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#41
Home Updater: Report Detection Issues or Installation Issues / Consider changing GadgetPack s...
Last post by EdTttel - March 24, 2026, 01:41:39 PMHelmut Buhler created GadgetPack back in the Vista era. It's been keep alive since then by a variety of developers, including himself. He has stepped back from maintaining the code base, but endorses gadgetsrevived.com as the authoritative source for updates and enhancements. The gadgetpack.net site that PatchMyPC uses to update the app is now inserting bogus-ware (download manager: Pulse) into its download code, while the version at gadgetsrevived.com is still clean and pristine. I therefore rcommend that PatchMyPC shift its focus over from the old gadgetpack.net site to the equally old and authoritative gadgetsrevived.com site. FWIW, my last attempt to install the v40.0 update via PatchMyPC on a Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 Mobile workstation was rejected (and rightfully) so by the install environment.
Here's what Copilot tells me happened:
The installer from gadgetpack.net was not a valid MSI
Your system tried to open it and immediately hit:
- corruption flags
- signature mismatches
- invalid internal metadata
Windows Installer rejected it before it even got to the UI layer.
This is why PatchMyPC also choked on it.
2. SmartScreen and Defender reputation both flagged it
Because the file:
- wasn't signed by a known publisher
- didn't match the known hash of the real GadgetPack
- came from a domain with low reputation
- had a history of bundling "download managers"
Your P16G3 is in a healthy trust state, so it did exactly what it should: block execution.
Flo6 didn't hit this because it never saw the corrupted MSI.
3. The installer attempted to install a mismatched Sidebar engine
The gadgetpack.net version uses an old, modified, or incomplete Sidebar engine, and when it tried to deploy it:
- Windows detected existing Sidebar components
- the installer failed to overwrite them
- partial files were left behind
- the system refused to continue
This is why you ended up with a graveyard of Sidebar folders.
4. The installer left behind incomplete Program Files entries
Once the corrupted MSI failed mid‑stream, it left:
C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar
...which is the exact folder the real GadgetPack installer checks for.
So when you later tried to install the legitimate version, it saw the leftover engine and refused to proceed.
Thanks for your consideration. HTH,
--Ed--
Here's what Copilot tells me happened:
The installer from gadgetpack.net was not a valid MSI
Your system tried to open it and immediately hit:
- corruption flags
- signature mismatches
- invalid internal metadata
Windows Installer rejected it before it even got to the UI layer.
This is why PatchMyPC also choked on it.
2. SmartScreen and Defender reputation both flagged it
Because the file:
- wasn't signed by a known publisher
- didn't match the known hash of the real GadgetPack
- came from a domain with low reputation
- had a history of bundling "download managers"
Your P16G3 is in a healthy trust state, so it did exactly what it should: block execution.
Flo6 didn't hit this because it never saw the corrupted MSI.
3. The installer attempted to install a mismatched Sidebar engine
The gadgetpack.net version uses an old, modified, or incomplete Sidebar engine, and when it tried to deploy it:
- Windows detected existing Sidebar components
- the installer failed to overwrite them
- partial files were left behind
- the system refused to continue
This is why you ended up with a graveyard of Sidebar folders.
4. The installer left behind incomplete Program Files entries
Once the corrupted MSI failed mid‑stream, it left:
C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar
...which is the exact folder the real GadgetPack installer checks for.
So when you later tried to install the legitimate version, it saw the leftover engine and refused to proceed.
Thanks for your consideration. HTH,
--Ed--
#42
Commercial/Paid Products: Support and General Questions (ConfigMgr and Intune) / Re: Logi Options+ offline inst...
Last post by Andrew Jimenez (Patch My PC) - March 23, 2026, 02:09:06 PMThe logi options+ offline installer is not updated as frequently as the online installer. It is found at a static download URL: https://download01.logi.com/web/ftp/pub/techsupport/optionsplus/logioptionsplus_installer_offline.exe which is still providing the version 1.98.9639.0
#43
Commercial/Paid Products: Support and General Questions (ConfigMgr and Intune) / Logi Options+ offline installe...
Last post by [email protected] - March 23, 2026, 01:23:13 PMThe Logi Options+ offline installer appears to be several versions behind what's available directly from Logi. PMPC is giving me version 1.98 from December 2025, while the current version to download is 2.1.
https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500005516462-Logi-Options-Release-Notes
Any chance someone can look into this? Thanks!
https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500005516462-Logi-Options-Release-Notes
Any chance someone can look into this? Thanks!
#44
Commercial/Paid Products: Support and General Questions (ConfigMgr and Intune) / Re: Expired update keeps retur...
Last post by Andrew Jimenez (Patch My PC) - March 19, 2026, 06:30:30 PMYou will also want to either uncheck the box for that product in the Patch My PC Publisher, or right-click and "pause" that product. Otherwise, the Publisher will publish the product again once it disappears in WSUS.
