The Installed Applications panel lists your installed applications.

Managing Installed Applications

PickMeApp can perform the following management operations on installed applications:

• Retrieve detailed information about applications installed on the computer.
• Search and Filter installed applications by name, size, and installation date, and other filter options.
• Run an installed application.
• Terminate a running application or stop some application’s executable.
• Upgrade, uninstall, and repair installed applications.
• Relocate installed applications to another drive.
• Capture an installed application as backup or in preparation for transfer to another PC.

Managing a Single Installed Application

To manage a single installed application:

1. Highlight the application you want to manage.
2. Click the appropriate buttons, e.g., Start, Stop, Upgrade, Uninstall, Relocate, Capture, and Repair on the Installed Application Bar.

Managing Several Applications at Once

To manage several installed applications at once:

1. Check the boxes to the left of the applications.
2. Click the appropriate buttons, e.g., Stop, Upgrade, Uninstall, Relocate, and Capture, on the Installed Application Profile Bar.

To perform supported management operations on installed applications, you should first select applications by:

• Highlighting either a single application or selecting  multiple applications from the list.
• Marking/unmarking all applications appearing in Search View.

Note: If a management operation is not supported for a selected installed application, it will be disabled.

Installed applications on the list are denoted with the following icons:

• Yellow circle: the application is currently running.
• Green circle: the application is already captured in the current profile on the right panel.
• Blue circle: the application is already captured in one of non-active profiles on the right panel.
• Red exclamation mark “!” – an upgrade is available for that application.

The applications in the list can also have different font colors.

• Blue – installed application was relocated to another disk.
• Bold – installed application is a software suite comprising several applications.
• Black – all other installed applications

Software Suites

According to "What is a Software Suite?" from computerhope.com, a software suite is a collection of two or more software programs bundled and sold together. These programs can either share features or have distinct functions but revolve around a similar theme. A notable example is Microsoft Office, which combines Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

After installing software, it's sometimes tricky to tell standalone applications from those in a software suite. Take Python, for example. It installs seven different programs, all with "python" in their names, making it evident they're from the Python suite. But what about apps labeled "Microsoft," "Editor," or "Viewer"?

PickMeApp currently recognizes applications from Microsoft suites, like Microsoft Office. We're working on expanding this detection to other suites. Once a suite is recognized, PickMeApp manages it in its entirety, allowing for various actions like capturing, relocation, packaging, and uninstallation.
 

You can spot suite applications by the "@Suite@" tag in the Installed Application panel. To find suites, use the "<suites>" filter. The application info can show suite members and their statuses. If a member is missing, it likely got uninstalled before.

Actions on a suite apply to its individual members in sequence. For instance, uninstalling a suite result in each member being uninstalled one after the other.

If the last member of a suite is removed, PickMeApp automatically deletes that suite. Importantly, the suite's setup stays consistent, even if PickMeApp is restarted.

Managing apps within suites has its perks. Capturing a suite with PickMeApp is often more space and time-efficient than doing so with separate apps. However, custom software suites can't exceed 8G.

Note: This feature doesn't work with cloud versions of Microsoft Office, like Office 365.

Besides improving suite detection, PickMeApp lets you create custom software suites from installed apps. Users can group apps, giving these groups unique identifiers. Custom suites get the same treatment as regular ones in PickMeApp. If all members are removed, the suite is deleted. Still, the configuration remains intact after restarts. When a custom suite is moved to another computer, PickMeApp ensures all members are reinstalled and the configuration is maintained.

Imagine you frequently use three specific tools for graphic design - GIMP, Inkscape, and Blender. Instead of managing them individually, you can create a suite named 'Graphic Design Tools' for streamlined management."

Custom Suite Management

Add Custom Software Suite

Use the “Add Suite” button located on the Installed Applications Bar. By pressing this, you can initiate the process of adding a custom software suite.
 

Upon clicking "Add Suite” button ", you'll encounter the “Add Suite” dialog, guiding you through suite creation.

