Error on update indicates that the download is not valid. is this a checksum failure?
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It's working here when upgrading from both an older version (full new platform download) and a recent version (quick patch download). What version are you currently running, what's your OS, and what's your install path? Just so I can look into it for others.
For right now, you can manually update and you should be good to go: https://portableapps.com/support/platform#manualupdate
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John, I followed the manual update instructions but it has brought me to this point that this process doesn't work either. Changes to Defender apparently are preventing even the downloading of 30.1.1 as I get a virus warning that prevents saving the download. I have Windows 11 Enterprise 24H2 and Defender is current. It says there was a virus detected in the executable and it won't save or complete execution. The platform is dead in the water at this point as far as upgrading is concerned. I use the default install path and only for the local user since I don't have Admin rights. Is there a workaround, or will a new copy of the platform need to be created that doesn't trigger Defender? Or did you actually get a virus injected into the platform??
Thanks in advance for your time and energy!
Hi,
built-in update also failed on my work computer (Windows 11 24H2 Enterprise) with a similar message as OP.
I tried several times since Wednesday.
I haven't tried a manual update yet but as my work computer runs Defender, I may run into the previously mentioned issue.
The download dialog indicates a 3383kb size, but the download page says the package weighs 7MB:
https://portableapps.com/download
Is the update package smaller than the full package? Or is it corrupted on the mirror the platform updater uses (I don't know which one)?
Are there logs on my filesystem to try to understand what is going on? Is the downloaded package cached somewhere?
Built-in update worked on my home computer, which doesn't run Defender.
Same issue here too.
For the last few days, updater was failing at verification step. Today I manually downloaded the updater file only to see downloaded failed "virus detected".
Similar to other comments it is Work machine running Windows 11.
Look forward to some solution here. The previous updater never failed. Not sure if major changes done this time.
Also in PortableApps update it shows size 3 M but when manually downloading file it is 7.1 MB
Try this test to see if it works for you: https://portableapps.com/node/79421#comment-262393
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Ah Ha! On a whim I tried a direct download from your SourceForge repo. Downloaded fine. It did not work prior to this. Ran the exe and it updated with no issues.
So do you have a hyperlink issue between SourceForge and you web site?
Please retry it. The website's download pages hadn't been updated fully yet.
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I'm also getting an error when prompted to upgrade automatically with the start of portable apps.
Please state the exact error
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I just tried again and it seems to be working. Thank you.