[HowTo:] Track URLs of APPXes and CABs downloaded by Windows Update

1. Download NirSoft ESEDatabaseView v1-42 from:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/ese_database_view.html

2. Extract it to C:\Program Files (x86)\NirSoft\ESEDatabaseView

3. Run ESEDatabaseView and turn on the option to show URLs as string (not as HEX Binary). It is under menu \Options\Show Binary URL as string:
http://www.technique.cz/storage/ShowURL.jpg

Then close ESEDatabaseView.

4. In C:\Program Files (x86)\NirSoft\ESEDatabaseView create DumpDB.bat:

Code:

@echo off
cls
ver
net stop wuauserv
"C:\Program Files (x86)\NirSoft\ESEDatabaseView\ESEDatabaseView.exe" /table "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\DataStore.edb" "tbFiles" /scomma C:\tbFiles1.txt
net start wuauserv
pause
net stop wuauserv
"C:\Program Files (x86)\NirSoft\ESEDatabaseView\ESEDatabaseView.exe" /table "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\DataStore.edb" "tbFiles" /scomma C:\tbFiles2.txt
net start wuauserv

5. Run Elevated DumpDB.bat and wait for pause in BAT.

6. Run Windows Store/Immersive_Control_Panel_(PC_Settings) and download desired update.

7. Close Store/Settings Metro app.

8. Select paused window with DumpDB.bat and hit [SPACE]

9. Compare tbFiles1.txt and tbFiles2.txt (located in C:\) in Total Commander and then use highlighted URL found in tbFiles2.txt.

 

Here the image appears correctly too (Opera Presto v12-18).

It is just an example, maybe there will be the people, who will make a script, which will just offer right URL from comparing. (And throw away new 5-6 Windows Defender lines, which always change.)

IMHO:
For WU CABs the most easy way is WUMT (indeed).
But for APPXes with temporary links the most easy way is this. ))) (It takes only 15 seconds more, than running only Windows Store itself.)

 

OK, thanks, understood.