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Did you know your computer needs regular updates to stay secure? In fact, 70% of successful malware attacks exploit outdated vulnerabilities (aka not “patching” your PC).
Instead of spending time manually updating every single program on your home computer, our free software does it for you—updating over 500 applications automatically! This keeps your PC safe from security risks without the hassle. It’s easy, free, and helps keep hackers away.
Don’t be part of the 55% of home users who are unaware of the importance of updating their software*. The Home Updater will make patching your PC easy.
*According to the Ponemon Vulnerability Survey
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Home Updater Supported Applications
Patch My PC Home Updater makes it easy to update hundreds of popular apps on your home PC automatically. We support a wide range of categories, including browsers, media players, utilities, security tools, and productivity software.
| Icon | Vendor | Name |
|---|---|---|
 | 360 Security Center | 360 Total Security |
 | Open Media LLC | 4K Video Downloader |
 | Open Media LLC | 4K Video Downloader+ |
 | Igor Pavlov | 7-Zip |
 | 8GadgetPack.net | 8GadgetPack |
 | Adobe | Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) |
 | HARMAN International | Adobe AIR |
 | Adobe Systems Incorporated | Adobe Digital Editions |
 | Caphyon | Advanced Installer |
 | Famatech | Advanced IP Scanner |
 | Hulubulu Software | Advanced Renamer |
 | IObit | Advanced SystemCare |
 | Innovative Solutions | Advanced Uninstaller PRO |
 | AdwCleaner | |
 | AeroAdmin | |
 | Artem Izmaylov | AIMP |
 | http://www.airexplorer.net | Air Explorer |
 | Sand Studio | AirDroid |
 | MTSD | AllDup |
| AllDup Portable | |
 | Botkind Inc | Allway Sync |
 | Amazon | Amazon Kindle |
 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | AMD Ryzen Master |
 | Google LLC | Android Studio |
 | Angry IP Scanner | Angry IP Scanner |
 | Anki | Anki |
 | Anvsoft | Any Video Converter |
 | Power Software Ltd | AnyBurn |
 | AnyDesk Software GmbH | AnyDesk |
| AnyDesk Portable | |
 | Deezer | Deezer |
 | The Apache Software Foundation | Apache Tomcat |
 | AS SSD Benchmark | |
 | Atlas Playbook | |
 | Audacity Team | Audacity |
 | Auslogics Labs Pty Ltd | Auslogics Disk Defrag |
 | Twilio Inc. | Authy Desktop |
 | Armin Osaj & Samuel Schiegg | Auto Dark Mode |
 | AutoHotkey Foundation LLC | AutoHotkey |
 | AutoIt Team | AutoIt |
 | ChemTable Software | Autorun Organizer |
 | Autoruns | |
 | Avast Software | Avast Free Antivirus |
 | AVG Technologies | AVG AntiVirus FREE |
 | Google, Inc. | Backup and Sync from Google |
 | balenaEtcher | |
 | Bandicam.com | Bandicam |
 | Bandicam.com | Bandicut |
 | Bandisoft.com | Bandizip |
 | Blizzard Entertainment | Battle.Net |
 | Marcin Szeniak | BCUninstaller |
 | BD Rebuilder | |
 | Bitdefender | BDAntiRansomware |
 | BDInfo | |
 | Belarc, Inc. | Belarc Advisor |
 | Betterbird Project | Betterbird |
 | MonkeyMatt | Big Stretch Reminder |
 | Bitwarden Inc. | BitWarden |
 | BleachBit | BleachBit |
 | Blender Foundation | Blender |
 | BlueScreenView 64-Bit | |
 | Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley | BOINC |
 | BOOTICE | |
 | Botim | |
 | Box, Inc. | Box Drive |
 | brackets.io | Brackets |
 | Brave Software Inc | Brave |
 | Bullzip | Bullzip PDF Studio |
 | Kovid Goyal | Calibre |
 | Canva Pty Ltd | Canva |
 | Piriform | CCleaner |
| CCleaner Portable | |
 | GameSave Manager | |
 | Vitzo LLC | ClipClip |
 | Cloudflare, Inc. | Cloudflare WARP |
 | Kitware | CMake |
 | CMTrace | |
 | The Code::Blocks Team | CodeBlocks |
 | Codec Tweak Tool | |
