Windows 10 Upgrade Folder - Where can I find it? Solved!

If you are upgrading in Windows, after downloading the installation file, you want to know exactly where the file is located. This is important to know, for example, if you want to back up this file.

However, the Windows Upgrade folder is not so easy to find on Windows 10. For this reason we have written the following article:

Directory path of the Windows 10 Upgrade folder

Windows 10

You can find the directory path of the Windows 10 Upgrade folder here:

 C:\$Windows.~BT\Sources\install.esd

This folder now contains the encrypted ESD files that contain the Windows 10 upgrade, for example.

Now you know the location of the Windows upgrade files. You can now also convert these ESD files into an ISO file or download the ISO images from the official Microsoft website.

Important information at the end: After each update, the ESD file remains hidden in the Windows system at the path specified above.

Convert ESD file to ISO – How it works

All you need is the following software:

Once the software is installed, you can then use it to create ISO files based on ESD data, which can be found in the folder described above.

You now know where to find the upgrade folder on Windows 10 and how to convert the ESD files it contains into an IOS.

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Manuel has been involved with technology for more than 15 years, especially with mobile phones, smartphones and PC systems and shares his passion here in this blog. If he can help someone with a technical problem, he is especially happy about it.