Instructions:

• Follow: "Select applications to include in a suite."
• Search Members: Use the "Search” by application name feature to quickly find apps you wish to include in your suite. The search field also has 2 predefined filters <selected> and <not selected>. 
• Application List Section: This displays available installed applications with checkboxes to make your selections easier. You'll see columns labelled Name, Publisher, Version, and Size. A convenient select-all checkbox is available near “Name” near label to help in bulk choice for the filtered installed applications.
• Suite Information Section: Here you can supply optional details for your suite:
  • Suite Name: Use the placeholder to enter a distinct suite name.
  • Suite Version: Define the version of your suite.
  • Suite Publisher: Mention the publisher of the suite.
• Action Buttons: Save your configurations using the 'Save' button or opt to exit without saving using 'Cancel'.

Note: During suite creation, the platform ensures uniqueness. If you enter a suite name and version identical to an existing one, you'll be notified. Adjust the name or version as needed.

Edit Custom Software Suite

Edit Suite Button can be found in the Application Bar of a suite application, this button allows you to change an existing suite.

Edit Suite Dialog is Initiated by the "Edit Suite" button. this dialog mirrors the Add Suite dialog. Using this Edit Suite Dialog, you may adjust suite’s members or change its name or version. (Just Remember to keep it unique)

Note if you deselect all members of the suite and save this configuration, the suite will be removed automatically. 

Also using Edit Suite Dialog, you can remove the suite by pressing the “Delete Suite” button: Found at the left bottom corner, pressing this button prompts you to confirm the suite's deletion. Once confirmed, PickMeApp will erase the suite and its associated data.

For Example

Assuming you've made a suite for 'Audio Editing' which consists of Audacity and FL Studio. However, you later decide that these applications don't need to be in a suite. Simply use the 'Delete Suite' button to remove the suite while retaining the individual applications."
Internal Note: The suite's data is saved to a dedicated file within the PickMeApp system directory on your system disk.
 

Expanded Entry Views of Installed Applications Panel

To display the Installed Application Expanded Entry View, click the profile name under the Installed Applications panel.

By default, the buttons on the Application Profile’s Expanded Entry View are disabled. They are only enabled when you highlight an application or select two or more installed applications.

Note: Each application also has its own Expanded Entry View, which is different from the Expanded Entry Views of the Application Panel. For more information, see Expanded Application Entry View.

Filtering Installed Applications

You can instantly search for applications by using the Filter located on the top of the Installed Applications panel. To filter the list of installed applications, enter the complete name, or part of the name, on the box. The Search View will display the installed programs that meet your search criteria.

As an example, filtering the list by Microsoft displays all installed applications with the word Microsoft in the application name. You can see this in the screenshot below.

At this point, we can already click Mark All to select all applications in the Search view. However, if we only want to capture a single application, we can narrow down our search further by filtering for a specific application name, e.g., Microsoft Visual C++2005 Redistributable.

You can also click the Filter box and select from the following predefined options:

1. <captured> – Lists installed applications that have been captured previously.
2. <not captured> – Lists installed applications that have not been captured yet.
3. <suites> – Lists the software suites recognized by PickMeApp, e.g., MS Office.
4. <selected> – Lists the applications you have marked prior to filtering the list.
5. <running> - List running applications.
6. <not running> - Lists stopped applications.
7. <runnable> - Lists applications that can be run by PickMeApp.
8. <upgradeable> - Lists applications that have newer versions.
9. <relocated> - Lists applications that have been relocated from a disk to another disk.
10. <relocatable> - Lists applications that can be relocated to another disk.
11. <removable> - Lists all installed applications that can be removed/uninstalled.
12. <clear> – Cancels the previous filter and returns to the default display that lists all installed applications.
13.  Applications installed on your system drives on your computer, for example, <C:> or <D:> 

Note: Selecting a different filter or searching for a different program does not deselect already selected applications. To clean previous selections, select the <clear> filter.

The screenshot below shows the predefined filter options.

Note: Filters are disabled when PickMeApp is performing an operation on installed applications.

