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25R1+ PatchTool tip

  • July 1, 2025
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Tony Lanzer
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Something that might not be obvious to everyone:


A tip for anyone using the PatchTool for Acumatica 25R1+ patches: When you download the latest PatchTool zip file, it could be tagged as "blocked" by Windows because it came from another computer. If you just use Windows to extract it, all of the extracted files will also be blocked. As a result, when running the PatchTool, it may not use the correct .dll version needed and throw an error due to incompatibility of binaries. To avoid this issue, options are:

  1. Unblock the .zip file after downloading through the file properties dialog checkbox before extracting files,
  2. Unblock the contents of the .zip file after extracting the files
  3. Use a 3rd party compression tool like 7zip to extract the files.,
  4. Modify Windows group policy to unblock files from the download folder.
Chris Hackett
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Glen Martin

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Chris Hackett
Community Manager
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  • Chris Hackett
  • Acumatica Community Manager
  • July 3, 2025

Thank you for sharing this tip with the community ​@Tony Lanzer!

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dgodsill97
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  • dgodsill97
  • Varsity I
  • December 8, 2025

The workaround is to use the Patchtool from 26R1 which is the correct version.

 

 

Chris Hackett
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Acumatica Employee
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Alternatively, you can unblock all files in the folder using PowerShell:

"Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\PatchTool" -Recurse | Unblock-File" (Replace the path with your actual Patch Tool directory.)

dgodsill97
Chris Hackett
dgodsill97
Varsity I
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  • dgodsill97
  • Varsity I
  • December 9, 2025

Thanks, that worked.  But Acumatica should make it easier to install the patchtool

Chris Hackett
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