## Updating the Software

Author Note: This topic is nearly identical text-wise in the Planner help (see .htm with same name). If you make updates here, check and see if the same update needs to be made there.

If you're connected to the Internet, you can use the Help | Check for Updates menu item to easily check for, download, and then apply updates to your software. You can also choose to have the software automatically check for updates each time you start your software by choosing the Help | Automatic Check at Startup menu item. This provides a convenient way to keep your software up-to-date without downloading and manually installing entirely new versions of the software.

Note: You must be logged in with Administrator privileges to download and install any updates, though a user with Standard privileges can check if an update exists.

When the dialog box first opens, or whenever you click the Refresh list of updates icon , the software updater queries Hexagon Metrology servers, looking for available software updates. If an update exists, it appears in the Hexagon software updater. Your current build of the software is listed in the gray area of the updater. The new build you will download and install, displays its name, version, and size.

Click the Download the Update icon for the update you want to download and install.

The download process begins.

Once the download finishes, it's ready to install.

Click the Install the Update icon for the update you want to install.

The install process closes your software, and automatically installs the new update. Once the install process finishes, restart the application.

Restoring a Previous Version

If you've applied an update, you have the ability to roll-back and restore your installation to a previous version of the software. To do so, follow this procedure:

1. Access your computer's Control Panel.

2. Under Programs, click View installed updates.

3. Navigate through the list of updates to the specific software item to remove. Select the item you want to remove and click Uninstall.

PC-DMIS reverts back to the state of the previous build that was installed. If you previously installed one or more patches, you can revert each patch until your install reverts back to the baseline for the installed patches.

Note: All the update patch files are stored as .msp files in appropriate subdirectories located under the C:\ProgramData\WAI\Updates\PC-DMIS\ directory.