Please Note: This updater is discontinued. Please use our new one .
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The WoWInterface UI Manager is a project th
at has been going on for nearly a year. With all the recent security problems at various addon sites, as well as the explicit targetting of executable updaters, as well as a few other issues we have delayed the production of this utility... until now.
After nearly six months of rigorous testing and in-house use, we are finally convinced of the security of the tool to present it to the public.
The WoWInterface UI Manager is a tool designed to help you keep track of installed addons, and assist in updating them quickly and easily. The UI Manager uses an internal API of WoWInterface so you can be sure it will continue to work even when site layout changes or if you choose a new skin.
Major Features
- One-click Check allows the UI Manager to run through all of your addons quickly without any intervention. Any addons that do need to be updated will wait for your approval before continuing.
- Multithreaded design allows for maximum use of your internet connection, processing complex compression for backup files while downloading other files at the same time.
- Connection to the WoWInterface user database to retrieve your favorites list. This allows:
- Quicker matching of already-installed addons to file IDs
- Automatic install of missing favorites (after confirmation)
- Automatic backups before every install
- Before each install, the manager will create a restoration point which can later be used to revert to. It will include all configuration and saved information for the addon, as well as the Lua and XML scripts that ran it, so you can be sure you'll return to where you were.
- Manual backups can be made (with or without Saved Variable data) of your entire Interface folder for easy restoration to a known-safe point.
- Backups are compressed to help minimize space taken on the hard drive
- An easy-to-use restoration manager can help you restore a backup, or restoration can be done easily without the manager by simply using the ZIP file found in the newly created "backups" folder.
- All updates are compared against MD5 hashes before being installed to ensure security.
Download Choices
This is a portable program. This version is for Windows and includes only a Windows MSI Setup program. For a generic version (for Linux/Macintosh users), see
this page.
Requirements (for all versions)- Microsoft Windows 2000 or later, Macintosh OS X, or Linux Kernel 2.4 or later
- Java version 1.5 or later
- 64KB of RAM
- 5MB Hard Drive Space
Command line options:
The JAR (Java Executable Archive) file accepts command line arguments to assist with problem cases. If you are having trouble with the program, try running the following line at a command prompt before submitting any kind of bug information:
Code:
java -jar wowiupdater.jar --verbose
This will produce a file "verbose.log" instead of the default "error.log" in the program's directory to assist with debugging.
Other Important Stuff
Please keep in mind the following:
- This program is released under the GNU General Public License v2. Your redistribution, modification, etc., is subject to these terms. For details, please see the file "COPYING" located inside the (a) ZIP file for the ZIP package, or (b) Installation directory for the Windows setup package.
- This program is the work of one author, and is not small by any means. I'm sure there are bugs, and unfortunately I cannot catch them all. This is a BETA RELEASE of the application and you should be aware that things may go wrong (though I have taken every precaution I can that if something DOES go wrong, you can hopefully recover from it -- but I cannot guarantee that). See the following point:
- As required by the GPL, it is important that I point out the following:
Code:
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Please feel free to list any problems here. I will do my best to update frequently and respond accordingly.
Regards,
-- Shirik