super unimpressed with PatchMyPC for home users


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Just 216 applications, not "500." And no Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom. Or Quicken, or MS Office, or Revo Uninstaller Pro, or ... Even the commerical versions of PatchMyPC don't include any of these programs. I'm underwhelmed, to say the leat.

So i guess I'm going to revert to UniGetAI.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    home built
    CPU
    AMD 7900x
    Motherboard
    ASUS AMD x670E ROG Strix E-A
    Memory
    64 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 3060 Ti (but wanting to upgrade)
    Sound Card
    built-in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 24"
    Cooling
    AIO for CPU, fans for case
    Keyboard
    Das Keyboard 4
    Mouse
    Corsair M65 (white)
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender
    Other Info
    Also have Lenovo T14S laptop (me) and Lenovo Slim 71 (wife)
I've never used the home version, but I installed it in a VM, and counted the apps. I got to 200, and I wasn't halfway through the list. I do know they have an app request process, so it could be that, for any given app, no one requested it or they can't get to the download without a login, for example. Providing an update for Office/365 apps would be a huge pain, I'm sure.

Screenshot 2025-03-30 201724.webp
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 24H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Intel NUC12WSHi7
    CPU
    12th Gen Intel Core i7-1260P, 2100 MHz
    Motherboard
    NUC12WSBi7
    Memory
    64 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Iris Xe
    Sound Card
    built-in Realtek HD audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U3219Q
    Screen Resolution
    3840x2160 @ 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB
    Keyboard
    CODE 104-Key Mechanical with Cherry MX Clears
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender
  • Operating System
    Linux Mint 21.2 (Cinnamon)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Intel NUC8i5BEH
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-8259U CPU @ 2.30GHz
    Memory
    32 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Iris Plus 655
    Keyboard
    CODE 104-Key Mechanical with Cherry MX Clears
There's 500 apps listed on PatchMyPC Home Updater's website... but most of them are small freeware utilities.

I would agree they don't have many paid apps if that was your expectation. As @pseymour notes, some software vendors may block non-customers from accessing their latest downloads. I wouldn't want to give an updater app my logon credentials...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
pseymour said:
I've never used the home version, but I installed it in a VM, and counted the apps. I got to 200,
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Are you taking about the HOME version? I installed the home version in Windows Sandbox, and it showed 216 programs available for download, total.
Providing an update for Office/365 apps would be a huge pain, I'm sure.
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Probably an update O 365 program by program, Word, Excel, etc.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    home built
    CPU
    AMD 7900x
    Motherboard
    ASUS AMD x670E ROG Strix E-A
    Memory
    64 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 3060 Ti (but wanting to upgrade)
    Sound Card
    built-in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 24"
    Cooling
    AIO for CPU, fans for case
    Keyboard
    Das Keyboard 4
    Mouse
    Corsair M65 (white)
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender
    Other Info
    Also have Lenovo T14S laptop (me) and Lenovo Slim 71 (wife)
garlin said:
There's 500 apps listed on PatchMyPC Home Updater's website... but most of them are small freeware utilities.
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[I looked at the ones that were in the Sandbox install (see previous message) and I was like, meh.
I would agree they don't have many paid apps if that was your expectation.

I wouldn't want to give an updater app my logon credentials...
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I don't think you do that for UniGetUI. Of course, UniGetUI doesn't download MS Office 365, nor Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. But for those programs, you log in through their website. I would be happy if an installer manager could just download and run the installers automagically.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    home built
    CPU
    AMD 7900x
    Motherboard
    ASUS AMD x670E ROG Strix E-A
    Memory
    64 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 3060 Ti (but wanting to upgrade)
    Sound Card
    built-in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 24"
    Cooling
    AIO for CPU, fans for case
    Keyboard
    Das Keyboard 4
    Mouse
    Corsair M65 (white)
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender
    Other Info
    Also have Lenovo T14S laptop (me) and Lenovo Slim 71 (wife)
x509 said:
Are you taking about the HOME version? I installed the home version in Windows Sandbox, and it showed 216 programs available for download,
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Yes, I mentioned the home version, and then said “it.” Also my screenshot says Home.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 24H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Intel NUC12WSHi7
    CPU
    12th Gen Intel Core i7-1260P, 2100 MHz
    Motherboard
    NUC12WSBi7
    Memory
    64 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Iris Xe
    Sound Card
    built-in Realtek HD audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U3219Q
    Screen Resolution
    3840x2160 @ 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB
    Keyboard
    CODE 104-Key Mechanical with Cherry MX Clears
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender
  • Operating System
    Linux Mint 21.2 (Cinnamon)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Intel NUC8i5BEH
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-8259U CPU @ 2.30GHz
    Memory
    32 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Iris Plus 655
    Keyboard
    CODE 104-Key Mechanical with Cherry MX Clears
The reality is most paid apps have their own self-updaters. Which leads to a crazy proliferation of different self-updaters. Had Microsoft Store been more successful in attracting partners, then most updates would have been delivered by one service – Windows Update.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
x509 said:
So i guess I'm going to revert to UniGetAI
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Thanks for the tip. They have a portable version located in their installer so that's a good thing. :-)

garlin said:
The reality is most paid apps have their own self-updaters. Which leads to a crazy proliferation of different self-updaters. Had Microsoft Store been more successful in attracting partners, then most updates would have been delivered by one service – Windows Update.
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Given Microsoft's lousy history with driver updates, I'm not looking for any single gatekeepers here. These kind of updaters are best used with free or unpaid software since they are all in one place, and UniGetUI doesn't have any of my paid software showing up in the list that I now just updated.

Not to mention, VirusTotal confirms that it's malware-free, an added bonus.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Microsoft Surface Pro
    Memory
    16GB
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo ThinkPad
    Memory
    32GB
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