There is a very frustrating bug on the latest version of Patch My PC Portable v5.3.0.0.
The app will run itself 2x after awakening or booting. It will pop up. Disappear after a few seconds. And then pop up a second time. And then disappear by itself.
It is infuriating. I cannot remove it from my system now. If I delete the only copy of the executable I can see, it still pops up.
These entries in the log document what is happening. They occur completely without my intervention:
[2025-08-07 23:40:37] INFO Started application v.5.3.0.0 as portable
[2025-08-07 23:40:37] DEBUG View MainViewModel has been loaded
[2025-08-07 23:40:38] INFO Started [Apps Catalog loading] operation...
[2025-08-07 23:40:40] DEBUG View InstalledApplicationTabViewModel has been loaded
[2025-08-07 23:40:40] INFO [Apps Catalog loading] operation has been completed. Execution time: 2.4363038 seconds.
[2025-08-07 23:40:47] INFO Started application v.5.3.0.0 as portable
[2025-08-07 23:40:47] DEBUG View MainViewModel has been loaded
[2025-08-07 23:40:47] INFO Started [Apps Catalog loading] operation...
[2025-08-07 23:40:48] DEBUG View InstalledApplicationTabViewModel has been loaded
[2025-08-07 23:40:48] INFO [Apps Catalog loading] operation has been completed. Execution time: 1.0210998 seconds.
I believe I have found the cause. See my post here:
https://forum.patchmypc.com/index.php/topic,8776.msg21973.html#msg21973