FileHippo.com Update Checker

[dfinf2]

http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/

It checks installed software to see if they need to be updated then provides links to the newer file on filehippo.com (of course)

Its a .exe but doesn't need to be installed.

[Kosher-X]

There is a standalone file for the updater here
http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/ ... hecker.exe

But it seems to write information in the registry, since I tried to use a browser from the pen-drive instead one locally installed in my PC, and that adjust was replicated in the updater installed in my PC.

[spaztastic]

i was having problems with the standalone updater and the new one that comes with a setup file. i keep getting an error message, but no worries. i use SUMo to find out if i need to update any of my software

[kruch001]

I've seen this in the archives, but it was a couple years ago and didn't see whether it was portable. There is a portable version that comes in a zip file. Not sure about changes to registry. I've been looking for something like this for awhile that is portable. It gave me results in about 2 seconds and links to download updates. Very useful.
Mike

http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/

[joby_toss]

Writes settings to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\FileHippo.com\Update Checker] and requires .Net Framework version 2.0.

One major problem I see is that there is no "Pause" function.

[guinness]

I like it for the simplicity of the application and ease of use, but WebVersions is more versatile and customisable than FileHippo Update Checker.

[webfork]

Old thread update: recently came back to this one. I can open it via 7-zip but it's not portable and adware.

• Only works with installed apps. I couldn't get it to work with anything portable.
• When you click download and run on something, it really does that. While this is happening, the program is otherwise static apart from a "download" button on other programs.

Needless to say, there's no useful gold to mine here.