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Copyright (c) 2025 Nir Sofer
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Description
FullUpdatesHistoryView is a simple tool for Windows 11 that displays the history of Windows updates on your system.
For every Windows update history record, the following information is displayed:
Update Time, Title, Description, Information URL, Category, KB Number, Update ID, Provider ID, and more...
System Requirements
The FullUpdatesHistoryView tool uses a new database available only on Windows 11 ( C:\ProgramData\USOPrivate\UpdateStore\store.db ), so you cannot use it for previous versions of Windows.
For viewing the Windows updates history on older versions of Windows you can use this tool: Windows Updates History Viewer.
FullUpdatesHistoryView vs Previous Tool
The previous tool for viewing the Windows updates history ( Windows Updates History Viewer ) reads the
updates by using Windows API or by reading the database file directly from C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\DataStore.edb, depending on what you choose in the 'Advanced Options' window.
However, every time that a major update of Windows 11 is installed (e.g: 23H2, 24H2), all previous updates are deleted from the database by Windows operating system, so the previous tool cannot display the updates installed on your system before
the last major update of Windows.
Windows 11 has a new updates history database on C:\ProgramData\USOPrivate\UpdateStore\store.db which keeps all updates history records.
So the FullUpdatesHistoryView uses this database to show you the full updates history information.
Start Using FullUpdatesHistoryView
FullUpdatesHistoryView doesn't require any installation process or additional DLL files. In order to start using it, simply run the executable file - FullUpdatesHistoryView.exe
After running FullUpdatesHistoryView, it automatically loads the Windows updates history from the local database ( C:\ProgramData\USOPrivate\UpdateStore\store.db ) and displays all records in the main
window. If you want to watch the Windows updates history from another system, open the 'Advanced Options' window (F9), choose the 'Load Windows updates history from external database file' option and then
type the desired database file.
If you want to filter some types of Windows Updates, you can use the following options under the Options menu: 'Hide Definition Category', 'Hide Driver Category', 'Hide Other Category'.
Optionally, you can export the Windows updates history to csv/tab-delimited/xml/html5/JSON file by using the 'Save Selected Items' option (Ctrl+S) or the 'Save All Items' option (Shift+Ctrl+S).
You can also copy the selected Windows update records to the clipboard (Ctrl+C) and then paste them to Excel or any other application.
Command-Line options
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/stext <Filename>
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Save the Windows updates history to a simple text file.
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/stab <Filename>
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Save the Windows updates history to a tab-delimited text file.
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/scomma <Filename>
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Save the Windows updates history to a comma-delimited text file (csv).
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/shtml <Filename>
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Save the Windows updates history to HTML5 file (Horizontal).
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/sverhtml <Filename>
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Save the Windows updates history to HTML5 file (Vertical).
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/sxml <Filename>
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Save the Windows updates history to XML file.
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/sjson <Filename>
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Save the Windows updates history to JSON file.
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/sort <column>
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This command-line option can be used with other save options for sorting by the desired column. The <column> parameter can specify the column index (0 for the first column, 1 for the second column, and so on) or the name of the column, like "Update Time" and "Title". You can specify the '~' prefix character (e.g: "~Category") if you want to sort in descending order. You can put multiple /sort in the command-line if you want to sort by multiple columns.
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/cfg <Config Filename>
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Start FullUpdatesHistoryView with the specified config file.
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/Columns <Comma Delimited Columns List>
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Allows you to set the columns to display or the columns to export from command-line.
You have to specify the column names, delimited by comma, for example:
FullUpdatesHistoryView.exe /scomma c:\temp\full-updates-history.csv /Columns "Update Time,Title,Description,Information URL"
You can also specify the column names without space characters, for example:
FullUpdatesHistoryView.exe /Columns "UpdateTime,Title,Description,InformationURL"
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Translating FullUpdatesHistoryView to other languages
In order to translate FullUpdatesHistoryView to other language, follow the instructions below:
- Run FullUpdatesHistoryView with /savelangfile parameter:
FullUpdatesHistoryView.exe /savelangfile
A file named FullUpdatesHistoryView_lng.ini will be created in the folder of FullUpdatesHistoryView utility.
- Open the created language file in Notepad or in any other text editor.
- Translate all string entries to the desired language.
Optionally, you can also add your name and/or a link to your Web site.
(TranslatorName and TranslatorURL values) If you add this information, it'll be
used in the 'About' window.
- After you finish the translation, Run FullUpdatesHistoryView, and all translated
strings will be loaded from the language file.
If you want to run FullUpdatesHistoryView without the translation, simply rename the language file, or move
it to another folder.
License
This utility is released as freeware.
You are allowed to freely distribute this utility via CD-ROM, DVD,
Internet, or in any other way, as long as you don't charge anything for this and you don't
sell it or distribute it as a part of commercial product.
If you distribute this utility, you must include all files in
the distribution package, without any modification !
Disclaimer
The software is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, either expressed or implied,
including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness
for a particular purpose. The author will not be liable for any special, incidental,
consequential or indirect damages due to loss of data or any other reason.
Feedback
If you have any problem, suggestion, comment, or you found a bug in my utility,
you can send a message to support@nirsoft.net
FullUpdatesHistoryView is also available in other languages. In order to change the language of
FullUpdatesHistoryView, download the appropriate language zip file, extract the 'fullupdateshistoryview_lng.ini',
and put it in the same folder that you Installed FullUpdatesHistoryView utility.
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