Initiate windows feature update after snoozing

Windows informed me a day ago that the Fall Creators Update was ready to install. It wasn't the best time, so I snoozed the alert for 3 days. Now is a good time but it hasn't been 3 days, so I can't find anything to initiate the feature update.

If I look in update history, it shows the feature update and says "requires a restart to finish installing". But clicking that just gives a tooltip with a little more info about the update. Checking for updates tells me there are no updates available. Doing a regular PC restart just does a normal restart and doesn't initiate the update.

Is there anything I can do to kick off the feature update? Or do I have to wait until the snooze expires?

Solution 1:

During the period of the 3 days you may start the update by :

Go to the Microsoft software download website and click on Update now.
It might be safer to use Internet Explorer or perhaps Edge for this.

If that didn't work, or if the 3 days have elapsed and the update hasn't arrived, then there is a glitch with Windows Update.

To correct the problem, do the following steps in order until one works, rebooting after each step :

• From the Start menu, enter Troubleshooting and use "Fix problems with Windows Update"
• A manual procedure which is probably very similar to the above is to Reset Windows Update so as to restart from scratch.
• The more complicated method is to download from the Microsoft software download website the Media Creation Tool and with it to download the full Windows release, and launch it to upgrade.

Unfortunately, you will most likely need to re-download the entire update. I would suggest backing fully your files before starting with such a consequential update.