---
title: Desktop app 1.7.4 (January 23, 2023)
description: New features and improvements in PingID desktop app 1.7.4.
component: pingid
page_id: pingid:release_notes:pid_desktop_app_jan_23_2023
canonical_url: http://docs.pingidentity.com/pingid/release_notes/pid_desktop_app_jan_23_2023.html
revdate: June 9, 2024
section_ids:
  define-a-specific-installation-path: Define a specific installation path
  language-support: Language support
  security-and-reliability: Security and reliability
  issue-unpairing-pingid-desktop-app: Issue unpairing PingID desktop app
---

# Desktop app 1.7.4 (January 23, 2023)

New features and improvements in PingID desktop app 1.7.4.

## Define a specific installation path

Improved PingID desktop app

You can now specify the folder path to which you want to install PingID desktop app. Browse to the required path in the UI, or add the specific command through the CLI. For information, see [Setting up PingID desktop authentication on Windows](http://docs.pingidentity.com/pingid-user-guide/secure_authentication_with_pingid/ug_pid_desktop_app_web.html) and [Installing the desktop app (legacy) using the Windows CLI](../pingid_service_management/installing_pid_desktop_app_using_windows_cli.html).

## Language support

Improved PingID desktop app

PingID desktop app now supports the following additional languages:

* Czech

* Polish

* Hungarian

## Security and reliability

Improved PingID desktop app

Improvements to security, performance, and reliability.

## Issue unpairing PingID desktop app

Fixed PID-5165/PID-5166 PingID desktop app

We've fixed an issue related to unpairing PingID desktop app. For PingID desktop app users with a PIN code who want to unpair PingID desktop app, it is now required to enter the PingID Desktop PIN in order to unpair PingID desktop app. Users that forget their PIN code and want to unpair PingID must uninstall the app, reinstall the app, and then pair it again.