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8 VOTE
Status NOTED
Created by Andrew Jimenez
Created on Sep 30, 2021

Enable Self-Update Feature

Patch My PC can disable an application's built-in self-update mechanism, but there is no equivalent option to restore or re-enable it after it has been disabled. Customers may change their application-management approach and need to return control to the vendor's self-updater without manually reversing changes or republishing applications.

Provide an option to re-enable or restore the application self-updater for applications managed through Patch My PC Publisher and Patch My PC Cloud.

The capability should behave consistently across both products while allowing product-specific delivery work where required.

  • ADMIN RESPONSE
    Oct 22, 2026

    Thank you - we've read and noted this Feature Request. We triage and stack rank based on customer demand (Vote counts), resourcing and other factors and will update the status if/when this Feature makes progress.

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  • Guest
    Mar 7, 2022

    Unchecking it resolved the issue for IE for us. Firefox continues to be managed after unchecking. I'm wondering if I need to replubish and use the full installer. It'd be nice if we knew how this worked too, so we could simply flip the switch, whenever it is.

  • Claudio Mendes
    Oct 5, 2021

    +1

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4 MERGED

Enable Self-Update Feature

Merged
Same as the below, but this request is for Patch My PC Cloud / Intune Apps for Cloud. https://ideas.patchmypc.com/ideas/PATCHMYPC-I-1637
Adam Cook over 1 year ago in Patch My PC Cloud 0 NOTED
5 MERGED

Add an option to re-enable self-updater

Merged
This would be useful if at one point the "Disable self-updater" was enabled and a decision was made to switch back to enabling them.
Ben Lee about 4 years ago in Patch My PC Publisher 0 NOTED