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I'm not having a issue on my machines downloading the Adobe Reader update are you able to download the file by this link? ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/10.1.2/en_US/AdbeRdr1012_en_US.exe

Last couple of adobe reader updates I've tried running  on some of my pc's I keep getting.  It'll update if I go pull the update installer manually and run it, but was curious what was happening

Patch My PC 2.0.7.5 | Definitions - 1.20.2012 | Started At 9:37:24 AM
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium  x64

COMMON UPDATE PROCESS

Downloading Adobe Reader 50 MB
Adobe Reader download failed
Unable to find Adobe Reader install file
Update may have failed

NO COMMON UPDATES NEEDED.

OPTIONAL SOFTWARE PROGRESS

NO OPTIONAL SOFTWARE CHECKED

PATCHMYPC UPDATE COMPLETE AT 9:37:46 AM

Try clicking reset settings then skip reader.

I started working on adding German in the next version of PMPC. I haven't been able to find the full offline installer file for Yahoo Messenger do you know where this can be downloaded?

Thanks,

In theory, This would be fairly easy to implement, but I most likely will not have a local definitions file in any version. The reason is because PMPC already gets false detected as a virus by some anti virus venders (This is why the next version will be digitally signed to help reduce this problem.), and I have to submit a false positive claim for each indecent. If a user changed the download location to a virus for example PMPC would be detected by a virus much more often.

When different languages are supported it will check for the current version that PMPC checks for sorry about that; I know some users still aren't ready to move to the Java 7 updates yet although Java 6 is neat end of life.

Hello Justin

The following apps are different in my language (German): (as far as I know)

-  Adobe Reader
-  Mozilla Firefox
-  Microsoft Security Essentials
-  Real Player
-  Yahoo Messenger
-  Mozilla Thunderbird

The ideal solution would be if you include a switch in your software to let the user specify his own definitions.xml file. So everybody could maintain his own update "timetable". For example, I want to stay at JAVA version 6 at the moment and update only this version (updates are still available) - so instead of disable this software in Patch My PC I could specify the link to the JAVA 6 Updates. And of course for the programs mentioned above I could specify the download link to the german versions.

What do you think? Is it possible to implement this "private" definitions.xml thing?

Hans

Hey,

Thanks for the post. I do intend to eventually add XML definitions for other languages. That was one of the reasons I created a XML file so the download location could be changed. I would say German may be supported in PMPC 2.0.9 around March 1st. Could you list what products would be available in German you would like?

Justin,

Hi

Great Software - but what about other languanges? Some of the standard programs are language-independant like JAVA or Flashplayer. But some are different for every language. If you would maintain some additional XML-Files at http://patchmypc.net/documents/definitions.xml like definitions-DE.xml or definitions-FR.xml and the GUI would give you the option to set a preferred language, it would be perfect! Or let the user specify his own local definitions.xml file. So I could adjust the download links to my preferred langauge.

The definitions-DE.xml file would then look like

<DownoadSolution>
<!-- Links For Critical Update Downloads -->
<PMPCUpdateDownload>
http://patchmypc.net/updates/PatchMyPC/PatchMyPCUpdater.exe
</PMPCUpdateDownload>
<ReaderDownload>
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/10.1.2/de_DE/AdbeRdr1012_de_DE.exe
</ReaderDownload>


Thanks for your reply

Hans

Do you have duplicate entry's in add/remove programs? If not then google chrome didn't delete version 14 information in the registry when it was upgraded.

Thanks for giving feedback! Well Java Run time 6 will only be uninstalled if you run PMPC in non silent mode. You should receive a popup asking you if you would like to uninstall Java 6. If you would like to customize the location you want to install updates disable silent install in the options panel this will allow you to perform the install after the update is downloaded.

