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
- Notification in catalog release notes page and newsletter of EOL and removal of application from the Patch My PC Catalog
- 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.
| Vendor | Product | Reason for Removal |
|---|---|---|
| Acro Software | CutePDF | Silent Installer Removed |
| Adobe Systems, Inc. | Adobe Acrobat 2015 Classic | End of Support 7/7/2020 |
| Adobe Systems, Inc. | Adobe Acrobat 2017 Classic | End of Support 6/6/2022 |
| Adobe Systems, Inc. | Adobe Acrobat Reader 2015 Classic | End of Support 7/7/2020 |
| Adobe Systems, Inc. | Adobe Acrobat Reader 2017 Classic | End of Support 6/6/2022 |
| Adobe Systems, Inc. | Adobe Air | End of Life - December 2020 - End Of Life Page |
| Adobe Systems, Inc. | Adobe Digital Editions | Removed as ConfigMgr App, Intune App and Intune Update due to versioning difficulties (11/23/2021) |
| Adobe Systems, Inc. | Adobe Shockwave Player | End of Life - 04/09/2019 - End Of Life Page |
| Adobe Systems, Inc. | Flash Player | End of Life: 12/31/2020 |
| AdoptOpenJDK | AdoptOpenJDK | Transitioned to New Product - Eclipse Foundation Temurin JDK |
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Tomcat 6 | End of Life - 12/31/2016 |
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Tomcat 7 | End of Life - 03/31/2021 |
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Tomcat 8.0 | End of Life - 06/30/2018 |
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Tomcat 10.0 | End of Life - 01/31/2023 |
| Apple | Apple Quicktime | End of Life - 04/14/2019 |
| Apple | Apple Safari | End of Life - 05/09/2012 |
| Atlassian | HipChat | End of Life - 02/19/2019 |
| Autodesk | Autodesk Desktop Connector | Installer format change - 4/28/2021 |
| Autodesk | Autodesk Revit 2023 | Installer size limitation- 03-2023 |
| Barco | ClickShare Launcher | Installer format change |
| Canneverbe Limited | CDBurner XP (x86 and x64) | Download no longer secure. SSL Error. 03/30/2023 |
| Citrix | Citrix Receiver | End of Life - Replaced by Citrix Workspace |
| Dell Inc. | Dell Command Update | Replaced 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 6 | End Of Life |
| Foolish IT LLC | Crypro Prevent | Installer Format and Download change |
| Google Picasa | End of Life - 10/09/2015 | |
| Ivo Beltchev | Classic Shell | End of Life - 12/03/2017 |
| Microsoft | .Net Core Runtime 2 and 3 | Last PMPC update - 4/13/2021 - Microsoft Provides Updates via WSUS |
| Microsoft | .Net Core SDK 2 and 3 | Last PMPC update - 4/13/2021 - Microsoft Provides Updates via WSUS |
| Microsoft | Microsoft .NET Runtime and Hosting Bundle | Last PMPC update - 7/2022 - Microsoft Provides Updates via WSUS and Microsoft Update |
| Microsoft | Microsoft ConfigMgr Client Toolkit | End of Life - 12 July 2022 - EOL Announcement |
| Nmap Project | Nmap | Silent Installer Removed, only available in OEM binaries now. |
| Node.js Foundation | Node.js 10 LTS | End of Life - 30 Apr 2021 |
| Node.js Foundation | Node.js 12 LTS | End of Life - 30 Apr 2022 |
| Oracle | Java 7 | End of Life - Extended support ended July 2022 - End of Life Page |
| Oracle | Virtualbox 5 | End of Life - Replaced by VirtualBox 6 |
| PDFForge | PDFCreator | Silent Installer Removed |
| Phillip Beauvoir | Archi (x86) | 32-bit installer no longer provided - 8/5/2019 |
| RealVNC | VNC Enterprise | End of Life - Replaced by VNC Connect |
| Squirrels LLC | Airsquirrels Reflector Teacher (x86/x64) | Replaced by Reflector 4 - 6/3/2022 |
| Sublime HQ | Sublime Text | No Version information in Registry |
| Telerik Inc. | Progress TestStudio Ultimate 2019 | End Of Life |
| Telerik Inc. | Progress TestStudio Ultimate 2018 | End 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! Messenger | End of Life - 03/13/2012 |
| XK72 Ltd | Charles (x86) | 32-bit installer no longer provided |
Note: 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.