In my application I show if windows machine has updates available which should be the same as "Windows Update" Settings. I am using a code like this, which usually works.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <wuapi.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <ATLComTime.h>
#include <wuerror.h>
using namespace std;
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
HRESULT hr;
hr = CoInitialize(NULL);
IUpdateSession* iUpdate;
IUpdateSearcher* searcher;
ISearchResult* results;
BSTR criteria = SysAllocString(L"IsInstalled=0 and IsHidden=0");
hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_UpdateSession, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IUpdateSession, (LPVOID*)&iUpdate);
hr = iUpdate->CreateUpdateSearcher(&searcher);
wcout << L"Searching for updates ..."<<endl;
hr = searcher->Search(criteria, &results);
SysFreeString(criteria);
//...
}
My problem is that on some machines this code gives result that there are updates available but in "Windows Update" Settings page there are not. I have checked the logs, there are some updates which are marked as "incomplete/invalid" so are not shown in "Windows Update" Settings page but this code gets them for some reason. I think the problem is using incorrect search query. Maybe
"IsInstalled=0 and IsHidden=0"is not enough. Is it possible to know exactly what query "Windows Update" Settings uses to show updates and use the same query in my application?