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Hello Omar,

Thank you for your swift response!

No, our custom build doesn't alter the name in "Add/Remove Programs".

At this time I'm not certain if that's something we can easily change; right now I'm just following Rustdesk's instructions to make a custom build, and I haven't looked into the process they use to generate an installer.

Would generating a unique name be the way to ensure PMPCHU doesn't update our version? If you can tell me how you currently match the package name (eg 'equals "RustDesk"' or 'starts with 'RustDesk', or perhaps a certain regex), I can see if I can make sure we don't match that filter.

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TL;DR: How do I prevent our software from getting detected as one of the PatchMyPC supported applications?


Hi,

The supported application Rustdesk allows people to compile their own version with hardcoded settings:

https://rustdesk.com/docs/en/self-host/client-configuration/hardcode-settings/

I'm a software developer working for a computer shop. We provide our customers with a custom Rustdesk for remote assistance, with settings compiled-in pointing to our own Rustdesk server.

We also encourage our customers to use PatchMyPC Home Updater to keep their software up-to-date.

Unfortunately, as soon as a new standard version of Rustdesk is released, PMPCHU will overwrite our custom Rustdesk with the standard one, leaving them with an unconfigured install. And therefore unable to easily get our remote assistance.

How do we ensure PMPCHU doesn't try to update our custom app?