Call either of these from a batch file or Windows shortcut to end up at the Windows Update screen in the Control Panel:
%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe url.dll,FileProtocolHandler wuapp.exe
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{36eef7db-88ad-4e81-ad49-0e313f0c35f8}
Notes:
- I’ve tested this in Windows 7, 8.x and 9 and it works fine in all these.
- Unlike
Control PrinterscallingControl Updatesdoes not work. - I suspect there are many more magic GUID values you could use for other functions because the built-in syntax has been there for a long time.
–jeroen
via: Windows Update Shortcut – Create in Windows 7 – Windows 7 Help Forums.
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