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When I logged on to my PC tonight, I launched Patch My PC and saw that Chrome is currently outdated, but Patch My PC hasn't updated it yet. I then opened Task Scheduler and noticed that the updater task was triggered, but seems to be stuck on "running." See screenshots

How long should it stay in "running" mode, and will it eventually silently update Chrome?

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Home Updater: Report Detection Issues or Installation Issues / Re: 32-bit Installation of Win...

Last post by Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC) - April 29, 2025, 07:13:09 PM

Thanks for the detailed post and thoughtful feedback!

You're totally right to call that out. That second bullet point on the Home Updater v5 product page was accidentally left over from version 4, which did support optional 32-bit installs. We've just updated the site to remove that outdated info and clarify the behavior in v5.

Today, Home Updater v5 only supports 64-bit apps. When silent install is off, it doesn't currently prompt if it's replacing a 32-bit install with a 64-bit one, but that's great feedback we'll take into account. Appreciate you pointing this out and helping us improve the documentation.

Out of curiosity, is there a specific reason you're sticking with the 32-bit version of WinMerge? Just trying to understand the use case better in case there's something we should be considering.

Let us know if anything else seems off. We're always happy to improve.

#56

Home Updater: Report Detection Issues or Installation Issues / Re: 32-bit Installation of Win...

Last post by dking02 - April 29, 2025, 06:19:34 PM

The discontinuation of 32-bit versions of the Windows OS does not affect the existing capability to install and run compatible 32-bit apps on 64-bit versions of Windows 10 and 11. 32-bit versions of the aforementioned apps are currently provided by their vendors and may be preferred when running on 64-bit Windows to ensure compatibility with older 32-bit plug-ins .

If you do not support updating existing 32-bit installations of apps, please remove the second bullet above from the Home Updater v5 product page and remove "by default" from the first bullet. Also document that existing 32-bit installations will be replaced with their 64-bit version when updated by Home Updater. Ideally, the Home Updater client would prompt the user when a 32-bit installation is about to be replaced if silent install is disabled and would visually identify the apps in My Apps that are currently 32-bit installations.

I also suggest the following system requirements on the Home Updater web page be reworded as they could be misconstrued to mean that the Home Updater client will no longer be available on Windows 10 when Microsoft ends general support for Windows 10 later this year:

System Requirements:

Internet access
Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime 8.0 (64-Bit)
A 64-bit version of Windows that is supported by Microsoft
Operating System:
Windows Client: Windows 10 or later
Windows Server: Windows Server 2016 or later

#57

Commercial/Paid Products: Support and General Questions (ConfigMgr and Intune) / Delta Downloads?

Last post by KLUSA - April 29, 2025, 04:27:34 PM

I was wondering if using Delta Downloads was still a problem with PatchMyPC. See:
https://patchmypc.com/third-party-updates-fail-to-download-in-configmgr-1910-if-download-delta-update-enabled-0x80d02002

We implemented the workaround back in 2021, but never heard of any changes to its status. I can't seem to find any recent information on this issue and the link to the UserVoice request is not working.

It would be nice to use Delta Downloads. We plan to test, but thought I'd ask before we dig too deep.

#58

Home Updater: Report Detection Issues or Installation Issues / Re: 32-bit Installation of Win...

Last post by Omar (Patch My PC) - April 29, 2025, 01:19:23 AM

Home Updater v5 only has 64-Bit apps, We are not planning to add any 32-Bit apps anymore because most 32-Bit apps are discontinued now and the rest will be soon since the last Windows 32-Bit (Win 10) will reach end of line next October as well.

#59

Home Updater: Report Detection Issues or Installation Issues / Re: 32-bit Installation of Win...

Last post by dking02 - April 28, 2025, 07:15:26 PM

P.S. Note that the same situation described above for WinMerge also occurs for a 32-bit installation of Notepad++.

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Home Updater: Report Detection Issues or Installation Issues / 32-bit Installation of WinMerg...

Last post by dking02 - April 28, 2025, 05:30:51 PM

The following features are listed on the product web page for Home Updater v5:

Installs 64-bit apps by default on 64-bit Windows
Optionally choose to install 32-bit apps on 64-bit Windows

I tried to update a 32-bit installation of WinMerge from 2.16.46 to 2.16.48 via Home Updater v5.2.0.0 (silent install disabled) and the 64-bit (x64) installer was downloaded and launched instead of the 32-bit (x86) installer.

How is the second option above to install 32-bit apps accessed in v5? I don't see a user setting, context menu item, or user prompt. Home Updater should be able to detect that the 32-bit version is installed from the program's uninstall string in the registry.

Note that WinMerge has separate installer files for the 32-bit and 64-bit version of the program. The setup files differ in size and in the name displayed in the title bar of the window when launched.

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