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#31
Home Updater: Report Bugs and Issues Not Related to Installing Apps / Re: PatchmyPC pops up twice af...
Last post by waylo - August 08, 2025, 06:48:07 PMI believe I have found the cause. See my post here:
https://forum.patchmypc.com/index.php/topic,8776.msg21973.html#msg21973
https://forum.patchmypc.com/index.php/topic,8776.msg21973.html#msg21973
#32
Home Updater: General Support and Troubleshooting / Re: PatchMyPC 5.2.3 loading mu...
Last post by waylo - August 08, 2025, 06:44:04 PMThank you for the reply.
I updated to 5.3 and unfortunately continued to have the same issue. Because I am running the portable version, I thought just renaming, moving, or deleting the portable exe would fix this. Unfortunately it did not.
I did some deep sleuthing on my computer and made sure no other instances of PatchMyPC existed. I looked at all the startup folder/startup registry entries and confirmed PatchMyPC was not there.
I finally discovered an extremely odd situation.
Within C:/Users/ was a single file that was the same first word of my user name, without any extension. Carefully examining the contents, it was a copy of the portable PatchmyPC executable, CRC matched. The file date of creation was several days ago, when this phenomenon started happening.
It seems unbelievable, and I don't understand how this file ended up there, and renamed. I removed it, and the bizarre pop ups have stopped. Re-running Patchmypc portable has not recreated this misplaced file.
I could find only 2 other queries (unrelated to PatchmyPC) involving this strange happening:
https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/ae2207/user_file_trying_to_open_on_windows_10_startup/
https://superuser.com/questions/1131114/windows-opening-file-c-users-david-on-startup
It seems Windows 10 will automatically attempt to run individual files located within the C:/Users/ directory without user interaction.
I updated to 5.3 and unfortunately continued to have the same issue. Because I am running the portable version, I thought just renaming, moving, or deleting the portable exe would fix this. Unfortunately it did not.
I did some deep sleuthing on my computer and made sure no other instances of PatchMyPC existed. I looked at all the startup folder/startup registry entries and confirmed PatchMyPC was not there.
I finally discovered an extremely odd situation.
Within C:/Users/ was a single file that was the same first word of my user name, without any extension. Carefully examining the contents, it was a copy of the portable PatchmyPC executable, CRC matched. The file date of creation was several days ago, when this phenomenon started happening.
It seems unbelievable, and I don't understand how this file ended up there, and renamed. I removed it, and the bizarre pop ups have stopped. Re-running Patchmypc portable has not recreated this misplaced file.
I could find only 2 other queries (unrelated to PatchmyPC) involving this strange happening:
https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/ae2207/user_file_trying_to_open_on_windows_10_startup/
https://superuser.com/questions/1131114/windows-opening-file-c-users-david-on-startup
It seems Windows 10 will automatically attempt to run individual files located within the C:/Users/ directory without user interaction.
#33
Commercial/Paid Products: Support and General Questions (ConfigMgr and Intune) / Re: Greenshot Uninstalled (bot...
Last post by Melissa (Patch My PC) - August 08, 2025, 08:24:26 AMFollowing up on this, not seeing any issues with updates for the Greenshot app, as long as Greenshot.exe is not running during the update. I'd recommend opening a support case if you are still having issues: https://patchmypc.com/technical-support/
#34
Commercial/Paid Products: Support and General Questions (ConfigMgr and Intune) / Re: Custom App and Display Ver...
Last post by Melissa (Patch My PC) - August 08, 2025, 08:21:57 AMIf you've already changed the 'App Name' to Vernier Graphical Analysis' for the custom app, but you are not seeing that change in Configuration Manager, once the changes refresh in the Publisher, it looks like you'd have to delete and recreate the app to see the name change in the console. I didn't see the name change successful with just a sync or republish. You can use the Configuration Manager App Manager to delete the app https://patchmypc.com/kb/delete-apps-configmgr-manager/. Attaching a screenshot of what I have in the console, after changing the App name to reflect Michael's previously sent screenshots.
The Apps & Features name would affect detection, and both Vernier Graphical Analysis % and Vernier Graphical Analysis %-3963 should work, I tested the latter successfully. The display name that shows in the registry after installation is Vernier Graphical Analysis 6.2.1-3963.
If you have any installation issues, including detection I'd recommend opening a support case with us, so we can get on a screenshare and troubleshoot this further. https://patchmypc.com/technical-support/
The Apps & Features name would affect detection, and both Vernier Graphical Analysis % and Vernier Graphical Analysis %-3963 should work, I tested the latter successfully. The display name that shows in the registry after installation is Vernier Graphical Analysis 6.2.1-3963.
