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what do i select to run/open an .msu file?

Anonymous
2010-12-17T12:33:21+00:00

Can someone tell me how/what to select to activate Windows6.1-kb958559-x64.msu, please? i just downloaded it from MS.

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-12-18T01:22:30+00:00

    Hi

    Well, double-clicking is the normal end expected way to run a *.msu file. It wasn't obvious from your first post that you'd already tried this and had not been successful. Double-clicking is the method described on the web page that you downloaded the file from:

        http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2b6d5c18-1441-47ea-8309-2545b08e11dd&displaylang=en

    and also the method you used, last time you installed this file back in June :-)

        http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7install/thread/8a6b2b77-163f-482b-8b34-842ef3442428

    However ... the utility which actually executes the *.msu is WUSA.EXE, the Windows Standalone Update Installer. So open a Command Prompt "As Administrator", and run this command:

    WUSA <path>\Windows6.1-kb958559-x64.msu

    to install the update.

    Hope it helps,

    Andrew

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-07-02T00:12:39+00:00

    Hi Andrew,

    I know it´s a long time since you worked on this thread but I wonder if you could help me out.

    I am also facing the same problem, but when I try to run the msu file on WUSA I find the following message: "You can only run one request of Wusa.exe." (it is a translation of mine from spanish).

    Also, I tried to install the update on the command window but with no avail.

    I would appreciate any insight.

    Thank you,

    Jose

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-02-08T15:38:35+00:00

    I tried just running cmd and the installer hung searching for updates on the computer.

    The devil's in the detail of Andrew's answer above - run cmd 'as administrator':

    press Win key, type cmd and right click on the cmd result, click run as administrator and agree that you want to make changes.  Then enter the WUSA C:\Users\Admin\Downloads.... command.

    As for only running one WUSA.exe, I ran into that too.  Not sure if it's the recommended course of action but I went to Task Manager, Processes tab, clicked on Image Name column heading to order by that column, found wusa.exe, right clicked and clicked 'end process'.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-12-18T06:51:21+00:00

    Thanks Andrew,

     Thanks for your response.

    The difference between now and then is that then all I had to do was observe what was before my eyes - in this instance I just didn't know aboutwusa.exe, plus there was no pointer as to what my selection should have been. I'm grateful for the education!

    Gordon, I hope I didn't give offense with my flippant reply.

    Regards,

    mgb

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-12-17T12:50:43+00:00

    Tried double-clicking on it?

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