ‘Select a program from a list of installed programs’ and press OK. We simply need to re-associate the ‘.msu’ extension with the Windows Update Standalone Installer.
MSU is a file extension used by Microsoft to package operating system updates that are not tied in with Windows Update.įortunately there is a quick and simple solution, but for many people this is not too obvious. Today for some particular reason my version of Microsoft Vista had forgotten what to do with ‘.msu’ files. The number of negative thumbs on this entry suggest it will not work on Windows XP or Windows 7+. This solution from 2008 had only been tested on Windows Vista.
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