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Would still like to know myself. I have several other Win 7 and 8.1 boxes at home. Three in total have a remnant folder. Seems like they're all physically etched into the system.

Didn't work on Win 8.1...

I recall when NetFramework updates would crash on the installs, a bunch of the updates over time. As vendors typically had a runtime version with their software, I ignored the failed updates as they accumulated until I needed one. The solution was to remove every one in reverse order and then...

Yep and dunno. But it is Windows, so if I were a betting type...

And it fails to clean up its folder/file remnants from the failed update...

Root directory, look for the date and time, names are lengthy, randomly named, guys. Should be able to zoom enough to get the idea, it's the three highlighted folders...

I've got 3 and can't delete them...

Yep, but begs the question, Linux will run on a machine for years and not leak resources all over the floor and down the stairs and elevator shaft (so I've read), but Windows...

Hung on shutdown for I don't know how long. Forced shutdown and rebooted, went through the same drill. Started to do it again then I remembered Einstein's definition of insanity, so I deselected it, shut down normally, but on that reboot I received a message that one update was being installed...

See last paragraph, this update has already been pulled by MS... Microsoft's Patch Tuesday release leaves one big vulnerability unpatched | ZDNet

Ditto again. While they're at it, perhaps they could fix the problem of having to go back into Windows Update, after updating, to update again. Seems like such a simple thing (ask Apple) - I swear MS stands for Monkey Sh_t (for brains, that is) rather than MicroSoft...

Ditto, three friends all on Win 8.1 pro and various configs, ditto...