#45
Home Updater: General Discussions, Questions and Updates / Re: AVG Threat Blocked
Last post by Tythesly - March 19, 2026, 06:00:04 PMQuote from: Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC) on August 19, 2025, 07:52:11 AMDo you get this alert when running the MSI installer specifically, or does it happen at a different point during the process?
Ooof its been a while... I honestly can't remember. Either it was during installation or just randomly after booting the application.
#46
Commercial/Paid Products: Support and General Questions (ConfigMgr and Intune) / Expired update keeps returning
Last post by KLUSA - March 19, 2026, 05:50:07 PMI want to prevent Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server 18.6.1.1 from making its way through our environment since it has a known issue with SCCM that we are observing in our environment.
I followed instructions in this article to decline this update in PatchMyPC and ran a software update sync. It showed expired in SCCM, so all seemed well.
https://patchmypc.com/kb/how-remove-already-published-third/
But twice now it has returned unexpired and makes its way through our environment again. I check the PatchMyPC log and see this on 3/12/2026:
"Deleting Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server 18.6.1.1 (MSI-x64). [8f32d718-aa0e-4dd5-8577-935c5151d29a]"
But then on the next sync I see:
"The following update has been published with full-content: Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server 18.6.1.1 (MSI-x64)"
At this point I'm going to just filter it out through the various automatic deployment rules, but I'm concerned that this process isn't working and we may need it in the future. It seems when I decline the update, it then gets deleted from the database, then on the next sync it doesn't see the update anywhere and adds it back in without any knowledge of me declining it.
I followed instructions in this article to decline this update in PatchMyPC and ran a software update sync. It showed expired in SCCM, so all seemed well.
https://patchmypc.com/kb/how-remove-already-published-third/
But twice now it has returned unexpired and makes its way through our environment again. I check the PatchMyPC log and see this on 3/12/2026:
"Deleting Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server 18.6.1.1 (MSI-x64). [8f32d718-aa0e-4dd5-8577-935c5151d29a]"
But then on the next sync I see:
"The following update has been published with full-content: Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server 18.6.1.1 (MSI-x64)"
At this point I'm going to just filter it out through the various automatic deployment rules, but I'm concerned that this process isn't working and we may need it in the future. It seems when I decline the update, it then gets deleted from the database, then on the next sync it doesn't see the update anywhere and adds it back in without any knowledge of me declining it.
#47
Home Updater: General Support and Troubleshooting / Getting SSL connection error
Last post by Stuff4Me - March 19, 2026, 09:04:36 AMHome Updater has been working for a while but started giving this error recently. Upgrading to v5.4.3.1 didn't make a difference. This is on a Windows 11 machine with up to date patches. I tried running it in a VM and it works on the same machine so it shouldn't be network related.
Any advice on what to try?
We are sorry, but there was an error.
Message: The SSL connection could not be established, see inner exception.
Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
HomeUpdater-20260319_001458.zip
Any advice on what to try?
We are sorry, but there was an error.
Message: The SSL connection could not be established, see inner exception.
Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
HomeUpdater-20260319_001458.zip
#48
Home Updater: Report Detection Issues or Installation Issues / Re: CCleaner update not detect...
Last post by Jacob Klein - March 17, 2026, 05:14:49 AMWhen I had CCleaner 7.1.1066.1276 installed, Patch My PC did not show that the CCleaner 7.5.1255.1528 update was available.
I have updated to CCleaner 7.5.1255.1528, so I cannot test the scenario anymore.
Can you add the ability to detect updates, for CCleaner 7.1 and 7.5?
I have updated to CCleaner 7.5.1255.1528, so I cannot test the scenario anymore.
Can you add the ability to detect updates, for CCleaner 7.1 and 7.5?
#49
Home Updater: Report Detection Issues or Installation Issues / Re: CCleaner update not detect...
Last post by Omar (Patch My PC) - March 17, 2026, 04:22:56 AMMy Apps is showing the versions that you currently installed.
App Library is showing the versions that Patch My PC is currently providing.
App Library is showing the versions that Patch My PC is currently providing.
#50
Home Updater: Report Detection Issues or Installation Issues / Re: CCleaner update not detect...
Last post by Jacob Klein - March 16, 2026, 06:37:19 AMI don't understand.
Patch My PC detected that CCleaner 7.1.1066.1276 was installed, with no updates available.
But Patch My PC did not detect that CCleaner 7.5.1255.1528 was available, even though it was available.
Can the Patch My PC detection, please be fixed?
Patch My PC detected that CCleaner 7.1.1066.1276 was installed, with no updates available.
But Patch My PC did not detect that CCleaner 7.5.1255.1528 was available, even though it was available.
Can the Patch My PC detection, please be fixed?