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Keep your application installers updated with Ketarin
The easiest way to use Ketarin is to grab the download URLs from FileHippo, a popular software download site. Ketarin will automatically detect and download the latest vesion of any app available on the site. But if you want to track an application that's not available on FileHippo you can enter the URL for the download page and establish a list of variables Ketarin should look for to determine whether there's a new version of the application available.
You can find more instructions for using Ketarin at the CDBurnerXP help site. The application updater was designed by the maker of the free CD burning application for Windows.
via Lifehacker
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Subscribe to commentsJamesDec 31st 2008 12:11PM
There's a similar application, it's the FileHippo Update Checker. There's probably already been a post about it, though, and I just don't know.
WrinkliezDec 31st 2008 12:43PM
One more reason to not use linux? Damn yas!
Chris2306Dec 31st 2008 12:43PM
This is just what I needed, thank you :-)
jeff.petersenDec 31st 2008 5:41PM
Awesome, I was just about to grab all the latest updates for a system cleanup job. Now I only have to set it up once! Thanks!
BrianDec 31st 2008 6:26PM
But will this also check your computer to see if you have the latest software?
FloeleJan 1st 2009 7:06AM
@Brian: No, it will not. Actually, this is not the purpose of Ketarin. There are already a lot of "update checkers" that keep your system up-to-date, and thus Ketarin does not try to be yet another one. In fact, it offers a functionality which cannot be found in any of those update checkers (at least, I wasn't able to find one): It only downloads the setup packages (not necessarily of only those applications you have installed) and allows you to keep a compilation of applications on a USB stick or rescue/setup CD. This should be primarily helpful for system reinstalls and those people who are always asked to fix someones PC ;)
Note that you can, however, enter commands to install downloaded applications so that it could work as a system updater as well.
Bob ClayJan 2nd 2009 7:04AM
Use Keratin with filehippo and start it with a a daily windows scheduled job that downloads updates automatically into a dropbox folder, and then sends an Email update message using blat.