 | ComboFix | |
 | Rizonesoft | Complete Internet Repair |
| Complete Internet Repair Portable | |
 | Józef Starosczyk | Copy Handler |
 | Lukas Holecek | CopyQ |
 | CoreFTP | Core FTP LE |
 | Corsair | Corsair iCUE5 Software |
 | CPUID, Inc. | CPUID CPU-Z |
 | CPUID, Inc. | CPUID HWMonitor |
 | Crucial | Crucial Storage Executive |
 | Skymatic GmbH | Cryptomator |
 | Crystal Dew World | CrystalDiskInfo |
| CrystalDiskInfo Portable | |
 | Crystal Dew World | CrystalDiskMark |
| CrystalDiskMark Portable | |
 | CUETools | |
 | iterate GmbH | Cyberduck |
 | the darktable project | Darktable |
 | DaVinci Resolve | |
 | Mickaël Guessant | DavMail |
 | DAX Studio | DAX Studio |
 | DBeaver Corp | DBeaver |
 | DbVis Software AB | DbVisualizer |
 | Piriform | Defraggler |
 | Dell Inc. | Dell Command | Update for Windows Universal |
 | Dell Inc. | Dell SupportAssist |
 | DesktopOK (x64) | |
 | Detect It Easy | |
 | Device Cleanup Tool | |
 | Dialpad | Dialpad |
 | Discord Inc. | Discord |
 | PassMark Software | DiskCheckup |
 | Dism++ | |
 | Display Driver Uninstaller | |
 | DisplayLink Corp. | DisplayLink Graphics |
 | Scott Brogden | Ditto |
 | DNS Benchmark | |
 | DNS Jumper | |
 | Docker Inc. | Docker Desktop |
 | pXc-coding.com | DoNotSpy11 |
 | DOSBox | |
 | DosBox-X | |
 | JGraph | draw.io |
 | IObit | Driver Booster |
 | Easeware | Driver Easy |
 | Dropbox, Inc. | Dropbox |
 | DShutdown | |
 | Hardcoded Software | DupeGuru |
 | Electronic Arts | EA App |
 | eac3to | |
 | EagleGet | EagleGet |
 | EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard | |
 | EaseUS Partition Master | |
 | Just Great Software | EditPad Lite |
 | eM Client Inc. | eM Client |
 | Emsisoft Emergency Kit | |
 | eMule | |
 | Enpass Technologies Inc. | Enpass |
 | Epic Games, Inc. | Epic Games Launcher |
 | The Eraser Project | Eraser |
 | ESET AV Remover | |
 | Evernote Corporation | Evernote |
 | voidtools | Everything |
 | Andre Wiethoff | Exact Audio Copy |
 | Exiftool (x64) Portable | |
 | FrankB | ExiftoolGUI |
| ExiftoolGUI (x64) Portable | |
 | f.lux Software LLC | f.lux |
 | FakeDriveCheck | |
 | Remi Mercier Software Inc | FanControl |
| FanControl Portable | |
 | Farbar Recovery Scan Tool | |
 | FastStone Corporation | FastStone Image Viewer |
 | FastStone Corporation | FastStone Photo Resizer |
 | FAT32 Format GUI (x64) | |
 | FFmpeg | |
 | Figma, Inc. | Figma |
 | FileOptimizer | |
 | Tim Kosse | FileZilla |
 | FileZilla Server | |
 | FLAC Encoder | |
 | FlashPeak Inc. | FlashPeak Slimjet |
 | Peter Pawlowski | foobar2000 |
 | Nodir Temirkhodjaev | Fort Firewall |
 | Foxit Software Inc. | Foxit PDF Reader |
 | Softdeluxe | Free Download Manager |
 | Digital Wave Ltd | Free Studio |
 | FreeCAD Team | FreeCAD |
 | FreeCommander XE | |
 | Mixbyte Inc. | Freemake Video Converter |
 | Mixbyte Inc. | Freemake Video Downloader |
 | Open source | Freeplane |
 | WhirlwindFX | SignalRGB |
 | Wing Software | FTP Rush |
 | Garmin Basecamp | |
 | Garmin Ltd or its subsidiaries | Garmin Express |
 | Geek Uninstaller | |
 | The GIMP Team | GIMP |
 | The Git Development Community | Git |
 | Github, Inc. | GitHub Desktop |
 | Glarysoft Ltd | Glary Utilities |
 | GlassWire | |
 | gMKVExtractGUI | |
 | GOG.com | GOG GALAXY |
 | GOM & Company | GOM Audio |
 | GOM & Company | GOM Player |
 | Google LLC | Google Chrome |
 | Google LLC | Google Drive |
 | Google Earth Pro | |
 | The Gpg4win Project | Gpg4win |
 | GPU-Z | |
 | Grammarly for Windows | |
 | Greenshot | Greenshot |
 | GSmartControl | |
 | GZDoom | |
 | HandBrake | |
 | Hasleo Windows ISO Downloader | |
 | HDCleaner | |
 | Ansgar Becker | HeidiSQL |
 | Hiren's BootCD PE x64 (ISO) | |
 | Pango Inc. | Hotspot Shield |
