up to date application checking application (windows 10)
May 16, 2017 1:25 PM Subscribe
Is there an application that will check the version of all applications running on my computer (windows10) and give me a list of those that are out of date?
I asked the same question (except for the windows 10 detail) about 8 years ago and was told about filehippo which I used until recently. However, it does not look like filehippo is being maintained ( the latest version is about 2 years old and the name indicates that it's a "Beta" version ) so I'm looking for an alternative.
Thanks.
Ninite will sort of do what you're asking. Check the boxes of the applications that you want to use, download, and run the executable. It will update all of the applications that you checked.
posted by gregr at 1:37 PM on May 16, 2017
posted by gregr at 1:37 PM on May 16, 2017
Ninite won't do them all, but for the programs they can install, they can check.
Chocolatey will do updates, but I think you had to have installed it with Chocolatey to start (someone correct me if I am wrong).
What used to be called Secunia PSI (now Flexera PSI apparently) used to do some automatic updating or at least flagging so you could update manually (if they didn't have a way to do auto updates). I have not used this in a while, I am actually installing it right now to check to see how it handles things nowadays, and may be back to tell you yes or no as to whether you want this.
posted by deezil at 1:43 PM on May 16, 2017
Chocolatey will do updates, but I think you had to have installed it with Chocolatey to start (someone correct me if I am wrong).
What used to be called Secunia PSI (now Flexera PSI apparently) used to do some automatic updating or at least flagging so you could update manually (if they didn't have a way to do auto updates). I have not used this in a while, I am actually installing it right now to check to see how it handles things nowadays, and may be back to tell you yes or no as to whether you want this.
posted by deezil at 1:43 PM on May 16, 2017
The latest version of Kaspersky Internet Security does this, in addition to antivirus and firewall stuff. It will also flag applications you have not used in a long time and ask if you want to uninstall them.
posted by slagheap at 2:13 PM on May 16, 2017
posted by slagheap at 2:13 PM on May 16, 2017
You can update all the programs from the Windows Store in the store.
posted by magnusbe at 3:01 PM on May 16, 2017
posted by magnusbe at 3:01 PM on May 16, 2017
Best answer: Checking back to say that Flexera PSI works just like Secunia used to, and I think that it is right up your alley as far as what you need.
posted by deezil at 7:06 AM on May 17, 2017
posted by deezil at 7:06 AM on May 17, 2017
Response by poster: Thank you, everyone who responded.
I'm going with Flexera PSI / Secunia . So far it seems to do everything that I wanted.
Thank you deezil for doing the research to verify that it works.
- Dave
posted by metadave at 9:04 PM on May 21, 2017
I'm going with Flexera PSI / Secunia . So far it seems to do everything that I wanted.
Thank you deezil for doing the research to verify that it works.
- Dave
posted by metadave at 9:04 PM on May 21, 2017
This thread is closed to new comments.
posted by teabag at 1:36 PM on May 16, 2017