Sorting Installed Applications

To help you organize your applications for easier viewing, you can sort the list by Name, Size, Time, Age, Used On, Cache Size, Version, and Installer (the list is sorted by Name by default).

This is particularly handy when you have many installed programs on your PC. As an example, when using Installer to sort, you will know what Installer what used in deploying the installed application.

Managing the Installed Application Panel View 

While Windows "Add/Remove Programs" provides a basic view, PickMeApp delves deeper, often uncovering 2-3 times more installed applications on a PC. This granular insight empowers users to make informed application management decisions.

However, the sheer volume of displayed applications might feel cluttered for some users. In response, we've integrated customizable display options to align with the familiar Windows "Add/Remove Software" appearance.

Access these controls via the "List" tab in the "Settings" dialog. The two main configurable settings are:
 

Access these controls via the "List" tab in the "Settings" dialog. The two main configurable settings are:

•     Hide all suite members: Conceals individual software suite components.
•     Hide system applications: Omits applications categorized as: 
  • Redistributables
  • Frameworks 
  • Operating System applications 
  • Auxiliary applications added by primary installations.

These settings are active by default. If specific applications seem absent, you may want to deactivate one or both options. 

To further streamline management, we've added application counters. These metrics provide a snapshot of the selected, visible, hidden, and overall installed applications.
 

Counters are displayed in the format:
#selected / #shown /  #hidden and the total number of installed applications.

Expanded Application Entry View

To display the expanded application entry view, or the Expanded view, click an application under the Installed Applications panel.

Installed applications in the Expanded Entry view show basic information, including:

• Estimated Time (~Time) –The estimated time it would take to perform an operation on the application
• Version – The version number of the application
• Estimated Size (~Size) – The estimated size of the application as installed on the source computer. This is normally the same as the size displayed in Windows when adding or removing programs in Control Panel.
• ~Age – installation date 
• ~Used On – The last time the application was used
• Version – The version number of the application
• Required Disk Space – The estimated size of the installed application.
• Cache Size – This shows the estimated Setup size of the hidden cache left after installing the application. This is unique to PickMeApp, allowing the program to reveal the actual size of installed applications,
• ~Installer – This shows the type of installer used in creating the installation package.

In the Expanded Application Entry view, the Application Bar shows the following buttons:

• Start – Starts the application.
• Stop – Stops the application.
• Upgrade – Upgrades the application to the latest available version.
• Uninstall – Uninstalls the application from your computer.
• Relocate/Restore – Relocates an application to a different disk or undo relocation. 
• Capture – Creates an installation archive that includes the essential elements for setting up and running the application on another computer.
• Repair – Repairs the application. This operation is only applicable to software with a repair feature.

The Extended Application view is responsive, meaning that if you minimize it, it will have navigation buttons on the left and right that will allow you to browse through the rest of the Application Bar’s buttons.

To view more details about an application, click the Application Information text link directly below the application name.

Below is a sample application information screen.

Marking an Installed Application Prior to an Operation

After filtering the list of installed applications in either of the two applications profiles by name or according to the predefined options (see Filtering Installed Applications), check the box to the left of the application.

To select all the applications that have been filtered, click the Mark All button at the bottom of the Installed Applications panel. You can then perform the applicable operation on the marked applications under the Expanded View of the Installed Application panel.

Note: While you can select installed applications without a filter, it is quicker to filter and select the applications before conducting an operation. If you selected multiple applications from the list, you could bring them up by using the <selected> filter. For more information, see Filtering Installed Applications.

Unmarking a Selected Application

After marking several applications (see Marking an Installed Application Prior to an Operation), you can click the Unmark All button to deselect the marked applications. You can also do this manually, by unmarking each box to the left of the marked application.

Highlighting an Installed Application

Click the application from the list under the Installed Applications panel. Once highlighted, the item is displayed in its Expanded Application Entry view.

When capturing an application, essential elements such as application files and registry settings are saved into an installation package, which can then be used to install the application on another computer. It can also be used as a backup copy of the installed application so that you can use it if you ever need to reinstall the application on your own computer.