 | Martin Malik, REALiX s.r.o. | HWiNFO |
 | Duong Dieu Phap | ImageGlass |
 | ImageMagick Studio LLC | ImageMagick |
 | LIGHTNING UK! | ImgBurn |
 | Inkscape | Inkscape |
 | InSpectre | |
 | Intel Corporation | Intel(R) Extreme Tuning Utility |
 | Intel(R) Corporation | Intel(R) PresentMon |
 | Intelligent Standby List Cleaner | |
 | IObit | IObit Malware Fighter 11 |
 | IObit | IObit Protected Folder |
 | IObit | IObit SysInfo Free |
 | IObit | IObit Uninstaller |
 | IObit | IObit Unlocker |
 | Irfan Skiljan | IrfanView |
 | IsMyHdOK | |
 | IsMyLcdOK | |
 | Oracle Corporation | Java 8 |
 | COWON | jetAudio Basic |
 | Laurent Cozic | Joplin |
 | KLCP | K-Lite Mega Codec Pack |
 | Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool 2020 | |
 | KDE e.V. | kdenlive |
 | KDE e.V. | KDiff3 |
 | Dominik Reichl | KeePass Password Safe |
 | KeePassXC Team | KeePassXC |
 | KeyTweak - Keyboard Remapper | |
 | Kingston SSD Manager | |
 | KiTTY | |
 | XBMC Foundation | Kodi |
 | Krita Foundation | Krita |
 | LastPass US LP. | LastPass |
 | Resplendence Software Projects Sp. | LatencyMon |
 | Code Jelly | Launchy |
 | LAV Filters | |
 | Lenovo | Lenovo System Update |
 | Libre Hardware Monitor | |
 | LibreCAD Team | LibreCAD |
 | The Document Foundation | LibreOffice |
 | LMMS Developers | LMMS |
 | Logitech | Logi Tune |
 | Logitech | Logitech G HUB |
 | Logitech Gaming Software | |
 | Logitech | Logitech Options |
 | Logitech | Logitech SetPoint |
 | Loom, Inc. | Loom |
 | madVR | |
 | MakeMKV | |
 | Malwarebytes | Malwarebytes |
 | The Maxthon Authors | Maxthon |
 | McAfee Removal Tool | |
 | MediaArea.net | MediaInfo |
 | Ventis Media Inc. | MediaMonkey |
 | MeGUI | |
 | Mendeley Reference Manager | |
 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft PowerBI Desktop (x64) |
 | Microsoft Show or Hide Updates Troubleshooter | |
 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio |
 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable |
| Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) |
| Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 |
| Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 |
| Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable |
| Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable |
| Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64) |
| Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) |
| Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) |
| Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) |
| Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) |
| Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) |
 | Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Visual Studio Code |
 | MiKTeX.org | MiKTeX |
 | Moritz Bunkus | MKVToolNix |
 | Mobatek | MobaXterm |
 | Mozilla | Mozilla Firefox |
 | Mozilla | Mozilla Firefox ESR |
 | Mozilla | Mozilla Thunderbird |
 | mp3DirectCut | |
 | Florian Heidenreich | Mp3tag |
| MPC-HC Team | MPC-HC |
 | Next Generation Software | mRemoteNG |
 | MSI Co., LTD | MSI Afterburner |
| MSI Program Install and Uninstall | |
 | Mathias Svensson | MultiCommander |
 | Mumble VoIP | Mumble |
 | MuseScore BVBA and Others | MuseScore |
 | Steven Mayall | MusicBee |
 | MusicBrainz | MusicBrainz Picard |
 | F.J. Wechselberger | MyPhoneExplorer |
 | NAPS2 Software | NAPS2 |
 | Nextcloud GmbH | Nextcloud |
 | Nirlauncher | |
 | Node.js Foundation | Node.js |
 | NoMachine S.a.r.l. | NoMachine |
 | Notepad++ Team | Notepad++ |
 | Fookes Holding Ltd | NoteTab Light |
 | NV Access | NVDA |
 | NVIDIA Chat with RTX | |
 | NVIDIA Corporation | NVIDIA GeForce Experience |
 | NVIDIA Corporation | NVIDIA PhysX |
 | OBS Project | OBS Studio |
