The maintenance and evolutions of Windows 10 and Windows 11 are provided by the Windows Update service. However, they do not have a tool to keep all installed software up to date.
UpdateHub offers to fill this void. It is an open source tool based on winget. Its purpose is to check if all installed programs and applications are up to date. It thus tries to remedy a shortcoming of Windows which does not offer integrated support for updating all installed software. Note, however, that for Windows applications from the Microsoft Store, automatic updates are available. On the other hand, there is no “global” option for the other programs. This is problematic to the point that some have their own system to ensure their maintenance (browsers for example).
As we said UpdateHub is an “open source” program. Its operation is simple. It boils down to clicking on Check for updates in the interface to run a first scan. The process is fast. It returns a list of programs and applications for which updates are available.
The settings allow for a few tweaks like the ability to change the default installation mode to silent or interactive. By default, the progress of the installation is displayed on the screen and certain options are automatically processed by the update program. Silent offers a background process without any special interaction while "interactive" comes with options.
The program offers other information like download size, currently installed version of software and their new available versions. On the other hand, it is not possible to know if an update is accompanied by bugs and it is not possible to update several programs at the same time. An option allows you to roll back in the event of a faulty update.
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