How Products are Handled at End-Of-Life (EOL) or Become Incompatible

We remove products from our supported products list for a few reasons. The primary reasons for products being removed from our catalog are:

  • The product is End-of-Life (EOL) by the vendor
  • Other compatibility issues related to silent install or versioning

Process and Timeline for Products Reaching End-of-Life

When a product nears it’s official end-of-life date, the following actions will be taken by Patch My PC. Patch My PC will attempt to adhere to the following timeline, assuming we are aware of the scheduled end-of-life of an application.
  •  3 Months Prior to End-of-Life
  • 1 Month Prior to End-of-Life
    • Notification in catalog release notes page and newsletter of EOL and removal of application from the Patch My PC Catalog
    • Creation of removal tool added to Patch My PC Catalog to ease the process of removal of application (if removal tool is available from vendor)
  • 1 Week Prior to End-of-Life
    • Notification in catalog release notes page and newsletter of EOL and removal of application from the Patch My PC Catalog
  • Day of End-of-Life
    • Notification in catalog release notes page and newsletter of EOL and removal of application from the Patch My PC Catalog
    • Unsupported application is expired in the Patch My PC Catalog, and can no longer be published
  • 1 Month Post Application End-of-Life
    • Unsupported application is removed from the Patch My PC Catalog

List of Products Removed due to End-of-Life or Compatability Issues

The table below lists products removed from our catalog due to the end-of-life by the vendor.

VendorProductReason for Removal
Acro SoftwareCutePDFSilent Installer Removed
Adobe Systems, Inc.Adobe Acrobat 2015 ClassicEnd of Support 7/7/2020
Adobe Systems, Inc.Adobe Acrobat 2017 ClassicEnd of Support 6/6/2022
Adobe Systems, Inc.Adobe Acrobat Reader 2015 ClassicEnd of Support 7/7/2020
Adobe Systems, Inc.Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017 ClassicEnd of Support 6/6/2022
Adobe Systems, Inc.Adobe AirEnd of Life - December 2020 - End Of Life Page
Adobe Systems, Inc.Adobe Digital EditionsRemoved as ConfigMgr App, Intune App and Intune Update due to versioning difficulties (11/23/2021)
Adobe Systems, Inc.Adobe Shockwave PlayerEnd of Life - 04/09/2019 - End Of Life Page
Adobe Systems, Inc.Flash PlayerEnd of Life: 12/31/2020
AdoptOpenJDKAdoptOpenJDKTransitioned to New Product - Eclipse Foundation Temurin JDK
Apache Software FoundationApache Tomcat 6End of Life - 12/31/2016
Apache Software FoundationApache Tomcat 7End of Life - 03/31/2021
Apache Software FoundationApache Tomcat 8.0End of Life - 06/30/2018
Apache Software FoundationApache Tomcat 10.0End of Life - 01/31/2023
AppleApple QuicktimeEnd of Life - 04/14/2019
AppleApple SafariEnd of Life - 05/09/2012
AtlassianHipChatEnd of Life - 02/19/2019
AutodeskAutodesk Desktop ConnectorInstaller format change - 4/28/2021
AutodeskAutodesk Revit 2023Installer size limitation- 03-2023
BarcoClickShare LauncherInstaller format change
Canneverbe LimitedCDBurner XP (x86 and x64)Download no longer secure. SSL Error. 03/30/2023
CitrixCitrix ReceiverEnd of Life - Replaced by Citrix Workspace
Dell Inc.Dell Command UpdateReplaced by Dell Command Update for Windows 10 (Soon to be renamed to Dell Command Update for Windows Universal)
ESET, spol. s r .o.ESET Endpoint Security 6End Of Life
Foolish IT LLCCrypro PreventInstaller Format and Download change
GoogleGoogle PicasaEnd of Life - 10/09/2015
Ivo BeltchevClassic ShellEnd of Life - 12/03/2017
Microsoft.Net Core Runtime 2 and 3Last PMPC update - 4/13/2021 - Microsoft Provides Updates via WSUS
Microsoft.Net Core SDK 2 and 3Last PMPC update - 4/13/2021 - Microsoft Provides Updates via WSUS
MicrosoftMicrosoft .NET Runtime and Hosting BundleLast PMPC update - 7/2022 - Microsoft Provides Updates via WSUS and Microsoft Update
MicrosoftMicrosoft ConfigMgr Client ToolkitEnd of Life - 12 July 2022 - EOL Announcement
Nmap ProjectNmapSilent Installer Removed, only available in OEM binaries now.
Node.js FoundationNode.js 10 LTSEnd of Life - 30 Apr 2021
Node.js FoundationNode.js 12 LTSEnd of Life - 30 Apr 2022
OracleJava 7End of Life - Extended support ended July 2022 - End of Life Page
OracleVirtualbox 5End of Life - Replaced by VirtualBox 6
PDFForgePDFCreatorSilent Installer Removed
Phillip BeauvoirArchi (x86)32-bit installer no longer provided - 8/5/2019
RealVNCVNC EnterpriseEnd of Life - Replaced by VNC Connect
Squirrels LLCAirsquirrels Reflector Teacher (x86/x64)Replaced by Reflector 4 - 6/3/2022
Sublime HQSublime TextNo Version information in Registry
Telerik Inc.Progress TestStudio Ultimate 2019End Of Life
Telerik Inc.Progress TestStudio Ultimate 2018End Of Life
WinZip Computing, S.L.WinZip 19.5 (x86/x64)End Of Life
WinZip Computing, S.L.WinZip 20.5 (x86/x64)End Of Life
Yahoo!Yahoo! MessengerEnd of Life - 03/13/2012
XK72 LtdCharles (x86)32-bit installer no longer provided

More InformationNote: If there are any products where compatibility issues list above may be resolved in a newer update, please open a technical support case to let us know.