 | Obsidian | Obsidian |
 | Ocenaudio Team | ocenaudio |
 | ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors | |
 | OOShutUp10 | |
 | The Open-Shell Team | Open-Shell |
 | namazso | OpenHashTab |
 | Apache Software Foundation | OpenOffice |
 | OpenRGB (64-Bit) | |
 | OpenShot Studios, LLC | OpenShot Video Editor |
 | OpenVPN, Inc. | OpenVPN |
 | Opera Software | Opera GX |
 | Opera Software | Opera Stable |
 | Optimizer | |
 | Oracle and/or its affiliates | Oracle VirtualBox |
 | ownCloud GmbH | ownCloud |
 | dotPDN LLC | Paint.net |
 | Moonchild Productions | Pale Moon |
 | pCloud AG | pCloud Drive |
 | Tracker Software Products Ltd | PDF-Viewer |
 | PDF-XChange Editor | |
 | geek software GmbH | PDF24 Creator |
 | PdfEdit team | Pdfedit |
 | PDFsam Basic | |
 | Giorgio Tani | PeaZip |
 | NGWIN | PicPick |
 | Pidgin | |
 | Plex, Inc. | Plex Media Server |
 | Andrey Gruber | PNotes.NET |
 | Postman | Postman |
 | Kakao Corp. | PotPlayer |
 | Microsoft Corporation | PowerShell 7-x64 |
 | Microsoft Corporation | PowerToys |
 | Cybertron Software Co., Ltd. | Privacy Eraser |
 | Goversoft LLC | PrivaZer |
 | wj32 | Process Hacker |
 | Bitsum | Process Lasso |
 | ProduKey 64-Bit | |
 | Progress Software Corporation | Progress Telerik Fiddler |
 | Proton AG | Proton VPN |
 | Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. | PS Remote Play |
 | Jan Fiala | PSPad Editor |
 | Jumping Bytes | PureSync |
 | PureText | |
 | Simon Tatham | PuTTY |
| PuTTY Portable | |
 | Python Software Foundation | Python |
 | Q-Dir | |
 | The qBittorrent project | qBittorrent |
 | R Core Team | R for Windows |
 | Rainmeter | Rainmeter |
 | Raspberry Pi Ltd | Raspberry Pi Imager |
 | RealVNC | RealVNC Server |
 | RealVNC | RealVNC Viewer |
 | Piriform | Recuva |
 | ChemTable Software | Reg Organizer |
 | ChemTable Software | Registry Life |
 | Devolutions inc. | Remote Desktop Manager |
 | Remote Utilities - Host | |
 | Remote Utilities - Viewer | |
 | den4b Team | ReNamer |
 | Resilio, Inc. | Resilio Sync |
 | Angus Johnson | Resource Hacker |
 | Libretro | RetroArch |
 | VS Revo Group, Ltd. | Revo Uninstaller |
 | RKill | |
 | Siber Systems | RoboForm |
 | Adlice Software | RogueKill |
| RogueKiller Portable (x64) | |
 | Posit Software | RStudio |
 | Rufus | |
 | RustDesk | RustDesk |
 | The SABnzbd Team | SABnzbd |
 | Sabrent Rocket Control Panel | |
 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Samsung DeX |
 | Sandboxie-Plus.com | Sandboxie |
 | http://xanasoft.com/ | Sandboxie-Plus |
 | Scratch Foundation | Scratch 3 |
 | EIZO Corporation | Screen InStyle |
 | Learnpulse | Screenpresso |
 | Nicke Manarin | ScreenToGif |
 | The Scribus Team | Scribus |
 | SeaMonkey e.V. | SeaMonkey |
 | SFXMaker | |
 | ShareX Team | ShareX |
 | Meltytech | Shotcut |
 | Sigil-Ebook | Sigil |
 | Signal Messenger, LLC | Signal |
 | bitbeans | Simple DNSCrypt |
 | Automattic, Inc. | Simplenote |
 | Henry++ | Simplewall |
 | Skype Technologies S.A. | Skype |
 | IObit | Smart Defrag |
 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Smart Switch |
 | Ricardo Villalba | SMPlayer |
 | Snappy Driver Installer Origin | |
 | ChemTable Software | Soft Organizer |
 | SoftMaker FreeOffice 2021 | |
 | SpaceSniffer | |
 | Piriform | Speccy |
 | SpeedCrunch | SpeedCrunch |
 | SpeedyFox | |
 | Safer-Networking Ltd. | Spybot - Search |
 | SRWare | SRWare Iron |
 | SSD Booster .NET | |
 | Abelssoft | SSDFresh |
 | StaxRip | |
 | Valve Corporation | Steam |
 | SteelSeries ApS | SteelSeries GG |
 | Stellarium Team | Stellarium |
 | Streamlabs Desktop | |
 | Nikse | Subtitle Edit |
 | Subtitle Workshop | |
| Subtitle Workshop Portable | |
