App Update at App Startup

[Kinhetic1]

What feature or improvement do you think would benefit Files?

It is not a convenient idea to have the app check for updates at each startup. It impacts negatively on productivity. It is better for updates to be checked in the background and also include an option in the settings for users to check for updates.

Requirements

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Files Version

3.2.3.0

Windows Version

10.0.22631.3155

Comments

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[yaira2]

Files already checks for app updates in the background and only displays a notification in the toolbar if an update is available. Can you elaborate on the issue?

[emvaized]

Files already checks for app updates in the background and only displays a notification in the toolbar if an update is available. Can you elaborate on the issue?

For me it isn't — I see this "update check" on every Files app startup, even when it's minimized to the system tray:

Probably OP references to the same problem.

[Josh65-2201]

Are you on 3.2.3.0?

[Kinhetic1]

Files already checks for app updates in the background and only displays a notification in the toolbar if an update is available. Can you elaborate on the issue?

I do not know if it is due to installing the Files App using your classic installer as I had issues using my credit card on Microsoft store but anytime I click a folder to open from any location on my PC or launch the app freshly, what comes up first is an update check small window by the left which also attempts to load some other information. I may not be able to describe the accurate information it displayed as I already have it uninstalled, in as much as I find the app beautiful, but this behaviour is unproductive. I expect that the Files App will launch directly on each attempt and also that opening a folder from any location opens in the existing instance of the Files App but that's not the case as observed.

[Kinhetic1]

Are you on 3.2.3.0?

Yes

[yaira2]

That prompt isn't from Files, it's from the App Installer component that's bundled with Windows. From what other users have reported, updating App Installer to the latest version fixes this issue. You can update the component from the Microsoft Store app on your device, or by downloading and running the installer.

[emvaized]

@yaira2
Hm, I just tried running the installer, and it seems I'm already running the latest version of this component. It doesn't give me option to update, only to fully reinstall:

[yaira2]

It seems the installer is out of date because the newest version of App Installer is 1.23.532.0.

You can find the installer on the WinGet repo https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/tag/v1.8.532-preview (it's the one labeled as Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle.

[yaira2]

You likely need to reinstall Files as well (uninstall first and then run the Files installer again).

[Kinhetic1]

It seems the installer is out of date because the newest version of App Installer is 1.23.532.0.

You can find the installer on the WinGet repo https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases/tag/v1.8.532-preview (it's the one labeled as Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle.

Ok. I tried the first link but it points to the official release of AppInstaller which is up to date on my system, (Version: 1.22.10582.0). But the second link you shared points to the experimental version (Version: 1.23.532.0). I have now installed Version: 1.23.532.0 but the problem persists. I set the FilesApp to be the default File Explorer.

If an instance of FilesApp is open and I tried launching another instance, the same box appears. If I attempt to open a folder from my desktop, the folder does not open, except that it attempts to open that same box but nothing gets shown afterwards. So, apparently, folders does not open if I attempt to launch from outside the FilesApp. Folders open only within the FilesApp and the update box keeps coming up at each app/folder launch.

[Kinhetic1]

You likely need to reinstall Files as well (uninstall first and then run the Files installer again).

Still the same after upgrading the installer and uninstalling and re-installing the Files App.

[yaira2]

The other option is to:

1. Use the Store version, this doesn't use App Installer so it won't have this issue.
2. Try installing the msixbundle but it's possible that it'll still have this problem https://cdn.files.community/files/stable/Files.Package_3.2.3.0_Stable_Test/Files.Package_3.2.3.0_x64_ARM64_Stable.msixbundle

[emvaized]

@yaira2
I just tried installing the package you shared, and it didn't have the loading popup on launch. Does it mean this version won't receive automatic updates in the future?