Legacy Update helps legacy Windows PCs get online, activate, and install updates, according to the project description.
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Winget-AutoUpdate installs app updates daily and can notify users, with allowlist and blocklist support.
About Auto Update
Winget-AutoUpdate (WAU) is an open source project that uses the Winget tool to update installed apps on a schedule, running with system context. It can notify users when updates are available and when they have been installed. It can be installed from a release MSI file or through Winget itself.
Update scope can be controlled with allowlist and blocklist files that use app IDs, with optional wildcards. Notification levels and the run frequency can also be configured. Apps whose installed version Winget cannot detect are skipped. By default, WAU stops on metered connections during a fresh install, and this can be overridden with a parameter.
Key features
- Updates installed apps with Winget under system context on a schedule
- Sends notifications when updates are available or installed
- Allowlist file to update only selected app IDs
- Blocklist file to exclude specific apps from updates
- Wildcard support in allow and block lists, such as Mozilla.Firefox*
- Optional GUI add-on for changing WAU settings
Best for: Windows administrators and home admin users who want Winget to keep selected installed apps updated on a schedule.
Good for
- Open source, with the code hosted in a public GitHub repository
- Allowlist and blocklist support gives control over which apps are updated
- Notification level can be set to full, success only, errors only, or none
Watch out for
- Apps whose current version Winget cannot detect are skipped
- Apps with built-in auto-update need to be added to the blocklist manually
- The default metered connection stop applies only to fresh installs
Auto Update at a glance
- Category
- Software & Utilities › System Utilities
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Open source
- Yes · Source code
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Auto Update FAQ
How do I stop WAU from updating a specific app?
Add the app's ID to a file named excluded_apps.txt. The file must be placed in the same folder as WAU.msi.
Can WAU update only certain apps?
Yes. Create an included_apps.txt file listing the app IDs to update and place it in the same folder as WAU.msi during installation.
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