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- Updated to version 0.76.2 (May 2025)
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# Help > About Portfolio Performance
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# About Portfolio Performance
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Detailed information about the **Portfolio Performance** program is available under the menu:
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## Installation Details
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The **Installation Details** tab provides a comprehensive report about the environment Portfolio Performance is running in, including:
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The **[Installation Details](../../getting-started/installation.md)** tab provides a comprehensive report about the environment Portfolio Performance is running in, including:
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Operating system details, Java and Eclipse components versions, configuration paths, and locations of log files.
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title: Help > Check for Updates ...
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description: Guide on manual and automatic update checks in Portfolio Performance, including update dialogs, relevant links, and settings across platforms.
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After the first installation, you can either check manually for updates or allow the program to check each time it starts.
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After installation, you can check for updates manually or let the program check automatically on startup.
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## Manual check for updates
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## Manual Check for Updates
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To manually check for updates, navigate to the menu `Help > Check for Updates ...`. Figure 1 will briefly appear.
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Figure: Checking for updates.{class=pp-figure}
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To check manually, select `Help > Check for Updates ...`. A dialog like the one below will briefly appear:
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Figure: Checking for updates {class="pp-figure"}
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![](images/check-for-updates.png)
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Either no updates are available; indicating that your version is up-to-date or figure 2 will be shown; the correct version will of course be different in the future.
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Figure: Checking for updates.{class=pp-figure}
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If no updates are available, you will see a confirmation that your version is current. Otherwise, an update dialog will appear (the version shown will vary):
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Figure: Update available {class="pp-figure"}
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![](images/installation-update-2.png)
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To install the most recent version, click `OK`. To cancel the update and stay with the old version, click `Cancel`.
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Click `OK` to install the latest version, or `Cancel` to keep your current version.
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At the top of the update panel, there are three useful links:
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- [New & Noteworthy](https://forum.portfolio-performance.info/t/new-noteworthy/17945/last): Detailed info about the latest and previous releases.
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- [Change Log](https://github.com/portfolio-performance/portfolio/releases): GitHub page listing all releases.
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- [Download](https://www.portfolio-performance.info/): Official homepage with installers for Linux, Windows, and macOS (see [Getting Started > Installation](../../getting-started/installation.md)).
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Below the links, you’ll find a summary of changes from the last two releases. At the bottom right, you can enable or disable automatic update checks (see next section).
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There are three links at the top of the panel. [New & Noteworthy](https://forum.portfolio-performance.info/t/new-noteworthy/17945/52) provides detailed information about the changes in the latest version but also about *all* previous releases. The [Change Log](https://github.com/portfolio-performance/portfolio/releases) link leads to the Github page of the project where all (previous) releases are described. The [download link](https://www.portfolio-performance.info/) takes you to the homepage; where you can download the program for the different operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS); see [Getting Started > Installation](../../getting-started/installation.md).
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If the update is accepted and installed successfully, a confirmation will appear:
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Below the links, you can find an overview of the changes in the last two releases. At the bottom right, you can enable the automatic check for updates (see below).
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Figure: Install update successful {class="pp-figure"}
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## Automatic check for updates
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## Automatic Check for Updates
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Automatic checking for updates is enabled by default. You can change this setting in the menu `Help > Settings > Updates > Check for updates on start` (see figure 3).
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Automatic update checks are enabled by default. To change this, go to `Help > Settings > Updates` and toggle `Check for updates on start`:
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Figure: Setting for automatic check for updates.{class=pp-figure}
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Figure: Automatic update check setting {class="pp-figure"}
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