46&2 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Easy Way to List MS HotFixes Installed on Your System If you have to reinstall Windows or for some other reason you would like know which ones have been previously installed on your computer, a list of the hotfixes on your PC might be handy. Some programs will include a list of updates in an overall analysis of what is on your computer. This type of comprehensive survey of your computer’s contents is worthwhile but there is also an easier way to get a list of Windows updates. This method takes advantage of the command line and requires no installation of additional software. Open the command prompt and enter this command: wmic qfe list brief /format:htable > "%USERPROFILE%\hotfix.html" This produces a nicely formatted list in an HTML file named hotfix.html that gets placed in the User folder. You can, of course, change the destination to some other convenient location. If there are any spaces in the name of a folder that you choose, don’t forget to wrap the destination name in quotes, as is done in the commands given in this tip. If you would rather have a text file, the command would be: wmic qfe list brief /format:texttablewsys > "%USERPROFILE%\hotfix.txt" And there it is. Dont know if this qualifies as a guide or a tut as it is very short but I posted here and will let bosses move it if they desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylemessiah Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 A nice tip that one, ill be keeping that one as a batch on my usb fixit drive However i did get an error when using Quote wmic qfe list brief /format:htable > "%USERPROFILE%\hotfix.html" It may come back with an error Quote Invalid XSL format (or) file name. The solution if you get this is indicative of a wbem issue and the solution is to copy the *.xsl files from Quote C:\Windows\system32\wbem\en-US\ to Quote C:\Windows\system32\wbem\ And run the command again, you should find it works now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Togijak Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Quote wmic qfe list brief /format:htable > "%USERPROFILE%\hotfix.html" WIn7 x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mona Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 I'm getting "No Instance<s> Available ." error, while following the above instructions in Win 7 x64. Any suggestions, what might be wrong ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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