Setting Up Capture Settings

Before using PickMeApp’s Capture Application feature, you may want to check your capture settings first.

To define capture settings in PickMeApp:

1. Click Settings on the Main Toolbar.
2. By default, the following capture settings are enabled:
   • Allow capturing setup cache
   • Allow capturing of running application
3. By default, the following capture settings are disabled:
   • Capture application with customized settings – experimental feature
   • Save captured application as self-extracting setup executable file.
4. To disable or enable a setting, click the checkbox to its left.

Note: It is recommended to choose non-removable NTFS disks as temporary storage when capturing applications.

Prior to capturing applications, you should set the temporary storage locations that will be used for captured applications. PickMeApp detects all storage disks on your PC and enables them as temporary storage locations by default. PickMeApp chooses the maximal storage space from among the enabled disks. To prevent PickMeApp from choosing a storage location, remove the checkmark on its box. 

Capture Application with Customized Settings

When enabled, this captures the application together with any customized settings.

Allow Capturing Setup Cache

To allow smooth installation of additional components and features, and to facilitate repair, many software programs cache installation files on your PC during installation. PickMeApp can capture and transfer installation caches while capturing the applications. This feature improves application redeployment significantly.

The size of the captured application’s setup file can be 3-5 times larger when capture of setup cache is enabled. With larger file sizes, the time to capture an application also becomes significantly longer. You may need to disable this feature if you need a smaller installation package or want the application capture to be faster.

Allow Capturing of Running Application

By default, PickMeApp allows capture of running applications. However, sometimes, this may lead to issues with missing components in the application. When that happens, you may want to disable this setting.

Save Captured Application as Self-Extracting Setup Executable File

When enabled, this saves a captured application into a stand-alone, self-extracting setup file. When saved as a self-extracting file, it can be used like any other installation package – you just need to click it, then the program will be installed, regardless of whether you have PickMeApp or not.

When disabled, Capture saves the captured application into a single .tap file. In this case, you would need to have PickMeApp to install the program into a PC.

Capturing a Single Application

To capture a single installed application:

1. Search for the application to be captured from the Installed Applications panel.
2. When you find the application, click it to open its Expanded view.
3. Optionally, select PickMeApp Profile on the right panel as the target for your captured application.
4. Click the Capture button on the Installed Application Bar.
   
    
5. Once the capture process is started, PickMeApp will start creating the application package which contains all the data necessary for the deployment of the application. This package is saved inside the active profile of your choice. This can be the built-in My Captured Applications profile that points by default to the TAPPS sub-folder within the PickMeApp data directory (%programdata%/PickMeApp). For more information, see Using Profiles.
   
   Note: PickMeApp Light has only one hidden built-in profile which points to the TAPPS sub-folder.
    
6. During the capture process, the Progress Bar shows how far you are into the process. The Log Window also displays the status of the current session.
7. Once the capture process is done, the Progress Bar is refreshed/cleared and the Current session tab under the Log Window displays a Capturing process is finished entry. In addition, the captured application in now listed under the selected profile in the Installation Software Packages Panel.

PickMeApp creates the installation program under the Profile’s destination directory. To go quickly to the destination directory, click the Open Folder link under each Profile Bar in the Installation Software Packages Panel.

Capturing Multiple Applications at the Same Time

PickMeApp can also capture several applications at the same time (this is not available on PickMeApp Light).

1. Under the Installed Applications panel, check the boxes to the left of the applications to be captured. Alternatively, you can filter the list and narrow it down to the applications you want to capture (see Filtering Installed Applications).
2. Optionally, select PickMeApp Profile on the right panel as the target for your captured application packages.
3. Click Capture, which is enabled only when you mark/select one or more applications in the Installed Applications panel.
   
   
    
4. Once the capture process is started, PickMeApp will start creating packages per application. These packages contain all related application data, including the data necessary for application deployment. The package files, which can either be .tap or .exe depending on your Capture settings, are saved inside the selected PickMeApp Profile, which, by default, is the built-in My Captured Applications profile that points to the TAPPS sub-folder within the PickMeApp data directory (%programdata%/PickMeApp). For more information, see PickMeApp Installation Packages Profiles.
5. During the capture process, the Progress Bar shows how far you are into the process. The Log Window also displays the status of the current session. The upper progress bar shows the status of an action performed on individual applications. The lower progress bar, which is longer, shows status of batch processing actions.
6. Once the capture process is done, the Progress Bar is refreshed/cleared and the Current session tab under the Log Window displays a Capturing process is finished entry. In addition, the captured applications are now listed under the Installation Software Packages Panel.

Note: PickMeApp creates the installation package under the Profile’s destination directory. To go quickly to the destination directory, click the Open Folder link under each Profile Bar in the Installation Software Packages Panel.

PickMeApp can relocate an installed application or several installed applications at once from one storage device to another on the same computer. 

Note: To know which of the applications installed on your computer can be moved or relocated to another location, use the <relocatable> filter.

During relocation, PickMeApp calculates required disk space, identifies application folders that are safe to relocate, moves applications folders to the new destination, cleans up leftover data and confirms application integrity after relocation. PickMeApp may undo any unsuccessful relocation and keep the computer save state throughout the relocation process. In some cases, restarting the computer and running PickMeApp again is required to complete a relocation.

Relocated software works seamlessly with management operations such as running, terminating, capturing, uninstalling, and upgrading installed software. After uninstalling an application, PickMeApp will cleanup any leftover application data and preserve relocated applications. Users can always reverse the relocation by recovering the software and putting it back in its original location.

PickMeApp supports relocating applications on all Windows operating systems with NTFS storage systems, starting from Windows XP SP3 and up. By using PickMeApp to move applications on another disk, users will effectively free up to 99% of system disk space that was previously occupied by installed applications. In future releases, PickMeApp will provide a solution for freeing even more space, which will further prolong the life span of Windows computers with insufficiently sized SSD disks.

PickMeApp starts the relocation of an installed application by ending all running application processes. Make sure you have saved all application documents prior to starting the relocation process.

The relocation may last from a few seconds to several minutes, depending on the size of the application and speed of the source and destination drivers. In some cases, you may experience a brief period of desktop flickering. This happens when PickMeApp is trying to release some locked files prior to the relocation.

WARRNING! During relocation, take care that you do not accidentally switch off the computer e.g., pressing the power button, otherwise the application may end up in a non-operational state.

Software suites, e.g., Microsoft Office, are managed as a single application. All applications in a software suite are relocated at once.

In some cases, you may be prompted to restart your computer and run PickMeApp again to finalize the relocation of applications. You may restart the computer once per several relocations.

Note: PickMeApp will attempt to stop the application before relocating it. However, if you encounter any issues during the process, you may want to stop the application first before attempting to relocate it again.

Setting a Destination Drive

You need to set a destination drive for applications to be relocated prior to using PickMeApp’s Application Relocation feature.

To set a destination drive for applications to be relocated:

1. Click Settings on the Main Toolbar (see The PickMeApp Pro User Interface)
2. On the Settings window, click the Relocate tab.
3. Select the destination drive.

4. Click Apply. A message saying that the drive has been chosen as the relocation destination appears on the Session Log.

Note: Only non-removable NTFS disks will be listed as destination storage suitable for relocation.

5. To let PickMeApp create a system restore point prior to relocating an application, check the Create a System Restore Point box.

Note: For the Create System Restore point setting in PickMeApp to work, system protection must be turned on for the source disk, or the drive from where the application is being relocated.

Relocating a Single Application

After setting the destination drive, you can start relocating applications.

PickMeApp starts the relocation of an installed application by ending all running application processes. Make sure you have saved all application-related documents prior to the relocation.

The relocation may last from a few seconds to several minutes, depending on the size of the application and speed of the source and destination drivers. In some cases, you may experience a brief period of desktop flickering. This happens when PickMeApp is trying to release some locked files prior to the relocation.

Warning!

