# How do I manually update a windows instance and why was this not mentioned anywhere?

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/how-do-i-manually-update-a-windows-instance-and-why-was-this-not-mentioned-anywhere/9702>\
**Category:** FAQ\
**Tags:** windows-gui, windows\
**Created:** [October 14, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/how-do-i-manually-update-a-windows-instance-and-why-was-this-not-mentioned-anywhere/9702 "2020-10-14T13:15:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![kevink](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/kevink/32/6077_2.png) [@kevink](https://forum.storj.io/u/kevink)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/how-do-i-manually-update-a-windows-instance-and-why-was-this-not-mentioned-anywhere/9702/6 "2020-10-14T18:16:32Z")

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> [@Diazole](#):
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> There appears to be no official statement from Storj about updating to the latest version to continue receiving ingress traffic. Even the dashboard says the minimum allowed version is 1.12.

That’s what my thread was about and we got official answers there: [No ingress on 1.12.3 - #41 by SGC](https://forum.storj.io/t/no-ingress-on-1-12-3/9532/41)

> [@Diazole](#):
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> Isn’t the windows install meant to automatically update?

yes it is, so something on your installation might be broken/service not started. You should never need a manual update afaik.

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