How to make the "yellow Windows Update" icon to show up on Windows XP?

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You could try going to Start -> Run... and typing wuauclt then OK, which will run the Windows Update auto-update client again. This may then trigger it to resume the downloads and/or to install the updates.

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Updated on September 17, 2022

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GeekAbhiGeek over 1 year

On Windows XP (as a Virtual PC), there is this little yellow shield icon on the task bar, which when you click on, will show the "Windows Update".

But sometimes it already has downloaded all the updates, and I wait and wait, and this small icon won't show up (and is not hidden).

So I have to go to START -> Windows Update

and it brings out IE with the Windows Update, but this one, it has to download all the updates all over again. Is there a way to make that little yellow icon show up on the task bar?