 | Krzysztof Kowalczyk | SumatraPDF |
 | SUPERAntiSpyware.com | SUPERAntiSpyware |
 | 2BrightSparks | SyncBackFree |
 | Sysinternals Suite | |
 | Tablacus Explorer | |
 | Tableau Software, LLC | Tableau Reader |
 | Sergey Serkov | TagScanner |
 | TakeOwnershipPro 1.6 | |
 | TeamSpeak Systems GmbH | TeamSpeak 3 Client |
 | TeamViewer | TeamViewer |
 | Telegram FZ-LLC | Telegram |
 | Code Sector | TeraCopy |
 | Benito van der Zander | TeXstudio |
 | The Thorium Authors | Thorium |
 | GlavSoft LLC. | TightVNC |
 | Tor Browser | |
 | Torrent File Editor | |
 | TortoiseSVN | TortoiseSVN |
 | TrafficMonitor | |
 | Transmission Project | Transmission |
 | JAM Software | TreeSize Free |
 | Trellix Stinger | |
| Tremotesf | Tremotesf |
 | Cerulean Studios, LLC | Trillian |
 | Tron | |
 | New Breed Software | Tux Paint |
 | Tweaking.com | Tweaking.com - Windows Repair |
 | Chris Klimas | Twine |
 | Ubisoft | Ubisoft Connect |
 | UltiMaker | Ultimaker Cura |
 | Ultimate Windows Tweaker | |
 | UltraDefrag Development Team | Ultra Defragmenter |
 | JAM Software | UltraSearch |
 | UltraSurf | |
 | uvnc bvba | UltraVNC |
 | Reason Software Company Inc. | Unchecky |
 | Unity Technologies Inc. | Unity Hub |
 | Cedrick Collomb | Unlocker |
 | Upscayl | |
 | USB Device Tree Viewer | |
 | Veeam Software Group GmbH | Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows |
 | Ventoy | |
 | IDRIX | VeraCrypt |
 | Viber Media S.a.r.l | Viber |
 | Elaborate Bytes | VirtualCloneDrive |
 | Visual C++ Redistributable Runtimes AIO Repack | |
 | Microsoft Corporation | Visual Studio Community 2022 |
 | Vivaldi | |
 | VideoLAN | VLC Media player |
 | VMware, Inc. | VMware Horizon Client |
 | VMware, Inc. | VMware Player |
 | Alexandr Irza | Volume2 |
 | Waterfox | |
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 | WHDLoad Download Tool | |
 | Resplendence Software Projects Sp. | WhoCrashed |
 | WhyNotWin11 | |
 | Winaero | Winaero Tweaker |
 | Nullsoft, Inc | Winamp |
 | WinDirStat | |
 | Windows 10 Debloater | |
 | Windows 10 Media Creation Tool | |
| Windows 11 Debloater | |
| Windows 11 Media Creation Tool | |
| Windows Repair Portable | |
 | Windows Update MiniTool | |
 | Felix Rieseberg | Windows95 |
 | Windscribe Limited | Windscribe |
 | Thingamahoochie Software | WinMerge |
 | win.rar GmbH | WinRAR |
 | Martin Prikryl | WinSCP |
 | Arabuusimiehet | WinUAE |
 | The Wireshark developer community, https://www.wireshark.org | Wireshark |
 | Lespeed Technology Co., Ltd | Wise Auto Shutdown |
 | Lespeed Technology Co., Ltd | Wise Care 365 |
 | Lespeed Technology Co., Ltd | Wise Data Recovery |
 | Lespeed Technology Co., Ltd | Wise Disk Cleaner |
 | Lespeed Technology Co., Ltd | Wise Folder Hider |
 | Lespeed Technology Co., Ltd | Wise Game Booster |
 | Lespeed Technology Co., Ltd | Wise Hotkey |
 | Lespeed Technology Co., Ltd | Wise JetSearch |
 | Lespeed Technology Co., Ltd | Wise Memory Optimizer |
 | Lespeed Technology Co., Ltd | Wise Program Uninstaller |
 | Lespeed Technology Co., Ltd | Wise Registry Cleaner |
 | Antibody Software | WizTree |
 | Automattic Inc. | Wordpress |
 | Rob Caelers & Raymond Penners | Workrave |
 | Kingsoft Corp. | WPS Office |
 | WSUS Offline Updates | |
 | Apache Friends | XAMPP |
 | XMedia Recode 64bit | XMedia Recode |
 | Gougelet Pierre-e | XnView |
 | Pierre-e Gougelet | XnView MP |
 | Yandex | Yandex |
 | yWriter7 | |
 | ZeroTier, Inc. | ZeroTier One |
 | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. | Zoom Workplace |
 | Corporation for Digital Scholarship | Zotero |
Watch How to Guide for the Home Updater
If you’re a PC user only using a few computers, the guide below will show you the basics of using our software.
