Can't delete 28.0MB of Windows Updates using Disk Cleanup

[streetwolf]

I did a clean install of Windows 8 Pro x64 due to some nits.  After I installed all the available Window updates I ran Disk Cleanup to delete them.  There was about 1GB of stuff that got deleted.  However, I can't seem to delete 28.0 MB of Windows updates as reported by Disk Cleanup.  It always stays at 28.0 MB after every attempt to clean them.  I tried a couple of things to try and fix it without success.

1. Deleted the SoftwareDistribution Folder and rebooted which is worse then the 28.0 MB.  I had backups
2. Ran Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth.

Any ideas on how to get this down to 0 bytes?  I've seen it this way after past installs.

[Willy2]

You can wipe those folders but Windows will simply rebuild the info in those folders. It's simply part of the Windows Automatic Update feature.

[streetwolf]

Tried that.  The 28 MB still remains not to mention the fact that I no longer can see the updates anymore using Programs and Features. 

[Shane]

Did you run my Repair Windows update tool yet?

Shane

[streetwolf]

I figured your WU tool deleted the SoftwareDistribution folder then let Windows create it after a reboot.  I did this manually to no avail.

I decided to do a clean install of W8.  After the initial install I downloaded and installed about 53 updates.  All went well.  After the install I used Disk Cleanup to get rid of them.  Took forever to complete but there was no Windows Update Cleanup entry in Disk Cleanup.

I then found there were 6 more updates ready to be downloaded and installed.  I installed them.  When I went to clean them the Window Update entry had next to it 28.0 MB.  Hmmmmm...  At this point I uttered a few expletives thinking I was going to end up in my original situation.  However, they cleaned perfectly.  Funny thing is that these 6 updates were about 650 MB.  Where 28.0 MB came from I have no idea.  My previous install might have hiccuped at this point thus leaving the 28.0 MB entry.  I installed about 11 more updates and everything went fine.  Disk Cleanup shows no Windows Update Cleanup entries at all.

The thing I don't understand, and maybe you can provide an answer, is that all the updates are still in my SoftwareDistribution\Download folder.  There is 1.1GB worth of updates which sounds about right based on the download amounts I saw.  I thought Disk Cleanup would delete the folder and files.  Evidently not.  I read somewhere that they get totally deleted in 10 days presumably by a maintenance task.  I'll have to see what happens. 

[Shane]

My updates folder only has things from 8-24, I never deleted any others, so it does clean up after itself.

There must be a reason why it refuses to delete that 28 mb, I say wait and see

Shane

[Willy2]

Permissions perhaps ??