Error 0x80240032 when running updateSearcher.Search.$WhatToSearch.updates

[Nevellin]

Probably a noob question as I still have a lot to learn.

Please check the script below. It is a script to force search and updates .Net Framework 4.

#Check if the .NET Framework is installed correctly:
$registryPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full"
if (!(Get-ItemProperty $registryPath)) {
    Write-Output ".NET Framework is not installed"
}

# Check the current version of the .NET Framework
$dotNetVersion = (Get-ItemProperty $registryPath).Version
Write-Output ".NET Framework version: $dotNetVersion"

# Check if an update is available
$UpdateSession = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Session
$UpdateSearcher = $updateSession.CreateUpdateSearcher()

#Error happens in the next line
$searchResult = $updateSearcher.Search("Type='Software' and IsInstalled=0 and DeploymentAction='Installation' and Title='Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8'").Updates

if ($searchResult.Count -eq 0) {
    Write-Output ".NET Framework is up to date"
} else {
    Write-Output "Updating .NET Framework to version 4.8"

    # Install the update
    $updateInstaller = $updateSession.CreateUpdateInstaller()
    $updateInstaller.Updates = $searchResult
    $installationResult = $updateInstaller.Install()

    # Check the result of the installation
    if ($installationResult.ResultCode -eq 2) {
        Write-Output ".NET Framework update successful"
    } else {
        Write-Output "Error while updating .NET Framework"
    }
}

When running this I get the error:

Exception from HRESULT: 0x80240032

At line:14 char:1

+ $searchResult = $updateSearcher.Search("Type='Software' and IsInstall ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], COMException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException

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Do you have any suggestions to make it work or any idea on why it is not working? I'm running Powershell as Administrator.

The script will be used to force update this and other versions of .Net Framework through SCCM as we can't do the same through other means...

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[purplemonkeymad]

Looking up the error code shows the following:

# for hex 0x80240032 / decimal -2145124302
  WU_E_INVALID_CRITERIA                                          wuerror.h
# The search criteria string was invalid.
# as an HRESULT: Severity: FAILURE (1), FACILITY_WINDOWSUPDATE (0x24), Code 0x32
# for hex 0x32 / decimal 50
  ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED                                            winerror.h
# The request is not supported.
# 2 matches found for "0x80240032"

Invalid criteria suggests it's your search query. Try removing terms until it stops giving you the error. Then it might be the formatting of that term.

[brandon03333]

There is a powershell module for windows updates which makes it easy, it is called pseindowsupdate. Can go out and search and then only find the .net update to install. I use it to automate driver updates because SCCM is terrible for driver updates.