Upgrading and Patching P6 Professional With Mandatory Updates disabled.

Every time a user attempts to log in to an instance of P6 Professional from the Windows Start Menu, P6 Professional checks the ClickOnce server from which it was installed for the most recent version of the application. If the version on the server is the same, the application opens as usual.

If a more recent version of P6 Professional becomes available as either a patch or an upgrade, the user's P6 Professional installation is usually automatically updated to the latest version.

However, if ClickOnce is hosted on your own cloud servers, and the mandatory updates option has been disabled, users can choose whether or not to accept the update.

Accepting a Version Update

The following list outlines the user's experience when accepting a version update:

  1. If a new version of P6 Professional is available, the Update Available dialog box appears to the user when they attempt to log in.

    To accept the update, the user clicks OK.

  2. The user's instance of P6 Professional closes while it updates to the most recent version. Users can check the progress of their update in the Updating P6 Professional dialog box.
  3. After the update completes, P6 Professional opens the Login to Primavera P6 Professional login page.

Declining a Version Update

The Update Available dialog box appears only once for each new version of P6 Professional. Therefore, if a user chooses to decline a version update, the Update Available dialog box will next appear when a newer version becomes available on the server.

The following list outlines the user's experience when declining a version update:

  1. If a new version of P6 Professional is available, the Update Available dialog box appears to the user when they attempt to log in.

    To decline the update, the user clicks Skip.

  2. The user logs in to P6 Professional.

    The user will not see the Update Available dialog box again until a new version becomes available.

Updating a Version if Initially Declined

If a user declines an update, they can still update their application instance using Primavera Portal.

To update P6 Professional after declining the update:

  1. Close P6 Professional.
  2. Log in to the Primavera Portal using the URL provided by the cloud administrator.
  3. Click Install P6 Professional.
  4. On the Installing P6 Professional With ClickOnce page, click the Install button..
  5. In the Opening setup.exe dialog box, click Save File.
  6. Run setup.exe.

Reverting to a Previous Patch or Version

To revert an instance of P6 Professional to a previous patch or version:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Click Control Panel.
  3. Click Programs and Feature.
  4. Right click the P6 Professional item.
  5. On the Primavera dialog box that asks "Do you wish to uninstall Primavera and all its components?", click Yes.
  6. On the P6 Professional Maintenance dialog box, select Restore the application to its previous state and the click OK.

Last Published Tuesday, April 1, 2025