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With the Telerik Visual Studio Extensions you keep your projects in an up-to-date state. The New Version Downloader tool automatically retrieves the freshest Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX distribution, available on the Telerik website. Running the [Upgrade Wizard]({%slug introduction/radcontrols-for-asp.net-ajax-fundamentals/integration-with-visual-studio/visual-studio-extensions/upgrade-wizard%}) as a next step makes the task of latest Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX package utilization extremely easy.

Once a day, upon Visual Studio launch, the Telerik ASP.NET AJAX VSExtensions queue the Telerik website for a new version of Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX. A dialog gets displayed when a new version is discovered:
Once a day, upon loading a project containing UI for ASP.NET AJAX controls, the Telerik ASP.NET AJAX VSExtensions queue the Telerik website for a new version of Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX. A dialog gets displayed when a new version is discovered:

![Newer Version Available Notification](images/introduction-vsx_latestversionacquirer_newversionnotification.png)

>note If you've disabled the notifications, you can use the [Options Dialog]({%slug introduction/radcontrols-for-asp.net-ajax-fundamentals/integration-with-visual-studio/visual-studio-extensions/visual-studio-extensions-options%}) to activate them again.

Clicking the Get Now button starts the New Version Downloader tool, prompting for your Telerik credentials and the type of license you own in its first page. If you do not have a [www.telerik.com](http://www.telerik.com) account, you can create one through the **Create an account for free** link.
Clicking the Update Now button starts the New Version Downloader tool, prompting for your Telerik credentials and the type of license you own in its first page. If you do not have a [www.telerik.com](http://www.telerik.com) account, you can create one through the **Create an account for free** link.

![Latest Version Acquirer: Login](images/introduction-vsx_latestversionacquirer_login.png)

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>note The New Version Downloader tool actually downloads the hotfix zip files, containing the latest Telerik binaries and any resources vital for the Telerik Web Application/Web Site project creation. These get unpacked to the `%appdata%\Telerik\Updates` folder.
>If you find the list of packages offered too long and you don't need the older versions, you can close Visual Studio and use Windows Explorer to delete these distributions.


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**Suggest project upgrades for Telerik product version available on my computer** – When enabled, you will be prompted to upgrade upon opening a project, which is not using the latest version of Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX installed on your system

**Suggest upgrades when an equal Dev release detected on projects using a Trial** – When enabled, you will be prompted to upgrade if a licensed version of Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX is available on your system, but the current project uses a trial version

### Other Notifications

**Notify me when a Telerik subscription I have is about to expire** – When enabled, you will receive reminders if any of your subscriptions expire within the next month.

>note You can benefit subscription reminders only if you have saved your credentials in the [Latest Version Acquirer tool]({%slug introduction/radcontrols-for-asp.net-ajax-fundamentals/integration-with-visual-studio/visual-studio-extensions/automatic-latest-version-retrieval%}).
**Suggest upgrades when an equal Dev release is detected on projects using a Trial** – When enabled, you will be prompted to upgrade if a licensed version of Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX is available on your system, but the current project uses a trial version

### Select a folder for downloads

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