diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.h b/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.h
index 8d8a1459..565743f3 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.h
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus.h
@@ -241,18 +241,25 @@ public:
 	std::vector<generic_string> addNppComponents(const TCHAR *destDir, const TCHAR *extFilterName, const TCHAR *extFilter);
 	std::vector<generic_string> addNppPlugins(const TCHAR *extFilterName, const TCHAR *extFilter);
     int getHtmlXmlEncoding(const TCHAR *fileName) const;
+
 	HACCEL getAccTable() const{
 		return _accelerator.getAccTable();
-	}
+	};
+
 	bool emergency(const generic_string& emergencySavedDir);
+
 	Buffer* getCurrentBuffer()	{
 		return _pEditView->getCurrentBuffer();
-	}
+	};
+
 	void launchDocumentBackupTask();
 	int getQuoteIndexFrom(const wchar_t* quoter) const;
 	void showQuoteFromIndex(int index) const;
 	void showQuote(const QuoteParams* quote) const;
 
+	generic_string getPluginListVerStr() const {
+		return _pluginsAdminDlg.getPluginListVerStr();
+	};
 
 private:
 	Notepad_plus_Window *_pPublicInterface = nullptr;
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus_Window.h b/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus_Window.h
index 941c48e6..b3002d04 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus_Window.h
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Notepad_plus_Window.h
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ public:
 		_isPrelaunch = val;
 	}
 
+	generic_string getPluginListVerStr() const
+	{
+		return _notepad_plus_plus_core.getPluginListVerStr();
+	}
+
 	virtual void destroy()
 	{
 		::DestroyWindow(_hSelf);
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/PluginsAdmin/pluginsAdmin.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/PluginsAdmin/pluginsAdmin.cpp
index 4a73cb22..dc967b96 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/PluginsAdmin/pluginsAdmin.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/PluginsAdmin/pluginsAdmin.cpp
@@ -439,6 +439,13 @@ PluginsAdminDlg::PluginsAdminDlg()
 #endif
 }
 
+generic_string PluginsAdminDlg::getPluginListVerStr() const
+{
+	Version v;
+	v.setVersionFrom(_pluginListFullPath);
+	return v.toString();
+}
+
 bool PluginsAdminDlg::exitToInstallRemovePlugins(Operation op, const vector<PluginUpdateInfo*>& puis)
 {
 	generic_string opStr;
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/PluginsAdmin/pluginsAdmin.h b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/PluginsAdmin/pluginsAdmin.h
index 975f2e2d..133fcb5e 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/PluginsAdmin/pluginsAdmin.h
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/PluginsAdmin/pluginsAdmin.h
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ public :
 
 	void changeTabName(LIST_TYPE index, const TCHAR *name2change);
 	void changeColumnName(COLUMN_TYPE index, const TCHAR *name2change);
+	generic_string getPluginListVerStr() const;
 
 protected:
 	virtual INT_PTR CALLBACK run_dlgProc(UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/winmain.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/winmain.cpp
index c50e55d6..4568fa14 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/winmain.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/winmain.cpp
@@ -570,12 +570,23 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE, PWSTR pCmdLine, int)
 		if (doUpdatePluginList)
 		{
 			// Update Plugin List
-			updaterParams += TEXT(" -upPL");
+			generic_string upPlParams = TEXT("-v"); 
+			upPlParams += notepad_plus_plus.getPluginListVerStr();
+
+			if (nppParameters.isx64())
+			{
+				upPlParams += TEXT(" -px64");
+			}
+
+			upPlParams += TEXT(" -upZip");
 
 			// overrided "InfoUrl" in gup.xml
-			updaterParams += TEXT(" https://notepad-plus-plus.org/update/pluginListDownloadUrl.php");
+			upPlParams += TEXT(" https://notepad-plus-plus.org/update/pluginListDownloadUrl.php");
 
-			Process updater(updaterFullPath.c_str(), updaterParams.c_str(), updaterDir.c_str());
+			// indicate the pluginList installation location
+			upPlParams += nppParameters.getPluginConfDir();
+
+			Process updater(updaterFullPath.c_str(), upPlParams.c_str(), updaterDir.c_str());
 			updater.run();
 
 			// TODO: Update next update date