FAQ
Home Updater Common Questions
Have a question about our free home updater? Here you will find common questions we get about our Home Updater. If you don’t find what you need, you can always get in contact with our team using our support forum.
What Are The System Requirements?
- Microsoft .NET Framework 8
- Internet access
- A 64-bit version of Windows that supported by Microsoft
Will Home Updater Version 4 (Portable) automatically update to Version 5 (MSI)?
The Portable of Home Updater (v4) will not automatically update to Version 5 right now. Version 5 was available for download via an MSI installer on October 22, 2024. We plan to gradually begin auto-upgrading users from the Version 4 portable app to Version 5 over the next couple of months.
If you prefer to upgrade immediately, you can download the MSI version linked above and manually delete your previous portable version.
Where is the Release History for Patch My PC's Home Updater
Please see https://patchmypc.com/home-updater-release-notes for release.
How Do I Update Patch My PC Updater to the Latest Version?
Patch My PC Updater automatically checks for updates daily via a scheduled task and also when you close the app. If a new version is available, it will update itself automatically.
You can also manually check for updates anytime by going to the About tab and clicking Check for Updates. If you prefer, you can disable the auto-update feature in the options panel.
How to Stop Automatic Updates for a Specific App?
To stop a specific app from auto-updating, simply click the three dots (⁝) next to the app in the “My Apps” list, and select Disable Auto Updating. This will prevent the app from being updated automatically in the future.
What's the Difference Between a Portable and Non-Portable App?
A portable app in the Home Updater is an application that doesn’t actually install on your PC. Instead, portable apps download into the folder you select in the “Portables Location” as shown in the screenshot below.
Portable apps will download as an EXE or ZIP file directly. We will only detect and update portable apps that were originally downloaded through the Home Updater.
Can I Schedule Automatic Updates with Patch My PC Updater?
Yes, Patch My PC Updater allows you to automatically update software on a schedule. You can configure the scheduler by turning it on, selecting your preferred time, and setting the frequency (daily, weekly, etc.).
Once set, the updater will run automatically at the specified times. You can also enable additional options like running updates ASAP if missed or ensuring updates occur even if you’re not logged in. Be sure to save your schedule after configuring it.
Can Patch My PC Updater Install New Apps or Just Update Existing Ones?
Patch My PC Updater can do both. You can install new applications by going to the App Library, selecting the app you want, and checking the box next to it. Even if the app isn’t currently installed, Patch My PC will install it for you.
What Command Line Options Are Available?
- /s (Will run any needed updates automatically with no graphical interface)
- /auto (Will run any needed updates automatically with a graphical interface)
Can I Download the Previous Portable Version of Home Updater?
Yes, for now, you can still download the previous portable version of Patch My PC Home Updater.
However, we plan to have all previous versions automatically upgraded to version 5 in the coming months.
How To Report A Bug / Request Feature
- Create an account on our Support Forum
- Create a new topic on our Bug Board
- Create a new topic on our New Features and Software Board
Uninstalling Patch My PC Updater
To uninstall Patch My PC Home Updater:
- Open the Start Menu and type Add or Remove Programs, then press Enter.
- In the search bar at the top of the window, type Home Updater.
- Click on Home Updater in the list of installed programs and select Uninstall.
- Follow the prompts to complete the uninstallation process.