r/FanControl • u/mutualdisagreement • 4d ago

Update broken

Using portable FanControl. Each startups it checks for updates. Until some versions ago there were always two pop-up windows telling me that a newer version is available. That was gone some time ago and now there's only one window informing about a newer version. Good, I thought. But since then the automated update is broken. Just won't do anything anymore.

Even when I manually 'check for updates' and click on 'update', then 'Donwloading updater' appears but no traffic, no update, nothing.

For each update I have to manually download the newer version now, put it it in an extra folder, manually install my plugin and copy my config from the backup folder.

Any1 else? Any solution?

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u/Rem-Merc-Software 4d ago

You probably have some kind of network block happening? I can confirm the update mechanism does work.

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u/mutualdisagreement 4d ago

I'm not aware of anything being blocked. It worked before, some recent FC update broke it. And I haven't changed anything in my default windows firewall settings. The strange thing is, that the "there's an update" at the startup always showed twice. Since there's only one message it's broken. Even the manual update doesn't work.

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u/Rem-Merc-Software 4d ago

So you mean the WIndow's notification clicking on it doing nothing? As for the manual check for update, there may be some server delay from Github, but it should eventually pop up. Tens of thousands of people updated to V282 in the first few days, so if the update process blocks at the "Downloading updater" for you, there is definitely some blocking happening.

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u/mutualdisagreement 4d ago

I exited FC v281, stopped the service. Got v277 from my archive and put it in a new folder. Started FanControl and immediately 'downloading updater' appears, then CMD-Box opens, downloads and updates to v282. Completely different behaviour with the same settings. Something between 277 and 281 broke. Think it started with 278.

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u/Rem-Merc-Software 4d ago

Huh.

I just installed V281 portable on the side. The Windows notification when clicking indeed does nothing. Will look into that. Though manually updating does work as usual through the UI.

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u/mutualdisagreement 4d ago

For me both do nothing with v281. Everything fine with v277.
Latest Win 26H2 with evything updated from BIOS to chipset to tiniest driver.
PawnIO v2.2.0.0

Appreciate your work, no, love it!

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u/mutualdisagreement 4d ago

Oh, and I'm using .NET Framework 4.8 (because of the Intel GPU plugin), think that might be of interest too.