Windows Update Viewer is available for Windows 10 and 11 systems only.

NET Framework 6.0 and comes as a portable package and one that can be installed on the device. Note: Windows' SmartScreen security feature may display a prompt when the WUView.exe is run on the device. The executable file has a clean sheet on Virustotal, and SmartScreen displays its warnings for new files as well. Windows Update Viewer displays all installed Windows updates in chronological order.

The interface supports themes and displays in the selected system color theme by default. Users can change that in the application's settings. The top half of the main pane displays the updates.

Each update is listed with its KB ID, title and result. There is a filter field at the top to find particular updates quickly, e.g., by entering 2023 to display only updates from 2023 or by entering failed to only display failed updates. The View menu has an option to change the large view to a small one. The smaller view uses a smaller font and displays more content on the screen at the same time. The details pane displays information about the selected update.Ī tap on F5 refreshes the updates list and there are options to hide the details pane and to display user-hidden updates. It has a link to the official support page and lists all entries of the event viewer, which may be useful for troubleshooting.ĭata can be exported to CSV or Text files. The File menu contains a link to Windows Update and an option to edit the exclude list. It accepts strings, one per line, and is used by the application for filtering.

Any update that matches a string is now shown by default.

Instal the new SimpleWMIView 1.55