Category Archives: Tutorials

Using an Alternate WSUS Server for BatchPatch Windows Update Actions – Part 2

By Scott | Published: June 10, 2021

I recently wrote about how to use an alternate WSUS server with BatchPatch. That posting is long and contains a lot of information about the process. I recommend that you read through it to learn about how everything fits together with BatchPatch, WSUS, and Group Policy. However, today I’d like to just get straight into […]

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Using an Alternate WSUS Server for BatchPatch Windows Update Actions – Part 1

By Scott | Published: May 27, 2021

Currently BatchPatch provides you with three different options to choose from for ‘Server Selection’ in the BatchPatch settings window (‘Tools > Settings > Windows Update > Server Selection’) Default / Managed Windows Update Microsoft Update The ‘Server Selection’ field enables you to select which Windows Update source server target computers will use to perform their […]

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Error 1612 / 1621 : No application is associated with the specified file for this operation. Please make sure that C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll is a valid/accessible filepath. HRESULT: -2147467259

By Scott | Published: May 6, 2021

There is an edge-case bug that exists in the current version 20210407 of BatchPatch. We’ve had several reports of users encountering the error described in this posting. Error 1612 / 1621 : No application is associated with the specified file for this operation. Please make sure that C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll is a valid/accessible filepath. HRESULT: -2147467259 What’s […]

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Removing Orphaned PsExec Services from Target Computers

By Scott | Published: April 20, 2021

What’s the problem? Occasionally we will hear of a situation where PsExec is not able to properly clean itself up on target computers. Under normal circumstances when PsExec runs, it installs a service on the remote computer, temporarily, in order to run the desired application/script/command. Then when it completes the action, the service is removed. […]

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How to Remotely Clear the Print Queue on Multiple Computers

By Scott | Published: March 8, 2021

We recently received a question about how to use BatchPatch to remotely clear the print queue on numerous computers. The process is actually pretty simple, and I’ll go through it step by step below. First we need to prepare a simple script that will do the actual work. The process for clearing a print queue […]

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Including Custom Remote Commands in a Job Queue

By Scott | Published: February 9, 2021

If you want to create a job queue in BatchPatch to execute a multi-step process on target computers, you can do that very easily. Today I’m going to show you how you can add your own custom remote commands or deployments to a job queue. There are many different uses for a job queue in […]

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Managing Windows Updates Remotely on Numerous Computers

By Scott | Published: January 27, 2021

If you’re in need of a good way to remotely manage Windows Updates on your entire network of servers, desktops, workstations, laptops, and any other computers, you’ve come to the right place! We’ve put a lot of thought and effort into producing an application that enables IT systems administrators to easily install Windows Updates remotely […]

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Troubleshooting Windows Feature Update/Upgrade Errors

By Scott | Published: January 6, 2021

When you use BatchPatch to deploy a Windows 10 Feature Update (e.g. Windows 10 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803, 1809, 1903, 1909, 2004, 20H2 etc), if you encounter a problem, it’s generally going to be delivered to you as a single HRESULT code (e.g. Deployment: Exit Code: -1047526904), which on its own might be a bit […]

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Update + Reboot Cycle with the BatchPatch Job Queue

By Scott | Published: December 22, 2020

One of the things that sysadmins frequently like to do with BatchPatch is use it to create an update + reboot loop with the goal of applying updates to target computers, rebooting those computers, and then doing a fresh check for available updates. If more updates have become available after the reboot, initiate the installation […]

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Remotely Deleting Files and Folders on Multiple Computers

By Scott | Published: December 3, 2020

Below I’ll show you the commands that you can insert into BatchPatch if you need/want to delete a file or folder on numerous target computers. I’d also like to use this as an opportunity to discuss the differences between executing remote executables as compared to remote shell commands. In BatchPatch we provide multiple different ways […]

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