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Former Member
4 years ago

1Password fails to update when McAfee Application Control is enabled

When McAfee Application control is enabled it generates no errors and allows installation of 1Password if I were to download and install manually. However, when 1Password tries to update automaticall...
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1P_Blake
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4 years ago

Hey @"Ilya Voloshin" 👋

Generally-speaking, third party tools like McAfee tend to be a bit overzealous and like lock down entire installation directories, which will prevent applications from updating automatically, such as 1Password.

Whitelisting %LOCALAPPDATA%\1Password\ within McAfee followed by a quick reboot of your machine should be all you need to do to get automatic updates rolling again.

Let me know if that helps! :chuffed: