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-====== Checking for Application Updates ======+====== Application Updates ======
WinSCP can check for its updates. It can do it on your request or automatically in regular intervals. WinSCP can check for its updates. It can do it on your request or automatically in regular intervals.
To check for updates, WinSCP connects to WinSCP site. It sends its version and language. In addition to obtaining information about new version, it can get a message. This will be particularly used to warn users about security issues in advance, before a fix can be released. To check for updates, WinSCP connects to WinSCP site. It sends its version and language. In addition to obtaining information about new version, it can get a message. This will be particularly used to warn users about security issues in advance, before a fix can be released.
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 +If enabled, WinSCP will send also [[usagestatistics|anonymous usage statistics]].
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 +Donors can [[#automatic_upgrade|enable automatic updates]].
If you are behind proxy or firewall, you will need to configure it in [[ui_pref_updates|preferences]] first. If you are behind proxy or firewall, you will need to configure it in [[ui_pref_updates|preferences]] first.
-===== On Request Check =====+When WinSCP is [[microsoft_store|installed from Microsoft Store]], it gets automatically updated by the store. The information on this page does not apply then. 
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 +===== [[on_request_check]] On Request Check =====
To manually request check for updates, use: To manually request check for updates, use:
-  * //[[ui_login_stored_sessions#tools_button|Tools button]]// on Login dialog.+  * //Tools > Check for Updates// on [[ui_login|Login dialog]].
  * //Help > Check for Updates// command.   * //Help > Check for Updates// command.
-  * [[commandline|Command-line parameter]] ''/update''.+  * Command-line parameter ''[[commandline#auxiliary|/update]]''. 
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 +===== [[automatic_check]] Automatic Check ===== 
 +You can enable WinSCP to automatically check for updates in regular intervals. You will have the first chance to enable it during [[ui_installer_selecttasks|installation]]. Later, you can configure it in [[ui_pref_updates|preferences]]. 
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 +When the automatic check is enabled, it will start on background once the main window is opened. If WinSCP detects new version or gets a message, it will indicate so using icon on //[[ui_toolbars#updates|Updates toolbar]]// and [[ui_pref_environment#notifications|balloon notification in taskbar status area]]. If the notification is not clicked, WinSCP will [[ui_pref_updates#automatic|by default]] display full information about the new version the next time it starts. 
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 +===== External Notifications ===== 
 +If you cannot or do not want to use automatic check for application updates, yet you still want to be automatically notified about updates you have two more options: 
 +  * Subscribe [[this>../../feed.php|project RSS feed]]; 
 +  * [[https://twitter.com/winscpnet|Follow @winscpnet]]. 
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 +===== [[automatic_upgrade]] Installing Updates Automatically ===== 
 +Donors and Patrons can enable automatic installation of new application versions in [[ui_pref_updates|preferences]]. Beta versions automatically update for everyone. 
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 +[[this>../donate.php|Learn how to donate or become Patron]] to support WinSCP development. 
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 +To enable automatic updates, you need to specify the email address you have used for your donation (typically your PayPal or Patreon account address) in [[ui_pref_updates|preferences]]. 
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 +  * For your PayPal email address to be eligible for automatic updates: 
 +    * Your donation has to be at least 9 USD or equivalent; 
 +    * You need to follow a link in your donation receipt to a form, where you need to provide us your postal address (for accounting purposes). The link will be also shown on a webpage after you donate. 
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 +  * Patreon email address is eligible automatically (after few minutes). 
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 +When automatic updates are enabled, the //Upgrade// button on the new version notification message will shut down the WinSCP, run a silent [[installation|installation]] of the new version and restart WinSCP. If WinSCP was previously [[ui_installer#mode|installed for all users]], the upgrade will request Administrator permissions. 
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 +Automatic updates are available only, if WinSCP was installed using an [[installation|official installer]].((Automatic updates are not available for [[portable|Portable "installations"]] and [[installation#msi|MSI installations]]. [[microsoft_store|Store installations]] are automatically updated by the Store.))
-===== Automatic Check ===== +===== Installing Updates Manually ===== 
-You can enable WinSCP to automatically check for updates in regular intervals. You will have first chance to enable it during [[installation]]. Later you can configure it in [[ui_pref_updates|preferences]].+Learn how to [[installation#upgrade|upgrade WinSCP]] manually.
-When the automatic check is enabled, it will start on background once the main window is opened. If WinSCP detects new version or gets a message it will indicate so using icon on //[[ui_toolbars#updates|Updates toolbar]]//. 

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