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Expected behaviour of the (newish) MANAGED_UPDATE=1 MSI deployment parameter

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June 12, 2025
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The article https://support.1password.com/deploy-1password/?windows#msi-deployment-options
states:

and the https://releases.1password.com/windows/stable/ page states in the release notes for version 8.10.72:

But when I deploy the machine-wide (.msi) 1Password for Windows with the MANAGED_UPDATE=1 parameter specified, users are still prompted to update the application when new versions become available,

and they also have the ability to "Check for Updates".

I expected MANAGED_UPDATE=1 to stop both of these things from occurring and a recent https://www.reddit.com/r/1Password/comments/1k1dnsj/controlled_update_of_1password/ appears to support this assumption:

Am I missing something here?

Best answer by TSC-Dean

1Password for Windows (1PfW) 8.11.0 installed with 8.11.2 available.

After overcoming an install string regression issue and sorting out rogue .msi files in the %LocalAppData%\1Password\ directory, I think the MANAGED_UPDATE=1 parameter is now working as intended.

The behaviour now - from the 1PfW main dialog, the "Check for Updates..." menu item is still enabled and launches the 1PfW "Settings" dialog "About" pane, but available updates are no longer listed or generating update notification banners.

I should also reference the related community discussion Disable 1Password Updates | 1Password Community, in case you're interested in the MANAGED_UPDATE related registry settings.

1P_SimonH

Community Manager

Hi @TSC-Dean,

You're exactly right about the intended behavior! We did have a bug that was causing this not to work, but it was fixed in 8.10.78.

I see in your screenshot that it's version 8.10.80. Are all of the folks seeing this issue running 8.10.80, too?

T

TSC-DeanAuthor

Thanks for the quick response. We only upgraded from 8.10.76 to 8.10.80 yesterday. I'll monitor the upgrade notification behaviour when the next version becomes available. That said, the "Check for Updates" option is still visible and operational with 8.10.80 installed with MANAGED_UPDATE=1 specified.

T

TSC-DeanAuthor

Nope. 8.10.82 released and 8.10.80 installed with the MANAGED_UPDATE=1 parameter configured and still:

T

TSC-DeanAuthor

Just deployed 8.10.82 to clients. Let's see how it handles the next 1Password for Windows update. I did notice on the first launch (post install) of 8.10.82, that the application was still flagging the update to 8.10.82. What's with that?

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TimG1P

1Password Employee

@TSC-Dean

Would the %localappdata%\1Password folder happened to have been preserved in between installs? It sounds like the app may be finding the installer downloaded by the previous instance. Deleting the .MSI file downloaded to that folder will prevent this toast from appearing moving forward.

If the issue persists, I'd like to ask you to create a diagnostics report from your Windows PC so that the team can review logs and determine whether the flags are being applied:

Send a diagnostics report (Windows)

Attach the diagnostics to an email message addressed to support@1password.com

With your email please include:

A link to this thread: https://www.1password.community/discussions/1password-work/expected-behaviour-of-the-newish-managed-update1-msi-deployment-parameter/157697
Your forum username: TSC-Dean

You should receive an automated reply from our BitBot assistant with a Support ID number. Please post that number here. Thanks very much!

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TSC-DeanAuthor

Having remnant .msi files in the %localappdata%\1Password\ directory appears to be responsible for the update notification banner, even when the latest release of 1Password for Windows (1PfW) is installed:

That said, I also see that 1PfW (at least 8.11.0) appears to do a good job of deleting older/current .msi files from this directory.

8.11.0 has now been widely deployed. I'll keep monitoring.

1P_Dave

1Password Employee

@TSC-Dean

Thank you for the updates! I see that you're currently in conversation with my colleague over on the email side, if you continue to run into the issue then please continue the conversation there and the team can help further.

-Dave

T

TSC-DeanAuthorAnswer

1Password for Windows (1PfW) 8.11.0 installed with 8.11.2 available.

After overcoming an install string regression issue and sorting out rogue .msi files in the %LocalAppData%\1Password\ directory, I think the MANAGED_UPDATE=1 parameter is now working as intended.

The behaviour now - from the 1PfW main dialog, the "Check for Updates..." menu item is still enabled and launches the 1PfW "Settings" dialog "About" pane, but available updates are no longer listed or generating update notification banners.

I should also reference the related community discussion Disable 1Password Updates | 1Password Community, in case you're interested in the MANAGED_UPDATE related registry settings.

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