Applications

Note: Application-level control is scheduled to be removed from 0patch Agent, and the only view that will remain will be the PATCHABLE MODULES view. We recommend not using ALL APPLICATIONS, PATCHED APPLICATIONS and APPS THAT COULD BE PATCHED views and not disabling any applications from patching. If any applications are currently disabled from patching, they will start getting patched when 0patch Agent is updated to the future version. If you want to exclude any applications from patching, please use this method instead.

The Applications page displays applications and patchable modules on your computer for which 0patch Agent has at least one applicable patch. This is determined by 0patch Agent monitoring all running applications and the modules they’re loading to detect patchable modules, and by scanning local drives.
The Applications page allows you to:

• see a list of all patchable modules on your computer;
• exclude individual applications from patching (and subsequently un-exclude them);
• see which patches (licensed or not) were found to be applicable to an application or module;
• see for which applications and modules you have all patches, and for which there are additional patches available for purchase; and
• see which patches have actually been applied to each application or patchable module.

PATCHABLE MODULES

Patchable Modules are executable modules (mostly DLL files but sometimes also EXE files or files with other extensions) found on the computer that 0patch has at least one patch for.

List of all patchable modules on this computer

0patch Agent builds and maintains a list of patchable modules as follows:

1. when a module is loaded in a process (e.g., module UNACEV2.DLL in process WINRAR.EXE), and 0patch has at least one patch for this exact version of the module, this module is added to the list;
2. when the module scanner, launched once a day and upon downloading of new patches, finds a patchable module on a local drive that hasn’t been known before, it adds that module to the list; the module scanner also checks whether any of the currently listed patchable modules are no longer present on the system and removes them from the list;
3. when 0patch Console is launched, it checks whether any of the currently listed patchable modules are no longer present on the system and removes them from the list to keep the list as current as possible.

You can click on the PATCHABLE MODULES counter in the counter area on the left side of the 0patch Console to quickly access the Patchable Modules view.

Viewing Patchable Module's Patching Details

If you click on a patchable module in the Patchable Modules list, patching details are displayed for that module. These are presented as a list of all patches that have been found to be applicable to that module – whether they have actually been applied to it or not due to being disabled or due to missing, invalid or expired license for them on this computer. For patches that have been applied to the module at least once, the time of their last application is displayed as shown below.

Patching details for a patchable module with one applicable patch

One or more patches applicable to the selected module can be missing a license and are therefore available for purchase. Such patches are marked with a red AVAILABLE status as shown below.

This module has only one patch that is available for purchase

You cannot enable or disable individual patches on this page, but you can click on any patch to be taken directly to the Patches page with only the selected patch listed so that you can easily enable or disable it.

Once patchable module's patching details are shown, you can return to the Patchable Modules list by clicking anywhere on the module's title.