

# This script will check the Microsoft web page to see if there is a new version. TL DR - Because Microsoft expires their download links after 24 hrs, it is most likely not going to work by having a command line script pull down the Windows 10 ISO automatically.Īs a partial answer, you can use a Python script to at least check to see if you already have the latest version of Windows 10 downloaded: # Microsoft only releases a new Windows 10 ISO when they do a big update every 6 months or so. What that means is that these links that are generated expire 24 hours from their creation, making anything like that next to impossible unless someone here other than me manages to find a link from a source other than Microsoft with the ISOs that doesn't expire.

However, Microsoft generates personalized download links for each combination of ISO. Sounds simple enough, right? Just a simple query to see if the drop-down dialog box has anything new and if not, then go for the latest version with a simple pull command, right? macOS) or if you go to the Windows 10 portion of the MS website from a computer of another platform, it is entirely possible to arrive at this screen.įrom here, what you can do is select the edition/version and language and download. If you spoof your browser agent to one of another operating system (i.e. The Media Creation Tool only appears if your browser uses a Windows browser agent (read: a browser identifier). For example, with their October 2018 and April 2018 updates.Īdditionally, it is not required that you use the Media Creation Tool. This usually happens every couple of months.

Microsoft only packages their Windows 10 ISOs per major release. As far as I'm aware, this is not possible.
