(Solved) Silent manual update

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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I have Avast Free version 5.0.545

‘Silent’ is probably not exactly the right word. Is it possible to use manual update from the tray icon and have the updates install without Avast opening up to the update page that shows the download progress and then having to click OK and then close Avast?

With auto updating you can set Avast to show a notification box after update. Avast doesn’t open.

I don’t see that sort of option for manual updates. Is there a command switch or ini edit that can set that same type of notification process and not open Avast?

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You can make it through a command line:

Usage: ashUpd.exe vps [/autoreboot] [/help]
ashUpd.exe program [[/autoreboot] [/help]

      /autoreboot -- reboot the computer after update, if necessary
      /help -- display this help screen

You need admin rights.
Maybe use the task manager or making a script with AutoIt.

3

I try editing the properties of ashUpd.exe to add vps [/autoreboot] [/help] and I get this error.

4

The quotes are wrong:
“path to file\ashupd.exe” vps
Only. You don’t need to add the brackets or the other commands.

5

That seems to work but with that I get the attached popup. It closes after about 30 seconds or so. Is that normal? Can that popup be avoided and get the updated slider instead?

6

You need to use AutoIt with a compiled script… I have made one.
Did you try to schedule into Windows?

7

Task scheduler works fine. Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.