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Home Updater Features

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87 VOTE

Home Updater: Support for Portable Version in Version 5.0

Will there be a portable version of this new app, version 5.0, like version 4.0? I leave it on my OneDrive so I can use it on any of my devices.
Justin Chalfant 8 months ago in Home Updater Features 12 SHIPPED
60 VOTE

Home Updater: Option to not create Desktop Shortcut

I'd like the option to not create the Desktop Shortcut. I don't want a Desktop Shortcut. And currently, whenever "Patch My PC Home Updater" v5 updates, it automatically creates one that I have to delete, and it's tedious. Please provide the option...
Jacob Klein 8 months ago in Home Updater Features 5 SHIPPED
25 VOTE

Home Updater: re-add filtering applications by categories

You used to have categories for each type of software.This was extremely useful. But actually just an expected feature, that it logically should have had.Then you deleted it. WHY???Did you delete it to purposely slow us down, to purposely make usi...
Top Banana 5 months ago in Home Updater Features 4 SHIPPED
40 VOTE

Home Updater: The PortableApps Folder Should Only be Created if App Downloaded

By default, the portableapps folder is auto created and defaults to Desktop. This folder should only be created if needed because a portable app is selected and downloaded.
Justin Chalfant 8 months ago in Home Updater Features 5 SHIPPED
14 VOTE

Home Updater: Support on Arm Based Device

Please add support for Home Updater on ARM-based devices.
Justin Chalfant 3 months ago in Home Updater Features 4 SHIPPED
7 VOTE

Home Updater: Create application templates to export and import selected apps for installation

This feature existed in the older v4 version of Patch My PC Home Updater, and it would be great to bring it back. The idea is to allow users to select a set of apps they always want to install, export that list to a JSON or similar format, and the...
Justin Chalfant 3 months ago in Home Updater Features 1 SHIPPED
9 VOTE

Home Updater: Add Light Mode Option

Add the option for light-mode as well as the current dark mode.
Justin Chalfant 4 months ago in Home Updater Features 1 SHIPPED
18 VOTE

Home Updater - Import and Export Settings for New Installs

I didn't see this anywhere on the new v5 PMPC, but can we please have an option to export/import our current list of applications? It would help for reinstalls of new systems. My apologies if I did miss it - hopefully someone will post that in...
Justin Chalfant 8 months ago in Home Updater Features 6 SHIPPED
4 VOTE

Home Updater: Retain Installation Path During Upgrade of Home Updater Itself

https://forum.patchmypc.com/index.php?msg=21623 Request to improve the MSI installer for Patch My PC Home Updater to retain the existing installation path during upgrades, rather than resetting or defaulting to the standard install directory (C:\P...
Justin Chalfant about 2 months ago in Home Updater Features 1 SHIPPED
6 VOTE

Home Updater: Disable creation of Patch My PC shortcut on update

The Patch My PC team misinterpreted https://ideas.patchmypc.com/ideas/PATCHMYPC-I-5151 I would like an option to have Patch My PC to not create a shortcut for itself when it itself updates. Currently wen the Patch My PC home updater updates, it pu...
John Walter 3 months ago in Home Updater Features 1 SHIPPED