If you have any installation issues, including detection I'd recommend opening a support case with us, so we can get on a screenshare and troubleshoot this further. https://patchmypc.com/technical-support/
#35
Home Updater: General Support and Troubleshooting / Re: PatchMyPC 5.2.3 loading mu...
Last post by Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC) - August 08, 2025, 08:03:33 AMHey @waylo,
We did fix an issue in 5.3.0 that likely caused what you are seeing: https://patchmypc.com/release-notes/production-release/home-updater-releases/
Fixes
Resolved an issue where the app could hang if launched via the self-update scheduled task when no update was available.
We did fix an issue in 5.3.0 that likely caused what you are seeing: https://patchmypc.com/release-notes/production-release/home-updater-releases/
Fixes
Resolved an issue where the app could hang if launched via the self-update scheduled task when no update was available.
#36
Commercial/Paid Products: Support and General Questions (ConfigMgr and Intune) / Re: Custom App and Display Ver...
Last post by iamr00t - August 08, 2025, 07:38:44 AMOK. App Name has always ever been "Vernier Graphical Analysis" here, but I will try "Vernier Graphical Analysis %" for Apps & Features Name and not "Vernier Graphical Analysis %-3963" as previously advised. I will give that a shot, as App Name displayed in SCCM still reads "Vernier Graphical Analysis -3963 (x64/EXE/en)" even after I changed Apps & Features Name to "Vernier Graphical Analysis %-3963". Should I perhaps delete the app on SCCM and re-sync with publisher? Deselect and reselect the custom app?
#37
Home Updater: Report Bugs and Issues Not Related to Installing Apps / PatchmyPC pops up twice after ...
Last post by waylo - August 08, 2025, 12:44:08 AMThere 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.
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.
#38
Home Updater: General Support and Troubleshooting / PatchMyPC 5.2.3 loading multip...
Last post by waylo - August 07, 2025, 05:47:07 PMI was previously on v5.2.3 and noticed an odd behavior just over the past several days.
Upon waking from sleep, PatchmyPC would load up, quit, and load up again. Has anyone else noticed this behavior?
I checked for updates and saw v5.3 was available, so I updated and will be monitoring for this behavior moving forward.
Upon waking from sleep, PatchmyPC would load up, quit, and load up again. Has anyone else noticed this behavior?
I checked for updates and saw v5.3 was available, so I updated and will be monitoring for this behavior moving forward.
#39
Commercial/Paid Products: Support and General Questions (ConfigMgr and Intune) / Re: Custom App and Display Ver...
Last post by Michael (Patch My PC) - August 07, 2025, 05:13:28 PMQuote from: iamr00t on August 07, 2025, 04:46:49 PMI could change it to "Vernier Graphical Analysis %-3963" but it seems that the "-3963" is some sort of build number. Could I just use "Vernier Graphical Analysis %"? I did try "Vernier Graphical Analysis%" but that failed.Quote from: Melissa (Patch My PC) on August 07, 2025, 04:13:46 PMI just did a quick test, and the detection does seem to work on Vernier Graphical Analysis 6.2.1-3963 with the following configuration
Apps and Features Name: Vernier Graphical Analysis %-3963
If you edit your custom app and under the configuration tab, for Apps & Features Name, what do you have set?
If you are still having issues with install/detection please let us know.
Apologies, I don't think I fully understood what you meant at first.
For the 'App Name' under the '2. General Information' tab, just use 'Vernier Graphical Analysis'. This field is purely for what it looks like in the Cloud Portal, and within ConfigMgr.
Then you can leave the 'Apps & Features Name' as 'Vernier Graphical Analysis %' for detection.
#40
Commercial/Paid Products: Support and General Questions (ConfigMgr and Intune) / Re: Custom App and Display Ver...
Last post by iamr00t - August 07, 2025, 04:46:49 PMI could change it to "Vernier Graphical Analysis %-3963" but it seems that the "-3963" is some sort of build number. Could I just use "Vernier Graphical Analysis %"? I did try "Vernier Graphical Analysis%" but that failed.
Quote from: Melissa (Patch My PC) on August 07, 2025, 04:13:46 PMI just did a quick test, and the detection does seem to work on Vernier Graphical Analysis 6.2.1-3963 with the following configuration
Apps and Features Name: Vernier Graphical Analysis %-3963
If you edit your custom app and under the configuration tab, for Apps & Features Name, what do you have set?
If you are still having issues with install/detection please let us know.