Windows Notifications Disable-How, it's not listed

[joeblow]

I've been using PatchMyPC for a long time, and the best part is that it was truly "silent", hidden and functional, 100%.
However the newest version which is quite a bit different seems to "advertise" it's presence on the desktop (icon), making directories in the normal displayed OS tree, etc.
More importantly, today I got a pop up asking to allow or turn off notification settings for Patch My PC.  However, it does not exist anywhere in the hierarchy of the OS and if you use Task Scheduler, you defeat the "automation" of it not running.
So, how can I regain the "invisible" installation not only of the program itself, but all the updating procedures that are scheduled (without having to delete the desktop icon, start menu references, folders generated in the OS c:\, etc.), as well as have it run silently at a specific time, 100% silently, not traces or interaction of any sort, anytime, just like it used to be?

[Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC)]

Hey @joeblow, thanks for the longtime support. Totally get wanting to keep things truly silent like the classic experience.

You're right, the MSI version does add a desktop shortcut on first install. But the good news is if you manually delete that icon after install, it won't come back in future updates. It's a one-time drop unless reinstalled fresh.

Also, we recently released a new portable version that's just a single binary, similar to the old v4 experience you mentioned. It doesn't install anything, doesn't create folders, and it stays out of the way. You can check it out here: https://patchmypc.com/product/home-updater/

On the notification popup you saw, I'm not sure what that might be. Patch My PC Home Updater shouldn't trigger any native Windows notifications, especially when running as a scheduled task silently. If you're able to grab a screenshot or note the exact message, we'd love to dig deeper.