During relocation, take care not to accidentally switch off the computer. Otherwise, the application may end up in a non-operational state. To ensure that you can reinstall the application in case of issues, you may want to back up the application first by packaging it with PickMeApp.

Software suites, e.g., Microsoft Office, are managed as a single application. All applications in a software suite are relocated at once.

In some cases, you may be prompted to restart your computer and to run PickMeApp again to finalize the relocation of applications. You may restart the computer once per several relocations.

Note: You cannot relocate an application that is already installed on the destination drive.

To relocate a single application:

1. Search for the application to relocate from Installed Applications panel.
2. When you find the application, click it to open its Expanded view.
3. Click Relocate to start relocating the selected applications to the designated destination drive (see Setting a Destination Drive). The Progress Bar shows how far you are into the Relocate process. The Log Window also displays the status of the current session.

4. Once the relocation process is done, the Progress Bar is refreshed/cleared and the Current session tab under the Log Window displays a Relocating Product process finished entry. When you run the application the next time, it should start from its new location on the designated destination drive.

Relocating Multiple Applications at the Same Time

PickMeApp can relocate several applications at the same time.

To relocate several applications at once:

1. Search for the applications to relocate from Installed Applications panel.
2. When you find the applications, check the boxes to the left of the applications to be relocated. Alternatively, you can filter the list and narrow it down to the applications you want to relocate (see Filtering Installed Applications).
3. On the Installed Application panel, click Relocate to start relocating the selected applications to the designated destination drive (see Setting a Destination Drive). The Relocate button is enabled when you mark/select one or more applications in the source panel.
   
    
4. During the Relocate process, the Progress Bar shows how far you are into the process. The Log Window also displays the status of the current session.
5. Once the Relocate process is done, the Progress Bar is refreshed/cleared and the Current session tab under the Log Window displays a Relocating Product Process finished entry. When you run any of the relocated applications the next time, they should start from their new locations on the designated destination drive.

Note: Restart the computer and run PickMeApp again if at least one application relocation requires a computer restart.

Relocated Applications Filter

You may find relocated applications by applying the <relocated> filter in the Filter Bar.

Relocated Applications Info

To see detailed information about a relocated application, select the Click here for application information link on the Application Bar. The detailed application info available via this link includes:

• The size of the relocated folders (the freed-up space from the original disk)
• The original and destination drives.
• The relocated folders and their status

Restoring a Relocated Application

To restore a relocated application means to return the relocated application’s folders back to their original location. This transfers the application back to its original location.

After an application is successfully relocated, the font color of each relocated application is changed to blue and the Relocate button on the Application Bar is changed to the Restore button.

Note: The Restore button remains disabled for relocated applications waiting for a computer and PickMeApp restart.

The Restore action is like relocating an application. The Restore process may last from a few seconds to several minutes, depending on the size of the application and speed of the source and destination drivers. In some cases, you may experience a brief period of desktop flickering. This happens when PickMeApp is trying to release some locked files prior to restoring the application.

Note: The application being restored fails with an error message if there is not enough space left on the original drive.

Restoring applications may require restarting the computer to clean up restored data coming from the relocation. When this happens, PickMeApp prints the information on the Session Log. Since there is no Restart computer message that appears on your screen, make sure to check the Session Log every time you try restoring an application. 

Note: You can only restore applications one at a time. Batch mode is not available for restoring applications.

PickMeApp keeps your installed applications up to date. As a software updater tool, PickMeApp has the following features:

1. Scans and lists your outdated software.
2. Downloads and installs upgrades with just one click.
3. Downloads upgrades directly from the program’s original source.
4. Creates a system restore point that you can use to roll back to the computer’s previous working settings whenever required (PickMeApp Pro only).
5. Supports thousands of software programs via built-in and/or custom app stores.
6. Works smoothly with all Windows versions, including Windows 10/8/8.1/7/XP/Vista.

You can upgrade outdated applications one at a time, or several outdated applications at the same time.

Note: We recommend turning on System Protection in Windows to ensure that you can roll back any upgrades performed with PickMeApp.