Hi Justin:

As promised, I tested out PMPC 2.0.7.4 on my laptop which is running Windows XP PRO_SP3.  The option to install outdated optional updates by default option does work when set in the GUI and run by the command prompt with the /s switch.  The following APPS on my laptop, which were outdated, were updated to the latest version with the exception of FoxIT reader (more on this later):
...  Flash AX (no issues)
...  CCleaner (no issues)
...  MBAM  (no issues)
...  Notepad ++ (no issues)
...  Firefox (installed to C and original installation on D remained-Two entries in Add/Remove programs)
...  JRE V7u2 (installed to C and JRE V6u29 remained on D-Both entries in Add/Remove programs)
...  Silverlight (installed to C)  No problem for me here as I usually install Micro$oft programs to C drive anyway.
...  FoxIT PDF reader.  This was odd.  PMPC tried to update but appeared to get stuck on version 4.3.1.0218.  Tried several times via command prompt with /s switch and same thing.  Also tried using the GUI and same thing.  I then ran the FoxIT PDF program itself and tried updating from that program.  Usually it will uninstall itself but this time it would NOT.  I landed up uninstalling it via the add/remove programs, and then installing a newer version (to D drive).  Once I did that, I reran the FoxIT program and another update was available which I installed successfully using the update routine in that program.  The latest update is V5.1.4.0104.   I think the problem here was with the FoxIT software and not PMPC based upon what I experienced.

Hope the above helps.

Dan

You were certainly right! I fixed this issue re-download 2.0.7.4 and optional updates should be applied when running silently if the auto apply optional software is checked.

Thanks,

What software was outdated that didn't get updates?

In the options panel disable silent updates. This will allow you to perform the install this will let you know why it isn't installing.

Hmm the only reason there would be no GUI is if you used a /s switch.

Hey,

Thanks for the Screen Shot. These programs are showing up because the add/remove program entries in the registry must not have been over written when the updates were installed or there are multiple versions installed. You can find these entries here HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall just do a search in this key for Firefox you will most likely find the entry for Firefox 8.0. I wouldn't suggest deleting the keys for Firefox and Shock wave unless you have experience with editing Windows registry hope this helps.

Justin

Hi Justin:

Mozilla Firefox is fine.  The version snafu is with Mozilla Thunderbird.  I also noticed that same behavior with respect to Adobe Shockwave. 

This is my first time trying to post a screen shot.  I hope I don't mess it up.  I just downloaded the very latest version of PMPC from your website and the screenshot posted (I hope) is what was shown from running that latest version of your software on my PC.

Thanks! Would you mind sending a screenshot of what it's saying for Firefox 9.0.1 needing updated when you get a chance?

Thanks,

Justin

No problem try downloading this version should be resolved http://patchmypc.net/PatchMyPCBeta.exe

Hey Dan,

The current definitions for Thunderbird is 9.0.1 for PMPC. As far as the /s switch goes there certainly was a problem on my side with PMPC not auto closing when using the /s switch after updates are completed. This will be fixed in 2.0.7.2 most likely later today or tomorrow then you batch should work fine.

Thanks for catching this!

Justin

Hi:

Good work on creating such an application.  For several customers of mine who do not like to perform PM on their PCs, I created a batch file which can perform many of those tasks with one click or automatically when scheduled with Windows Task scheduler.

I tried running your latest version of PMPC on my Windows XP Pro_SP3 system using the Windows interface and it performed very well.  However, it looks as if another update to your software may be in order soon as it reported Mozilla Thunderbird as being out of date when I had version 9.01 installed and it recommended version 8.0 (no biggie here).

When I tried to run your software from the command prompt using the /s switch, I noticed that the process would NOT unload once it had 'done its thing' (invoke Windows task manager) and my batch file would HANG.  Is there a way to modify your code so that the process ends once it has finished its task? 

Another thing which would be nice would be some sort of way to configure your program so that it can be more customized when being run from the command prompt.

Below is the small batch file I created to test out the command line switches of PMPC:
.............................................................
@echo off
cd C:\progra~1\patchm~1
rem d:
rem cd d:\progra~1\patchm~1
echo Starting Patch My PC...
call PatchMyPC.exe /s
exit
...........................................................
FYI, the result is the same if I remove the 'call command' from the file as well as the 'exit' command.  I use a similar type batch file to invoke CCLeaner and when invoked by the command line, CCleaner retains the settings I made in the Windows interface (I believe this is done by an '.ini file'.  Below is an example of the CCleaner my batch file:
.........................................
@echo off
cd C:\progra~1\ccleaner
rem d:
rem cd d:\progra~1\ccleaner
echo Starting CCleaner...
call ccleaner.exe /auto
.......................................

Thanks in advance for your help

Dan