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Home Updater: General Support and Troubleshooting / Re: Silent Install
Last post by tennisace57 - April 24, 2025, 07:25:09 PMUPDATE: I think I may have resolved this issue and both Windows 11 Pro computers - laptop & desktop - at least partially.
Laptop Resolution: In reviewing Task Scheduler, I noticed that PatchMyPC and IObit's Advanced SystemCare were both scheduled to run daily at 7 pm. So suspecting that they may have been in conflict or competing, I changed PatchMyPC to scan & update at 7:30 pm.
Desktop Resolution: In reviewing Task Scheduler, I noticed that the PatchMyPC task was triggered on schedule, but was stuck on "running" status. So I decided to do a thorough uninstall, reboot, and reinstall and set the scheduler for 9 pm.
Now the logs on both computers are showing the following:
[2025-04-24 21:00:00] INFO Update from Scheduled Task has been started.
[2025-04-24 21:00:01] INFO No applications to update/install. Exit task.
[2025-04-24 21:00:01] INFO Update from Scheduled Task has been finished.
Next I will check to see if apps are silently updated when the there are outdated apps.
Laptop Resolution: In reviewing Task Scheduler, I noticed that PatchMyPC and IObit's Advanced SystemCare were both scheduled to run daily at 7 pm. So suspecting that they may have been in conflict or competing, I changed PatchMyPC to scan & update at 7:30 pm.
Desktop Resolution: In reviewing Task Scheduler, I noticed that the PatchMyPC task was triggered on schedule, but was stuck on "running" status. So I decided to do a thorough uninstall, reboot, and reinstall and set the scheduler for 9 pm.
Now the logs on both computers are showing the following:
[2025-04-24 21:00:00] INFO Update from Scheduled Task has been started.
[2025-04-24 21:00:01] INFO No applications to update/install. Exit task.
[2025-04-24 21:00:01] INFO Update from Scheduled Task has been finished.
Next I will check to see if apps are silently updated when the there are outdated apps.
#82
Home Updater: General Support and Troubleshooting / Re: Silent Install
Last post by Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC) - April 24, 2025, 07:23:23 PMIt appears it is currently running in your screenshot? Are you still having issues where it's not running.
#83
Home Updater: Report Detection Issues or Installation Issues / Re: KeePass Password Safe vers...
Last post by Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC) - April 24, 2025, 07:18:16 PMQuote from: CarefulOwner on April 23, 2025, 09:53:56 PMThe KeePass Password Safe app has two different editions: the 1.x edition and the 2.x edition, with slightly different features. (See https://keepass.info/compare.html for the differences.) I am using the 1.x edition, currently at release 1.43. Patch My PC Home Updater is telling me that this release is outdated, and should be replaced with release 2.58. This is incorrect, 1.43 is the correct current release of the 1.x edition. Can you modify the Updater to distinguish between the two editions?
Thank you
@CarefulOwner thanks for reporting this, I'm checking with the team on this one. For now, please disable scanning for this app to avoid it from updating to v2. We may need to build functionality to account for this scenario.
#84
Home Updater: General Discussions and Questions / Re: How to update software wit...
Last post by Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC) - April 24, 2025, 07:13:38 PM@Quithard1941, curious if you have the option to delete shortcuts after updating in the settings?
#85
Home Updater: General Discussions and Questions / How to update software without...
Last post by Quithard1941 - April 24, 2025, 01:00:23 AMAfter updating some software on my computer, I noticed that the shortcuts on the screen are missing or have changed icons. Has anyone encountered this and knows how to fix it so that after updating the software, the shortcuts remain the same as before? 
#86
Home Updater: Report Detection Issues or Installation Issues / KeePass Password Safe version ...
Last post by CarefulOwner - April 23, 2025, 09:53:56 PMThe KeePass Password Safe app has two different editions: the 1.x edition and the 2.x edition, with slightly different features. (See https://keepass.info/compare.html for the differences.) I am using the 1.x edition, currently at release 1.43. Patch My PC Home Updater is telling me that this release is outdated, and should be replaced with release 2.58. This is incorrect, 1.43 is the correct current release of the 1.x edition. Can you modify the Updater to distinguish between the two editions?
Thank you
Thank you
#87
Home Updater: General Support and Troubleshooting / Re: Silent Install
Last post by tennisace57 - April 23, 2025, 08:07:32 PMI stand corrected, I was looking in the wrong place.
#88
Home Updater: General Support and Troubleshooting / Re: Silent Install
Last post by tennisace57 - April 23, 2025, 07:57:26 PMIt doesn't look as though the task in listed in Windows Task Scheduler.
#89
Home Updater: General Support and Troubleshooting / Re: Silent Install
Last post by Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC) - April 23, 2025, 07:19:20 PMCould you check Windows task scheduler and see if the task for "Patch My PC Home Updater - Update Apps" ran?
#90
Home Updater: General Support and Troubleshooting / Re: Silent Install
Last post by tennisace57 - April 23, 2025, 06:10:17 PMDisregard the post regarding the error message in the log file. The scheduled task was supposed to run tonight at 7 pm, but according to log it doesn't look as though it ran at all.
Looking at what occurred at 7 pm, this is what I found, albeit it kicked off a little before 7 pm.
[2025-04-23 18:52:42] INFO Started auto-updater task.
[2025-04-23 18:52:42] DEBUG Starting updater with following args: /silentall -nofreqcheck
[2025-04-23 18:52:42] INFO Complete auto-updater task.
Nevertheless, there were three apps that were outdated, but neither were silently updated.
Looking at what occurred at 7 pm, this is what I found, albeit it kicked off a little before 7 pm.
[2025-04-23 18:52:42] INFO Started auto-updater task.
[2025-04-23 18:52:42] DEBUG Starting updater with following args: /silentall -nofreqcheck
[2025-04-23 18:52:42] INFO Complete auto-updater task.
Nevertheless, there were three apps that were outdated, but neither were silently updated.