Acrobat Reader DC & DefaultApps.settings

[Ben]

Hi

If I pre-select Acrobat Reader DC via DefaultApps.settings, it doesn't get selected once the program opens (or installed via /s switch).

I can pre-select other apps, so I know it's reading the file.

The line in defaultapps.settings is:
Adobe Acrobat DC

I've tried changing it to match the name used within the GUI 'Acrobat Reader DC' - also doesn't work.

Thanks
Ben

[Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC)]

We are looking into this

[JourneyOver]

This isn't just you having this issue, I'm having the same issue with it not auto selecting anything even though I have the "DefaultApps.Settings" in the same folder as PatchMyPC and have several programs in the list set to auto mark.

This is how my current list looks like.

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# This setting file can be used to automatically check applications when Patch My PC Updater is started. Just ensure this DefaultApps.Settings is in the same folder as PatchMyPC.exe.
# Currently all the apps are commented out using the # before the application name to enable the auto check remove the # before the application name

#┬ÁTorrent
#360 Total Security
7-Zip
#8GadgetPack
#Adblock Plus for IE
Adobe Air
#Adobe Flash Player
#Adobe Flash Plugin
#Adobe Acrobat DC
#Adobe Shockwave
#Advanced SystemCare
#AdwCleaner
#AIMP
#Ares
#Audacity
AutoHotkey
#AutoRun Organizer
#AVG
#Avast Free Antivirus
#calibre
#CamStudio
#CCleaner
#CDBurnerXP
#Chrome
#Classic Shell
#CMake
#CodeBlock
#ComboFix
#Copy Handler
#Core FTP LE
#CPU-Z
#CrystalDiskInfo
#CrystalDiskMark
#Cybereason RansomFree
#DavMail
#Display Driver Uninstaller
Discord
#DiskCheckup
#DOSBox
#Driver Booster
Dropbox
#EditPad Lite
#EMET
#eMule
#Evernote
#FastStone Image Viewer
FileZilla Client
#Firefox
#Foobar2000
#Format Factory
#Foxit Reader
#Free Studio
#Freemake Video Converter
#Frhed
GoG Galaxy
#GIMP
Git
#Glary Utilities
#GlassWire
#GOM Player
#Google Drive
#Google Earth
#GPU-Z
#Greenshot
#HashTab
#Hotspot Shield
#HWiNFO32
#HWiNFO64
#HWMonitor
#iCloud
#Imgburn
#IrFanView
#iTunes
Java 8 x64
Java 8 x86
#jetAudio Basic
#Kaspersky TDSSKiller
#KeePass
#K-Lite Mega Codec
#LibreOffice
#Logitech SetPoint
#Magic ISO
#Malwarebytes Anti-Virus
#Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit
#Junkware Removal Tool
#Media Player Classic
#MediaInfo
#MediaMonkey
#Microsoft Security Essentials
#MP3Tag
#Multi Commander
#MusicBee
#Nokia PC Suite
#Nokia Suite
#NotePad ++
#NoteTab Light
#OOShutup10
#OpenOffice
#Opera
Origin
#ownCloud
#Paint.Net
#Pale Moon
#PDFedit
#PDFsam Basic
#PDF-Viewer
#PeaZip
#PicPick
#Pidgin
#PNotes
#PotPlayer
#Process Hacker
#Process Lasso
#PureSync
#PuTTY
qBittorrent
#Razer Cortex
#RDCMan
#RealPlayer Cloud
#Reg Organizer
#Registry Life
#Revo Uninstaller
#RKill
#RougeKiller
#SamsungKies
#SanBoxie
#SFXMaker
#Silverlight
#Simple System Tweaker
Skype
#Soft Organizer
#SMPlayer
#SonyPC
#SpeedyFox
#Spybot Search And Destroy
#Startup Delayer
Steam
#Stereoscopic Player
#Subtitle Edit
#Subtitle Workshop
#SumatraPDF
#SUPERAntiSpyware
#SyncBackFree
#SysinternalsSuite
TeamViewer
#TeamSpeak
#Telegram
#TeraCopy
#Thunderbird
#TortoiseSVN
Unchecky
#Unlocker
UPlay
#Viber
#Virtual Box
#Vuze
VLC Media Player
#Waterfox
#WhatsApp
#WhoCrashed
#WinAMP
#WinUAE
#WinDirStat
#Windows Repair
#Windows Repair Portable
#WinMerge
Winrar
#WinSCP
#WinZip
#Wireshark
#Wise Care 365
#Wise Folder Hider
#Wise Uninstaller
#Wise Registry Cleaner
#Wise Program Uninstaller
#WorldWide Telescope
#Yahoo! Messenger
#Zoner Photo Studio


[Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC)]

Are these apps already installed on the machine. Are there any spaces in the directory where PatchMyPC.exe is located?

[Ben]

Hi Justin

Thanks for looking into this for me.

No they are not - although they have been in the past.
If I manually select the app in the GUI, then it installs as expected.  Seems to be that the text file isn't being read correctly, or its not translating through to a 'ticked' tickbox.

Thanks
Ben

[JourneyOver]

Are these apps already installed on the machine. Are there any spaces in the directory where PatchMyPC.exe is located?

Some of them are, but not all of them and I've tested several others in the list that I know for sure wasn't installed and they never had been installed and they still didn't get ticked. No spaced in the directory where PatchMyPC.exe is located at all. this is my current path where PatchMyPC and all the files are located at for it

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C:\Users\JourneyOver\Desktop\PatchMyPC but I've tested other locations as well and it doesn't seem to make a single difference on it working or not.. So far it's 100% not worked (checking anything) with the DefaultApps.settings file. So far only way for me to use PatchMyPC is through opening the program and manually ticking what I want to install.

[Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC)]

Can you email us your settings file using the tech support email form or attached it here.

[Ben]

Hi Justin

They are pretty close to original settings - I had only just downloaded the defaultapps.settings file and modified to install the one program. 

I cant seem to attach them in zip format - telling me the upload folder is full, so I'll paste contents below...

Thanks
Ben

---------patchmypc.settings-----------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Patch My PC\Options]
"SkipOracleJRE8"="1"
"SkipOracleJRE8x64"="1"
"PortableAppPath"="C:\\Users\\piadmin\\Desktop\\PortableApps"
"DownloadPath"="C:\\PatchMyPCUpdates"
"Language"="English"




----------defaultapps.settings--------------

# This setting file can be used to automatically check applications when Patch My PC Updater is started. Just ensure this DefaultApps.Settings is in the same folder as PatchMyPC.exe.
# Currently all the apps are commented out usuing the # before the application name to enable the auto check remove the # before the application name

