Can't update to Msgplus 3.63 - Printable Version

Can't update to Msgplus 3.63 - Printable Version

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Can't update to Msgplus 3.63 by Deano on 04-06-2006 at 03:23 AM

I click the update feature from the plus tab in msn messenger the download works but once it has finished it shows the 3.62 installion file not the 3.63 installion file why is this happening?

Would like a reponse thanks

Hope someone can help (A)

RE: Can't update to Msgplus 3.63 by Chris4 on 04-06-2006 at 03:25 AM

Download the installation file direct from msgplus.net

http://download.msgplus.net/files/MsgPlus-363.exe

RE: Can't update to Msgplus 3.63 by RaceProUK on 04-06-2006 at 11:08 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Deano
I click the update feature from the plus tab

Which only gets updated about a week after release, to prevent bringing the servers down.

RE: Can't update to Msgplus 3.63 by Deano on 04-06-2006 at 11:17 AM

so its actually best to download it manually?

RE: RE: Can't update to Msgplus 3.63 by Matti on 04-06-2006 at 12:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Deano
so its actually best to download it manually?

Yup!

RE: Can't update to Msgplus 3.63 by CookieRevised on 04-06-2006 at 12:25 PM

It's not "best" though, you'll get the same version.

If you don't wanna wait a week before the auto-update feature kicks in, then yes, download it manually.

Note that the auto-update feature only checks once a week for a new build.

Also, Patchou sometimes waits to enable the new build to be reconized by the auto-updater to make sure the new Plus! build is free of severe bugs.

The logic behind it is that many people will download Plus! manually as soon as it is released and therefor are the "test-dummies" for this new build. If a severe error is discovered, Patchou can still fix it and make another build, before millions of people get a notice of a new build being available and before it is downloaded by masses.

So, if you wanna know what is "best" or "safe" (again, if such a thing exists), it would be to wait until the auto-update kicks in.

RE: Can't update to Msgplus 3.63 by sufcste on 04-06-2006 at 03:01 PM

I understand what everyone is saying, but why is the auto update kicking in at all? If the auto update feature doesn't know that MP! 3.63 has been released, why is it prompting people to update, then updating to 3.62?

RE: RE: Can't update to Msgplus 3.63 by Matti on 04-06-2006 at 04:07 PM

quote:
Originally posted by sufcste
I understand what everyone is saying, but why is the auto update kicking in at all? If the auto update feature doesn't know that MP! 3.63 has been released, why is it prompting people to update, then updating to 3.62?

Are you sure you were already running MsgPlus! 3.62 at the time of updating? ^o)

RE: Can't update to Msgplus 3.63 by CookieRevised on 04-06-2006 at 05:15 PM

The problem is that Patchou apparently hasn't updated the file which is being downloaded with the auto-update (or forgot to update the link in the update notification which Plus! receives)...

To install the latest version, manually download it from http://www.msgplus.net/

I'll inform Patchou that he forgot to update that file...

The auto-update works as follows:
- Every week, Plus! contacts home and retrieves a small string (the latest build number). It then compares this to the currently used build number (that is, the number stored in the registry).
- If the currently used build number is lower, it notifies you of a new build being available and asks you to update.
- If you accept this, Plus! retrieves another small string from home, the one with the link, to download the new Plus! from...

The first one, the one with the new build number, has been correctly updated to 3.63.148. However the one containing the link to the new Plus! has either the wrong (old) link in it, or Patchou has forgot to update the actuall file pointed to by that link (it is a copy of the file that you manually can download from the official site)

RE: Can't update to Msgplus 3.63 by sufcste on 04-06-2006 at 06:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mattike
Are you sure you were already running MsgPlus! 3.62 at the time of updating?

Of course I am sure!

Thanks CookieRevised

RE: Can't update to Msgplus 3.63 by Patchou on 04-07-2006 at 01:07 AM

Sorry about that, that's fixed now.