yWriter check for updates

[Jon Almada]

Simon,

Just letting you know the check for updates back-end is not working with yWriter.

Jon

[Simon Haynes]

Thanks, I noticed yesterday. My web hosting company enforced a 'user agent string' requirement, so I had to alter the program but that doesn't help people who already have it.

I'll upload an alpha now.

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[Jon Almada]

Hey thanks! Appreciate that!

[William Walls]

Okay, I've downloaded and successfully installed the new alpha release on my PC, but I can't figure out how to get my already-saved projects (*.yw7) to load using the new alpha release--they want to keep loading the 7.1.5.2 .exe, instead. Any suggestions?

[Jon Almada]

I installed it and yes, it works great! Thanks Simon!

On Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 11:56:07 AM UTC-7 Simon Haynes wrote:

[Simon Haynes]

You can uninstall the old version, or you can right-click a project, choose Open With, and locate and select the new version.

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[William Walls]

Cool. I'll give that a whirl. (Funny how many simple things you forget when you're out of the IT industry for 10+ years...)

[Simon Haynes]

Well yes, and Microsoft likes to change things for no reason, which means supporting family on various flavours of Windows 7/8.1/10/11 is a pain.

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[William Walls]

I hear that. I’m still the “IT Guy” in my family and it’s getting harder and harder to keep egg off my face. LOL

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