Software Update: Patch My PC 4.0.0.0

Version 4.0 of Patch My PC has been released. This program can check whether the latest versions of a large number of programs – including Mozilla Firefox, Java, iTunes, Skype and Adobe Flash – are installed. In addition, it can see which Windows Updates are still missing from the system and which programs are starting with Windows, and can remove programs. This makes Patch My PC comparable to SUMo from KC Softwares.

The program itself is less than two megabytes in size and does not need to be installed to do its job. The user can indicate which updates should be installed or skipped and then everything is retrieved and installed with one mouse click. The language of the installation can also be specified. In version 4.0, the interface has been refreshed and it is now easier to jump to subcategories. Furthermore, there is a context menu per application and a lot of new applications have been added to the list of supported programs.

Design Changes

• Added a jump menu to jump to any of the application groups
• Added context menu for each applications checkbox that contains options to:
  • Disable auto updating or app
  • Enable auto updating or app
  • Uninstall app
  • Add as auto-install
  • Remove from auto-install
  • Open description website for app
• Added icon to the Re-Scan Installs Apps button
• App groupings can now be collapsed and expanded.
• Each application checkbox now contains an icon of the application
• Improved icons throughout each panel
• Improved the options menu
• Improved the scheduler menu
• Left navigation buttons
• More modern UI
• New app groups
  • “File Archivers” which includes archivers apps moved from the “Utilities” group.
  • “Hardware Tools” which includes hardware utilities moved from the “Utilities” group.
  • “Documents” which includes document related apps moved from the “Media Tools” group.
• Release Notes link is now in “About” tab.
• Uninstaller columns will now auto resize with form

Improvements:

• Improved logging
• Improved the download speed from some application by adding a “UserAgent” string in the download request
• Information icon will appear when there are apps checked to be updated. This will show you what apps will be installed.
• Major improvements for the search bar
• Many other improvements and fixes
• When choosing to cancel updates… we will immediately cancel the download.
• You can now change the log folder in the settings

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where Patch My PC would get hung in the background when running under SYSTEM context for the scheduled task
• Many other bug fixes

New Applications Added

• Advanced Uninstaller PRO
• AeroAdmin (Portable)
• AnyDesk
• AnyDesk (Portable)
• Atom (GitHub Text editor)
• Auslogics Disk Defrag
• Bitdefender Anti-Ransomware
• Bitdefender USB Immunizer (Portable)
• BitTorrent
• BleachBit
• Chrome Cleanup Tool (Portable)
• CutePDF Writer
• everything
• Freeplane
• GitHub Desktop
• ImageGlass
• Java SE Development Kit (JDK) v8
• Java SE Development Kit (JDK) v9
• lightworks
• mailbird
• Microsoft .Net Framework
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x86) & (x64)
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable (x86) & (x64)
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable (x86) & (x64)
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86) & (x64)
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) & (x64)
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) & (x64)
• Microsoft Visual Studio Code
• Music Brainz Picard
• OBS Studio
• PDFCreator
• SABnzbd
• ShareX
• SpeedCrunch
• VNC Server
• VNC Veiwer
• Winaero Tweaker
• windscribe
• Zotero