While looking for a nice controllable update solution, i discovered AP, seems like the
perfect tool.
It downloaded properly the stuff needed (about 450mb), then had to click on "finish", the program
closes and nothing happens. Did an install occured already while downloading, or am i missing
something here?
using xp sp3 32bit
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AP downloads all files then nothing happens
Started by timbre, Feb 15 2010 04:12 PM
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Posted 15 February 2010 - 04:32 PM
Once you downloaded everything, you then need to run autopatcher.exe
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Posted 15 February 2010 - 04:45 PM
Hi timbre,
There are 2 important files in an AutoPatcher release, apup.exe and autopatcher.exe. At the top of the APUP releases window you should
see AutoPatcher Updater (apup.exe) and AutoPatcher Engine (autopatcher.exe) - you want to always have them checked, they should be
by default, but the files that get updated regularly are the scripts for the release packages ie XP x86 English etc.
For lack of a better term APUP (apup.exe) acts like a download manager / maintainer, when run, you select the package(s) you want and
APUP (apup.exe) will create a folder structure and then download the selected releases (scripts). APUP will also need to be run on a
regular basis to update the release, remove outdated files and download new files as the scripts are updated. It is a good idea to have
APUP create a log file for you in the event you have problems with a download - apup.exe /log. APUP wont install the updates - see below.
AutoPatcher (autopatcher.exe) is the updates installer, after you download a release, make sure the release was finished without error,
and then find AutoPatcher (autopatcher.exe) in the same folder as apup.exe and run it. It will load and verify the release(s) and if all
is good you should have an Official release when loaded.
There is some debate on how best to use AutoPatcher, I like to be easy and install the big stuff first individually, any IE update (6 to 7),
.Net (3.5 is a 230 MB file), or DirectX, to make sure that everything installed properly - just my way. Some updates should not show unless
the proper files are in place - WMP 10 will need to be installed before the any updates show as an example.
Finally, I don't recommend downloading EVERYTHING (all the releases you need) to one folder, others disagree. If you have any more questions
just ask, this should get you started.
There are 2 important files in an AutoPatcher release, apup.exe and autopatcher.exe. At the top of the APUP releases window you should
see AutoPatcher Updater (apup.exe) and AutoPatcher Engine (autopatcher.exe) - you want to always have them checked, they should be
by default, but the files that get updated regularly are the scripts for the release packages ie XP x86 English etc.
For lack of a better term APUP (apup.exe) acts like a download manager / maintainer, when run, you select the package(s) you want and
APUP (apup.exe) will create a folder structure and then download the selected releases (scripts). APUP will also need to be run on a
regular basis to update the release, remove outdated files and download new files as the scripts are updated. It is a good idea to have
APUP create a log file for you in the event you have problems with a download - apup.exe /log. APUP wont install the updates - see below.
AutoPatcher (autopatcher.exe) is the updates installer, after you download a release, make sure the release was finished without error,
and then find AutoPatcher (autopatcher.exe) in the same folder as apup.exe and run it. It will load and verify the release(s) and if all
is good you should have an Official release when loaded.
There is some debate on how best to use AutoPatcher, I like to be easy and install the big stuff first individually, any IE update (6 to 7),
.Net (3.5 is a 230 MB file), or DirectX, to make sure that everything installed properly - just my way. Some updates should not show unless
the proper files are in place - WMP 10 will need to be installed before the any updates show as an example.
Finally, I don't recommend downloading EVERYTHING (all the releases you need) to one folder, others disagree. If you have any more questions
just ask, this should get you started.
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