14 DAY TRIAL // KB4013429 is the most recent cumulative update released by Microsoft for Windows 10 and, unfortunately, it’s impacted by the same problems as its predecessors, with some users complaining that it’s failing to install or causing other issues after that.
Microsoft is yet to provide a workaround for KB4013429, but given the fact that the number of users impacted by those issues is growing, more people turn to suggestions they find online, and by the looks of things, there’s just one that proved to be effective in most of the cases: manual installation of the update.
Specifically, Windows 10 cumulative update KB4013429 fails to download and install correctly, but for some reason, it looks like the process is completed successfully when users do the whole thing on their own.
So what you need to do in order to get this update running on your Windows 10 systems is to download cumulative update KB4013429 from Microsoft using this link and then attempt to install it manually just like any other Win32 program.
Delta Windows 10 updates
The aforementioned link gets you to the Microsoft Update Catalog where you can find all available versions of the cumulative update, so make sure that you get the one that’s right for your computer. Also, Microsoft is also offering delta updates for Windows 10, and these can help you because they are substantially smaller.
Delta updates are packages that include only the changes from the previous cumulative update, so if you’re already running a fully up-to-date Windows 10 version that only misses this month’s patches, you can safely get the delta version. If you skipped a previous cumulative update because of various reasons, you need to get the full version.
The system needs to be rebooted to complete the install of the cumulative update and, needless to say, an administrator account is needed for the whole thing.
Let us know in the comment box below if this easy fix works for you and, obviously, don’t forget to share any other workaround that did the job in your case.