#┬ÁTorrent
#360 Total Security
#7-Zip
#8GadgetPack
#Adblock Plus for IE
Adobe Air
#Adobe Flash Player
#Adobe Flash Plugin
Adobe Acrobat DC
#Adobe Shockwave
#Advanced SystemCare
#AdwCleaner
#AIMP
#Ares
#Audacity
#AutoHotkey
#AutoRun Organizer
#AVG
#Avast Free Antivirus
#calibre
#CamStudio
#CCleaner
#CDBurnerXP
#Chrome
#Classic Shell
#CMake
#CodeBlock
#ComboFix
#Copy Handler
#Core FTP LE
#CPU-Z
#CrystalDiskInfo
#CrystalDiskMark
#Cybereason RansomFree
#DavMail
#Display Driver Uninstaller
#Discord
#DiskCheckup
#DOSBox
#Driver Booster
#Dropbox
#EditPad Lite
#EMET
#eMule
#Evernote
#FastStone Image Viewer
#FileZilla Client
#Firefox
#Foobar2000
#Format Factory
#Foxit Reader
#Free Studio
#Freemake Video Converter
#Frhed
#GIMP
#Git
#Glary Utilities
#GlassWire
#GOM Player
#Google Drive
#Google Earth
#GPU-Z
#Greenshot
#HashTab
#Hotspot Shield
#HWiNFO32
#HWiNFO64
#HWMonitor
#iCloud
#Imgburn
#IrFanView
#iTunes
#Java 8 x64
#Java 8 x86
#jetAudio Basic
#Kaspersky TDSSKiller
#KeePass
#K-Lite Mega Codec
#LibreOffice
#Logitech SetPoint
#Magic ISO
#Malwarebytes Anti-Virus
#Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit
#Junkware Removal Tool
#Media Player Classic
#MediaInfo
#MediaMonkey
#Microsoft Security Essentials
#MP3Tag
#Multi Commander
#MusicBee
#Nokia PC Suite
#Nokia Suite
#NotePad ++
#NoteTab Light
#OOShutup10
#OpenOffice
#Opera
#Origin
#ownCloud
#Paint.Net
#Pale Moon
#PDFedit
#PDFsam Basic
#PDF-Viewer
#PeaZip
#PicPick
#Pidgin
#PNotes
#PotPlayer
#Process Hacker
#Process Lasso
#PureSync
#PuTTY
#qBittorrent
#Razer Cortex
#RDCMan
#RealPlayer Cloud
#Reg Organizer
#Registry Life
#Revo Uninstaller
#RKill
#RougeKiller
#SamsungKies
#SanBoxie
#SFXMaker
#Silverlight
#Simple System Tweaker
#Skype
#Soft Organizer
#SMPlayer
#SonyPC
#SpeedyFox
#Spybot Search And Destroy
#Startup Delayer
#Steam
#Stereoscopic Player
#Subtitle Edit
#Subtitle Workshop
#SumatraPDF
#SUPERAntiSpyware
#SyncBackFree
#SysinternalsSuite
#TeamViewer
#TeamSpeak
#Telegram
#TeraCopy
#Thunderbird
#TortoiseSVN
#Unchecky
#Unlocker
#UPlay
#Viber
#Virtual Box
#Vuze
#VLC Media Player
#Waterfox
#WhatsApp
#WhoCrashed
#WinAMP
#WinUAE
#WinDirStat
#Windows Repair
#Windows Repair Portable
#WinMerge
#Winrar
#WinSCP
#WinZip
#Wireshark
#Wise Care 365
#Wise Folder Hider
#Wise Uninstaller
#Wise Registry Cleaner
#Wise Program Uninstaller
#WorldWide Telescope
#Yahoo! Messenger
#Zoner Photo Studio

[JourneyOver]

Can you email us your settings file using the tech support email form or attached it here.

I zipped them together and tried to attach them here but I just ended up getting an error about your guys upload box being full.. so I uploaded them to mega as I don't feel like dealing with email stuff (especially when it looks like a phone # is required to even send an email to tech support)

anyways can find both setting files zipped here https://mega.nz/#!8AEARCpR!E07bFOSNr_iFs2sY58Py1Xe7LaxjuXaFxdZe0KqXX7c

[Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC)]

Why does you DefaultApps.Settings file have a .txt file extension? This would cause it not to read the DefaultApps.Settings file. After removing the .txt extension, PatchMyPC selected like 15 apps for me in my test.

[Ben]

Hi Justin

I've double checked - mine definately do not have extensions.  Other apps install when specified in the file, but ADobe Reader DC does not.

Thanks
Ben

[Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC)]

We should have the Adobe Reader issue fixed in the next update. We are aware of an issue that will cause that line not to autocheck Adobe Reader.

[Ben]

Great, thanks for looking into this Justin.

Do you know when the next update would be?

Thanks
Ben

[JourneyOver]

Why does you DefaultApps.Settings file have a .txt file extension? This would cause it not to read the DefaultApps.Settings file. After removing the .txt extension, PatchMyPC selected like 15 apps for me in my test.

that was probably a doing by my downloader..but it seemed to fix it though there are still some apps that won't mark but meh they are some that I'm not even using anyways.

[Justin Chalfant (Patch My PC)]

Probably early next month or later this month.