Support ARM architecture

There is an updated Requirements selection now available for Win32 Apps, allowing to specifically choose Arm64 as a required architecture.

This is in Graph as the "allowedArchitectures" property being set to "arm64".

It's worth noting that (I assume for compatibility reasons) all existing apps that had been configured as x64 also have the arm64 flag.

Hello, I wanted to post an update on ARM Support. While working on this feature we have ran into a number of setbacks and issues, specifically regarding applicability and detection when it comes to Intel x64 and ARM64 apps on ARM devices. These have unfortunately delayed this feature and we are unable to give a clear timeline for ARM support at the moment.

I also want to apologize for prematurely providing a timeline on a previous update, and being unable to deliver on that timeframe. Do know that we are actively working on this feature and are doing our best to provide ARM support with the same quality that our customers have come to expect from patch My PC.

Make sure you're blocking Edge/Webview2 updates to your ARM devices in the interim because it will cause problems! The fix is easy but was a bear to find!

Extract .cab files from here https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/?form=MA13LH

Copy arm64 folder from extractedcab\Microsoft.WebView2.FixedVersionRuntime.135.0.3179.73.arm64\EBWebView

to the 3 directories below.

"${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\$Version\EBWebView\",

"${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Microsoft\EdgeCore\$Version\EBWebView\",

"${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Microsoft\Edge\Application\$Version\EBWebView\"

We need this for deploying the Cisco Secure Client (VPN and Umbrella). We are moving nearly our entire fleet to ARM64-based PCs. I had to switch to manually managing these apps via Intune instead of PatchMyPC. I would really appreciate the ARM64 architecture for this app (and really for any app, as this only going to become more prevalent over the coming years).

I agree with Jose Nava.

Unfortunately, our company (IT department) is now preparing a vote on whether to wait for PMP to support ARM64 or to use alternative patch management for ARM64 :(

2 years old voting and still in planned state even if it is so important thing.

There are millions of ARM-based PCs on the market, and Patch My PC should have been prepared for this. There shouldn’t be a need for customers to vote on such an idea. It’s crucial that this gets addressed ASAP. For those managing Patch My PC using Intune, you can create a filter that prevents ARM-based computers from being updated, to avoid breaking applications like Teams, Outlook, etc...

Same here (Win11 on Xiaomi Book). PMPC-installer keeps asking for .net8, even when it's already installed.

I wonder when the planned support will be effectuated.

The old version seems to work, though. At least partially, i.e. for emulated installs.

It appears that ARM64 isn't fully supported by the Patch My PC HomeUpdater installer. I can't get past the .NET runtime requirement even with existing runtime installed. No response yet from PMPC support after someone else reported back in November 2024.

If the installer can automatically detect the architecture and deploy a version accordingly, that'd be so convenient and godsend. We are planning to test ARM devices in our environment and this will be very helpful.

We have recently noticed some ARM64 computers picking up through Intune X64 updates that cause issues with an already installed ARM64 application. If this is not coming out soon, we should have a way through PMPC to exclude ARM64 processors from getting updates.

acrobat seems to be supported in emulation mode but we still need to change the requirements to add arm64 for it to install. in the mean time i hope they will also bring native version...

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/arm-processor-support-on-windows.html

Moving this to planned. We've started initial work on ARM support, and have ARM planned as part of an overhaul of our catalog backend. We expect some support for ARM within the next 6 months, but probably sooner!

any update? we really would like to modify the deployment type code to make x86 apps available on our ARM devices/VMs.

also adobe creative cloud desktop app

onedrive, chome, firefox, visual studio

and also https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=105941 xD

+999 ivanti secure connect arm64 installer

Just adding some additional information as it seems vendors will implement arm64 support in different ways. Some applications seem to have separate ARM installers, while others include support in a single exe/msi. For those that have separate installers, I suspect it would be easier to have an additional application/update checkbox, similar to how many applications currently allow you to select either 32bit or 64bit versions. For the ones that include support in a single installer, detection method script may need to be adjusted slightly(still trying to test this) and the requirements on the deployment type will need to include the Windows ARM editions supported.

Examples I've come across thus far....

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client - separate arm64 installer

Sysmon - separate arm64 installer

VS Code - separare arm64 installer

Zscaler - included in single installer BUT currently only supported on 32bit. Version 4.2 is supposed to include 64bit support

These aren't handled by PMPC but just additional examples of applications that support both versions in a single installer:

ConfigMgr Client

ConfigMgr Console