start-wuscan cmdlet is not avialble to run on few Windows 10

vasu M 6 Reputation points
2020-12-28T10:43:07.417+00:00

Hi,

We have few PCs where start-wuscan PowerShell cmdlet is not available to run. These PCs run 1909, 20H1, 20H2 builds. Wondering how is this cmdlet got broken or missing, and second how to restore it back ?

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> start-wuscan
start-wuscan : The term 'start-wuscan' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a
path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1

  • start-wuscan
  • ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (start-wuscan:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

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  1. Ben Rosenqvist 21 Reputation points
    2021-12-02T11:44:36.343+00:00

    Please bring back the "WindowsUpdateProvider" module

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  2. abbodi86 3,776 Reputation points
    2020-12-28T22:13:13.77+00:00

    The module is removed in version 2004 (20H1), and thus 20H2 too
    https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-powershell-docs/issues/139#issuecomment-648125918

    you either have to rely on the manual commands to run the scan
    e.g. 

    $Session = new-object -com "Microsoft.Update.Session"
$ctr = "(IsInstalled=0 and DeploymentAction=*) or (IsInstalled=1 and DeploymentAction=*) or (IsHidden=1 and DeploymentAction=*)"
$Result = $Session.CreateupdateSearcher().Search($ctr).Updates
$Result | Select Title,Identity,IsHidden,LastDeploymentChangeTime,KBArticleIDs | Format-List -Property Title,@{l='UpdateID';e={$_.Identity.UpdateID}},@{l='PublishedDate';e={$_.LastDeploymentChangeTime.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd')}},@{l='KBArticle';e={$_.KBArticleIDs}},IsHidden

    or install external module PSWindowsUpdate 

    Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -Force
Set-PSRepository -Name PSGallery -InstallationPolicy Trusted
Install-Module -Name PSWindowsUpdate
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  3. MotoX80 31,556 Reputation points
    2020-12-28T14:45:46.823+00:00

    Check your $env:PSModulePath and verify that it contains C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules

    Verify that this file exists: C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\WindowsUpdateProvider\WindowsUpdateProvider.psd1 

    (get-module -ListAvailable windowsupdateprov*).path
(get-module -ListAvailable windowsupdateprov*).ExportedCommands

    PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> (get-module -ListAvailable windowsupdateprov*).path
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\WindowsUpdateProvider\WindowsUpdateProvider.psd1
    PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> (get-module -ListAvailable windowsupdateprov*).ExportedCommands

    Key Value

    Get-WUAVersion Get-WUAVersion
    Get-WULastInstallationDate Get-WULastInstallationDate
    Get-WULastScanSuccessDate Get-WULastScanSuccessDate
    Get-WUIsPendingReboot Get-WUIsPendingReboot
    Install-WUUpdates Install-WUUpdates
    Start-WUScan Start-WUScan

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  4. Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 29,476 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2020-12-29T07:53:32.203+00:00

    Hi，

    Check if the module WindowsUpdateProvider and the file C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\WindowsUpdateProvider\WindowsUpdateProvider.psd1 exist. If yes, please help to post the contents of the psd1 file.

    Best Regards，
    Ian Xue

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