Patch My PC Publisher Releases

This release contains a variety of features, improvements, and fixes, as noted below.

This will be made available via the self-update channel over the coming days. You can upgrade in place now by downloading the latest MSI installer.

Features

Improvements

  • PowerShell detection scripts no longer call whoami. This resolves issues where the PATH environment variable may have conflicting whoami processes.
    • The ‘recreate detection‘ right-click option can be used to generate new scripts with this change. Otherwise, products will have the script updated when a new version is released.
  • Product selections are stored and matched based on a product Id
  • A message box will appear when a ‘latest‘ product is selected. This message box contains a brief note about how products with multiple versions are handled and provides a help button for more info.
  • Improve how we search for ConfigMgr application content.
  • When creating the cloud connection in the Publisher, the System Default browser will now be used.
    • If needed, the embedded web browser can still be used with a registry flag.
  • The ‘Collect Logs‘ button now collects all PowerShell detection scripts modified within the last 7 days. The scripts are renamed to have a .txt extension before being added to the zip file.
  • Additional default translations added to Manage Conflicting Processes
    • Added German, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish
    • Fixed Dutch translation
  • Icons in the product treeview now indicate if the product requires local content, or is configured to skip the install if running by default.

An image showing the Patch My PC Publisher product treeview with icons and tooltips indicating if a product needs a manual downoad, or Manage Conflicting Processes configured.

Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that caused a null reference exception if a recommended pre script, and a recommended post script were configured on a product.
  • The configured proxy will be used to get an access token during cloud connection creation.
  • Disconnecting from the cloud tab did not save to settings.
Published On April 16, 2024