Upgrades will be tracked for any installed software programs matching any installation package in the Software Installation Packages profiles. For example, any application from the PickMeApp Collection that has been installed on the computer will be monitored for upgrades.

To make sure that installed software will be monitored for upgrades, you can import its installation package in PAD format to one of the PickMeApp profile using the Import button on the Installed Software Applications panel. The official PAD repository (http://repository.appvisor.com/) contains more than 15,000 software titles.

PickMeApp will always upgrade an application to the latest available version.

To check the location of an application’s installation package, click the Application info link at the bottom of the Application bar.

It is ok to import the corresponding PAD package after an application has been installed.

Note: If you have a licensed application, ensure that your existing license applies to the version to which you want to upgrade. Otherwise, you might not be able to run the application after it has been upgraded. If you have System Protection turned on in Windows, you can roll back to the previous working version of the upgraded application.

Identifying Upgradeable Applications

Installed programs that are outdated can be identified through an exclamation mark displayed to their left. Alternatively, you can find outdated programs by using the Upgradeable filter (see Filtering Applications).

Upgrading a Single Application

PickMeApp can upgrade a single application, or multiple applications, at a time.

To upgrade an application:

1. Once you have identified an upgradeable application (see Identifying Upgradeable Applications), click it to open its Expanded view.

2. Click Upgrade to start upgrading the selected application. The Progress Bar shows how far you are into the Upgrade process. The Session Log Window also displays the status of the current session.
3. Once the Upgrade process is done, the Progress Bar is refreshed/cleared and the Current session tab under the Log Window displays an Upgrade process finished entry.

Upgrading Multiple Applications at the Same Time

PickMeApp can upgrade several applications at the same time.

To upgrade several applications at once:

1. Once you have identified the upgradeable applications (see Identifying Upgradeable Applications), mark/select them using the Mark All Button.
2. On the Installed Application Panel bar, click Upgrade to start upgrading the selected applications. The Progress Bar shows how far you are into the Upgrade process. The Session Log Window also displays the status of the current session. 
   
3. Once an application is upgraded to its latest version, a message to this effect is displayed on the Session Log.
4. Once the Upgrade process for all applications is done, the Progress Bar is refreshed/cleared and the Current session tab under the Log Window displays an Upgrade process finished entry.

PickMeApp can uninstall applications from your computer. You can uninstall one or more applications at once, thus saving you time.

Uninstall Settings

To configure the Uninstall settings for your applications:

1. Click Settings on the Main Toolbar (see The PickMeApp User Interface).
2. On the Settings window, click the Uninstall tab.
3. By default, the Guess Silent Uninstallation option is selected. This means that PickMeApp will try to guess the non-interactive, unattended, and silent uninstallation sequence for software installed on your PC.
4. To let PickMeApp uninstall running applications, check the Allow uninstalling of running applications box.
5. To let PickMeApp create a System Restore point when uninstalling applications, check the Create System Restore point prior to uninstall box. 
6. Click Apply to save the configuration settings.

Note: The Create System Restore point setting will only work if you have System Protection turned on in Windows.

Uninstalling an Application

To uninstall an application

1. Highlight the application to be uninstalled from the list. Alternatively, you can filter the list and narrow it down to the application you want to uninstall (see Filtering Installed Applications).
2. From the application’s Expanded view, click the Uninstall button.

3. Click Yes on the confirmation message to continue with the Uninstall process.

4. The Progress Bar shows how far you are into the Uninstall process. The Session Log Window also displays the status of the current session.
5. Once the Uninstall process is completed, the Progress Bar is refreshed/cleared and the Current session tab under the Log Window displays an Uninstall process finished entry.

Uninstalling Multiple Applications at the Same Time

It is possible to uninstall several applications at once only if these applications do not require user interaction during the uninstall process. Most Applications in PickMeApp support it natively. By default, PickMeApp tries to guess the non-interactive, unattended, and silent uninstallation sequence (see Uninstall Settings). This allows uninstallation of multiple applications. 

