How to Force Install Windows Update Package

Have you ever get this annoying error when you tried to install offline update package from Microsoft?

Well, there are a couple of things you can check before you force install the package, which is as tabled below:

Otherwise, you can use below steps to force install the package

1. Put the package anywhere in you PC eg: U drive
2. Run the command
1. expand -F:* "pathToPackage.msu" "
   1. Example: expand -F:* "U:\2018-02 Security Monthly Quality Rollup forWindows Server 2012 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4074594).msu" "U:\New folder"

Then

1. DISM.exe /Online /Add-Package /PackagePath:"pathToExtractedCabFile.cab"
1. Example: DISM.exe /Online /Add-Package /PackagePath:"U:\New folder\Windows8.1-KB4074594-x64.cab"

Hope this helps.

Cheers.