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Title: 5.3.1.0 (02-October-2025)
Post by: Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC) on October 02, 2025, 08:13:13 AM
https://patchmypc.com/release-notes/production-release/home-updater-releases/#h-5-3-1-0-02-october-2025

This release introduces several major enhancements including new language support, ARM architecture compatibility for applications, and improvements to scheduled tasks and diagnostics.

New Features

Added UI localizations: Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Italian (Machine-translated).
Added support for ARM-based app versions.
Added support for cancelling a single running update/install operation in the app catalog.
Added ability to customize color for status labels.
Added 'Open install location' context menu option in the My Apps tab.

Improvements

Updated the setting Prefix the log file name with the hostname of this computer with an option to append the machine name at the start.
Updated the Check and Notify scheduled task to exclude apps with auto-update or auto-scan disabled from notification count.
Improved portable apps extractor to support self-contained archives bundled within .exe files.
Updated recommended configuration for the Update Apps scheduled task.
Enhanced diagnostic ZIP export to include scheduled task details.

Fixes

Fixed an issue when creating a restore point during app updates.
Fixed an issue when cancelling the updater with at least one portable app in the update queue.