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WU_S_SEARCH_CRITERIA_NOT_SUPPORTED
WU_S_SEARCH_CRITERIA_NOT_SUPPORTED is a success status indicating that the update service skipped a search because the requested criteria are not supported by that service.
How to investigate for WU_S_SEARCH_CRITERIA_NOT_SUPPORTED
- Review the search expression and the update service being queried.
- Use a narrower or otherwise supported search expression when the service documents a restriction.
- Do not treat this status as evidence that no updates exist; it describes the query capability.
Microsoft: Windows Update Agent API
Diagnostic interpretation of WU_S_SEARCH_CRITERIA_NOT_SUPPORTED
WU_S_SEARCH_CRITERIA_NOT_SUPPORTED has the HRESULT value 0x00240010. AllStat records the condition as “The operation is skipped because the update service does not support the requested search criteria.”. For WU_S_SEARCH_CRITERIA_NOT_SUPPORTED, in practice, interpret that wording at the boundary owned by Windows Update client, servicing, or update-handler state, rather than treating the value as a generic Windows message.
Evidence to capture for WU_S_SEARCH_CRITERIA_NOT_SUPPORTED
- Record the exact COM method or Windows API, its input object, the calling thread, and the full 0x00240010 value before a wrapper converts it to an exception or Boolean result.
- Capture any IErrorInfo text, activity identifier, event-log entry, and subsystem trace that mentions WU_S_SEARCH_CRITERIA_NOT_SUPPORTED or the wu / search / criteria / supported operation.
- Reproduce WU_S_SEARCH_CRITERIA_NOT_SUPPORTED with the smallest valid input and note whether the result changes with identity, architecture, service state, or target object.
Retry and recovery for WU_S_SEARCH_CRITERIA_NOT_SUPPORTED
Retry WU_S_SEARCH_CRITERIA_NOT_SUPPORTED only when the owning API documents a transient state or after the condition described as “The operation is skipped because the update service does not support the requested search criteria.” has changed. For WU_S_SEARCH_CRITERIA_NOT_SUPPORTED, configuration, policy, format, and authorization failures normally require correction first; an immediate loop can hide the original call site and add secondary errors.
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