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13 VOTE
Status SUBMITTED
Categories Patch My PC Publisher
Created by Scott McAllister
Created on Feb 14, 2022

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Notify user to restart app - Manage Conflicting Procsses

As an alternative to prompting a user to close an app before it updates, being able to prompt a user to restart an app once it has finished updating may be of use.


Example from Tidio:

When Chrome installs an update, it doesn't fully update until Chrome is restarted. This can cause reporting tools to show Chrome as still requiring an update. Rather than prompt a user to close Chrome pre update, Prompt them to restart Chrome post update.

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    • Guest
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      |       May 23, 2022

      Related: auto restart running apps that were closed as a conflicting process

    • Claudio Mendes
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      |       Feb 17, 2022

      +1

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    Restart app that was closed as a conflicting process if previously running

    Would be nice to have a feature to automatically restart an app that was closed due to conflicting process. Ex: user is signed into box and PMPC prompts user to close box to update, currently box does not re-launch without a custom post script or ...
    Guest almost 3 years ago in Patch My PC Publisher 0 SUBMITTED