Silently install updates?

Submitted by audiolover1 on Thu, 10/17/2019 - 01:30
Forums: 
Support
Forum tags: 
update silent

I am new to Bleachbit, so far I like the programm very much, good work!!

After some tests and trial runs on Windows 10, Bleachbit now runs and cleans automatically at start-up.

What I would like to add is an option to install updates automatically and silent. Is that possible and will my settings stay as they are after the update?

BleachBit version: 
2.2
Your operating system: 
Windows 10

andrew

Sun, 10/20/2019 - 11:35

I'm glad you like BleachBit. :)

The BleachBit EXE installer has command line switches to silently install the program. This is helpful for automations such as a company-wide installation. This does not automatically download the latest EXE installer.

There is another command line option --update-winapp2 to automatically update the Winapp2.ini cleaners data.

I think you mean automatic updates like Google Chrome and Firefox do, but BleachBit doesn't do this. I understand this would be convenient, but to be honest, it could dry up a primary source of revenue that funds BleachBit. Automatic updates doesn't hurt revenue for browsers because they get their revenue from ads on web searches.

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Andrew, lead developer

audiolover1

Mon, 10/21/2019 - 00:36

Hello Andrew,

Thanks for your answer. Yes, I do mean automatic updates like Chrome/Firefox. I have allready made up my mind how to easely update all machines I work with. I work with the portabel installation and as long as the format of bleachbit.ini does not change I will be OK and simply transer that file to my new installation.

andrew

Tue, 10/22/2019 - 18:17

The format of the configuration file bleachbit.ini has been compatible for a long time---maybe ten years.

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Andrew, lead developer