In the world Linux there are routines for automatically updating all installed programs thanks to an approach known as “package management“. This system of package management allows users to easily install, update, and remove software from the command line or through the graphical interface. In the article on how to create a Linux server we saw the differences between the main package managers. UpdateHub is a free and open source application that, like others of its category, offers a clear, clean and simple to use interface for update programs installed in Windows.
The Microsoft operating system integrates automated procedures to download and install updates from Windows itself, through Windows Updateas well as to update applications distributed and loaded on the machine using the Windows Store to the latest version.
Historically, however, Windows has never integrated a tool to manage the update of Win32 programs. Only in May 2020 did Microsoft timidly start proposing its own Windows Package Managerknown by the name of winget. It is a tool accessible from command line which allows you to install programs automatically in Windows 10 and 11, also facilitating their updating and uninstalling.
For those who are busy configuring a large number of systems and want to avoid having to download and install one by one the applications we need, we presented a script based on winget to load the programs automatically.
UpdateHub uses wingets and updates installed programs automatically
It is not the first interface ever for winget that is proposed. UpdateHub, however, has the great advantage of being really simple to use and making theautomatic update of the programs installed in Windows an operation within everyone’s reach, to be carried out in a few minutes.
The latest version of UpdateHub, released in these days, is already mature enough and can be downloaded for free from GitHub by clicking on the file named UpdateHub-x64.exe. Using Microsoft’s winget command-line utility, UpdateHub checks for updates for all Win32 applications installed on your machine. Through the same interface, after assigning administrator rights, you can also manage the updates of the applications from the Microsoft Store and also the packages available on Windows Update.
From the UpdateHub interface just click on the button Check for update at the top right and wait for the response. In the case of programs that need attention, users will find an available refresh button and Ignore to avoid downloading and installing the indicated version.
An interesting option that UpdateHub offers is the ability to run the rollback of updates. By clicking on the section Recently Updatedyou get the list of recently updated programs: a special button allows you to uninstall an application and restore the previous configuration.
Most users may find the lack of information about individual updates problematic. UpdateHub offers direct links to developer sites to make it easier to check the contents of each update package.
All applications downloaded via UpdateHub are actually fetched and managed via winget: this means that the download happens from official sources trustworthy. Furthermore, Microsoft Defender analyzes them and also checks the hash of each downloaded app for greater security.
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