Disable WindowsUpdate_trace_log

Every day windows creates a number of folders in the C:\Windows\Temp folder each with many individual .etl log files inside. C:\Windows\Temp\_9ABC4DDF-732F-4F70-820A-9C186380CECA WindowsUpdate.20250118.080204.968.1.etl Besides using up a lot of disk space, and adding to the write count on SSD's it serves no use to me and I'm trying to disable the Windows Update Event trace logging. If run logman query -ets I get; Data Collector Set Type Status ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WindowsUpdate_trace_log Trace Running I'm able to temporarily stop it by

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