Update Studio

The process of updating an older Studio release to this release differs depending on the Studio edition currently installed on your machine - Enterprise or Community.

The installation artifacts can be downloaded from the Resource Center in UiPath Automation Cloud, provided to you when you purchase Studio, or provided by your customer success manager or the support team.

Versioning Scheme

Our versioning scheme has a major.minor.patch structure, which works as follows:

• The major number represents the year the release is delivered in and changes with a major update.
• The minor number is incremented each time a functionality is added, under the form of a minor update.
• The patch number is incremented every time a patch containing bug fixes is released.
  Note: If the entire UiPath suite is installed on a single machine, and you want to update from v2018.2 or older versions, you are required to first do so on Orchestrator and then Studio and Robot. If you first update your Studio, your Orchestrator instance is removed. This is due to a change in the installers' Upgrade Code.

Updating to a Major Version

If you are updating from v2017.1, v2018.1, or v2018.2, note that all old local activities packages are lost. Please back up before updating.

Enterprise Edition

You can upgrade a version of Studio activated with an Enterprise license directly to the latest version by simply running the UiPathStudio.msi installer on your machine. Your previous setup is preserved and you are not prompted to select what components to install. None of your settings or projects are lost after doing this.

It is also possible to use UiPathPlatformInstaller.exe to update Studio, as well as Orchestrator and Robot, on the same machine. However, please note that this installer does not accept command line arguments.

Activity Packages

Please keep in mind that, upon upgrade from v2018.2 to higher versions, the activities packages are cumulated in the C:\Program Files (x86)\UiPath\Studio\Packages folder.

If you have projects created with a Studio version prior to v2018.3, and they have dependencies in the %localappdata%/UiPath/Activities folder, add the path as a feed in the Package Manager, so that the projects can reference them.

After updating from a version prior to v2018.3, Studio performs an automatic migration of dependencies when the project is opened. Read more about Dependency Migration as part of the Core Activities Split.

It is not recommended to perform manual changes to NuGet.config or any configuration files, and instead, UI or command-line arguments should be used. However, if manual changes were indeed made to configuration files, it is recommended to back up these files before upgrading to a later Studio version.

Note:

The location of the activity packs has changed from %programdata%\UiPath\Activities in 2016.2 to %localappdata%\UiPath\Activities in 2018.1 and above.

This means that, when updating from 2016.2 to 2018.1, 2018.2, or 2018.3, the activity packs must be reinstalled to work properly. More info can be found in the Managing Activities Packages chapter.

Community Edition

Due to the auto-update feature of the Community Edition, any Studio activated with a Community license is automatically updated to the latest version when a new version is available on the Stable feed.

If you manually update your Community Edition Studio, your user settings are not lost, but the existing UiPath extension for Chrome is removed from your browser. The content of the current UiPath folder from %localappdata%\UiPath installation folder is removed and the setup fails if you previously performed selections with UI Explorer in a Java application. Please note that these issues do not occur when Studio automatically updates to the latest version.

Updating to a Minor Version

Updating UiPath Studio is performed differently according to the type of license that is activated on your machine. There are two possible scenarios:

Enterprise Edition

You can upgrade a version of Studio activated with an Enterprise license directly to the latest version by simply running the UiPathStudio.msi installer on your machine. Your previous setup is preserved and you are not prompted to select what components to install. None of your settings or projects are lost after doing this.

It is also possible to use UiPathPlatformInstaller.exe to update Studio, as well as Orchestrator and Robot, on the same machine. However, please note that this installer does not accept command line arguments.

Please keep in mind that, upon upgrade from v2018.3 to higher versions, the activities packages are cumulated in the C:\Program Files (x86)\UiPath\Studio\Packages folder.

Community Edition

The Community Edition is always up to date, as it automatically updates itself as soon as a new version is available, be it Stable or Preview.

You can choose an update channel by going to Home (Studio Backstage View) > Help and selecting either Stable or Preview.

Please note that once you change your selection, you have to restart the application for the change to take effect.

If you manually update your Community Edition Studio, your user settings are not lost, but the existing UiPath extension for Chrome is removed from your browser. The content of the current UiPath folder from %localappdata%\UiPath installation folder is removed and the setup fails if you previously performed selections with UI Explorer in a Java application. Please note that these issues do not occur when Studio automatically updates to the latest version.