While installing multiple applications, installed applications that do not allow unattended installations are identified, their uninstall dialogs opened. And their uninstall skipped. Uninstallation of these applications is left to the user to complete interactively.

To uninstall multiple applications:

1. Select the application to be uninstalled from the list. Alternatively, you can filter the list and narrow it down to the application you want to uninstall (see Filtering Installed Applications).
2. From the application’s Expanded view, click the Uninstall button.

3. Click Yes on the confirmation message to continue with the Uninstall process.

4. The Progress Bar shows how far you are into the Uninstall process. The Session Log Window also displays the status of the current session.
5. Once the Uninstall process is completed, the Progress Bar is refreshed/cleared and the Current session tab under the Log Window displays an Uninstall process finished entry.

Note: We recommend uninstalling relocated applications using PickMeApp only.

Aside from managing your software programs, you can also use PickMeApp to launch/start/run and stop/terminate applications.

PickMeApp’s detailed knowledge of application components allows it to locate and start any executable included in a software installed on your PC. PickMeApp can also identify and terminate any running process of the selected application on demand. PickMeApp even manages hidden application  services running in the background that are consuming computer resources.

To run/terminate an application, click the corresponding Start/Stop button on the Application bar.

To terminate several applications at once, select the applications you want to terminate, then click the Stop button on the Installed Application panel.

 

If an application has a single executable, PickMeApp shows the Start/Stop buttons with normal text.

If an application has several executables or services, the buttons are shown in bold text. The Start/Stop buttons may be enabled at the same time for applications with several executables since its executables may either be running or stopped at the same time.

If several executables belong to the same application, PickMeApp allows users to choose which executable to start or to stop.

To simplify management, PickMeApp groups executables by type. The essential application executables can easily be reached with one click while rarely used executables are grouped together by default.

Alongside with starting executables, PickMeApp starts any essential application services needed to run those executables. On the other hand, it is possible to completely terminate an application’s processes and services to save on computer resources.

PickMeApp provides detailed application info about application executables, services, and running statuses, along with information about whether they are set up to run after computer startup.

To filter running/stopped applications for batch management, use the <running> and <non-running> filters. You can then select the applications you want to start or terminate from the list.

PickMeApp CLI interface is extended to support starting and stopping of applications from the command line.

Running an Application

To run an application using PickMeApp:

1. Search for the application to run from Installed Applications panel. Alternatively, search for the application using the Not running filter.
2. When you find the application, click it to open its Expanded view.
3. Click Start to run the application. The Progress Bar shows the status of the application as it starts up. The Log Window also displays the status of the current session.
4. Once the application is run, the Progress Bar is refreshed/cleared and the Current session tab under the Log Window displays a Start process finished entry.

Terminating an Application

To terminate an application using PickMeApp:

1. Search for the application to terminate from Installed Applications panel. Alternatively, search for the applications using the Running filter.
2. When you find the application, click it to open its Expanded view.
3. Click Stop to terminate the application. The Progress Bar shows the status of the application as it starts up. The Log Window also displays the status of the current session.
4. Once the application is terminated, the Progress Bar is refreshed/cleared and the Current session tab under the Log Window displays a Start process is finished entry.

Terminating Multiple Applications at the Same Time

To terminate several applications at once:

1. Search for the applications to terminate from Installed Applications panel. Alternatively, search for the applications using the Running filter.
2. When you find the applications, mark/select them using the Mark All button on the bottom left.
3. On the Profile bar, click Stop to terminate the applications one by one. The Progress Bar shows the status of the applications as they are terminated. The Log Window also displays the status of the current session.
4. Once the applications are terminated, the Progress Bar is refreshed/cleared and the Current session tab under the Log Window displays several Terminated processes finished entries corresponding to the number of terminated applications.

If you are encountering issues in an installed application, you can try repairing it.

To repair an installed application:

1. Select an application from the Installed Applications profile. Alternatively, you can filter the list and narrow it down to the application you want to repair (see Filtering Installed Applications).
2. From the application’s Expanded view, click the Repair button.

 

Note: This function is only available for applications with repair features.