VLC Media Player 3.0.14 fixes broken Windows automatic updater

VideoLan has released VLC Media Player 3.0.14 to fix an upshot affecting Window users and causing the software's auto-updater not to launch the new version'south installer automatically.

"VLC users on Windows might encounter issues when trying to motorcar update VLC from version 3.0.12 and 3.0.13," VideoLan explained. "Nosotros are publishing version 3.0.xiv to address this trouble for future updates."

This event is caused by a problems introduced in the automatic updater lawmaking of VLC 3.0.12 and stock-still with the release of VLC three.0.xiv.

Because of this bug, VLC updates are downloaded to the users' computers, verified for integrity, but will not be installed as the auto-updater fails to launch the VLC three.0.xiv installer.

When trying to update to the latest version, you will become a prompt explaining that the automobile-update arrangement is cleaved.

"The upgrade you are doing volition not launch the installer, because of a bug from our team. We are extremely sorry about that," the VLC three.0.xiv update prompt reads.

"You will demand to manually launch from your temp folder later the download. This upgrade fixes security problems in the updater and in the application. Please update."

VLC 3.0.14 update prompt
VLC 3.0.14 update prompt

How to manually update to VLC 3.0.fourteen

To update your VLC installation to the latest released version, you will need to download the three.0.14 installer from VLC'southward download page and install it manually.

Once downloaded on your hard drive, you accept to double-click the VLC installer and launch the guided installation process. Step-by-step instructions are also available here.

Users who have already tried updating VLC and downloaded the installer tin observe it in their Temporary files folder in File Explorer. To find the folder, you have to enter %TEMP% equally the location.

VideoLan has likewise addressed multiple remote lawmaking execution vulnerabilities in VLC Media Player 3.0.12 that could exist used to "trigger either a crash of VLC or an arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the target user."

Remote attackers tin exploit these security flaws by creating particularly crafted media files and tricking the targeted users into opening them with VLC.

If you are running VLC 3.0.11 or earlier, you should immediately update to VLC iii.0.fourteen for Windows or VLC 3.0.13 on macOS and Linux, the latest released versions that include patches for these severe security problems.

Luckily, VLC versions upwards to and including 3.0.11 do not include the auto-update breaking problems, so they can easily be upgraded to a patched release using the app's built-in automated update arrangement.