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Yanpas
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A lot of installation windows have become to appear

I've noticed that 1-4 months ago, during software updates a lot of installation windows have become to appear. Most of them consist of "Next, Agree, Install and Close". It is very annoying... What has happened? Maybe it would be better to show all licences in one window and click agree only once? Licences even do appear for opensource software like firefox

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Platform Running?

If you close the platform with the updater/app store running, the installers will appear in full just as if you ran them directly. If the updater can't detect that the platform is running due to a permissions issue like running it within a hacky lower rights environment using 3rd party tools, the same will occur.

Firefox Portable has no license included in the installer at all, so it can't show you one.

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Wine

I was running updates under Linux, Wine. So if I do the same under Windows - I won't receive these annoying popups?

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Wine Updates?

Are you sure you're running the latest version of Wine and have the platform running? It used to work properly in that situation, but Wine is pretty buggy.

All installers run in silent mode in conjunction with the platform's updater but the platform must be running. The only time you'll see an installer popup in that configuration is if there is a license you haven't yet agreed to for one of the 2 dozen apps that require a license to be shown on install. And the updater database keeps track of which version of each EULA you've already agreed to. Even that we're working to streamline.

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Yes, the platform is running.

Yes, the platform is running. I'm using Wine1.8, which fresh, but stable edition. Maybe that's wine's problem:
http://i.imgur.com/ZYEXXtj.png
http://i.imgur.com/JOrP8e1.png

Anyway thanks for the help!

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