Updater timed exit

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stefrobb

December 19, 2015 22:43

Add an option to OpenDNS Updater to exit after a certain time, e.g. 5 minutes, or on completion of an update.  Once it has done its job it really doesn't need to hang around the tray chatting with the other apps and distracting them from their important work. =)

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  rotblitz December 20, 2015 09:50

  And what and how should trigger it again to monitor for IP address changes?

  Btw, it tries to chat with other apps in no way and doesn't distract anything from important work.

  If you need a silent updater working in the background only, go for Marc's Updater (https://updater.marc-hoersken.de/).

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  stefrobb December 20, 2015 20:30

  The program starts with Windows, I shut my system down each night so it would start each day, check for changes, do its job if required (which for me is rarely), then quit. Some people leave their computers on all the time, so that's why it would be an option.

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  rotblitz December 21, 2015 07:26

  I see what you mean.  This is not what any Updater could do for you.  They are supposed to run all time to monitor for IP address changes.  If you want it stopped after having done its job initially, you would have to stop it manually or by some scheduled task.

  What you want to achieved is best covered with a browser bookmark which you could invoke automatically at each system startup and login:
  https://updates.opendns.com/nic/update?hostname=YOURNETWORKLABEL
  This would exactly do what you want it to do.  You don't need an Updater for this.

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  stefrobb December 21, 2015 09:21

  I have a working work-around with Task Scheduler and an Autohotkey script, but the URL update might be easier for me. I didn't know about that, thanks!

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