Custom Award Update

This service allows download and installation of the latest updates of Custom Awards.

Updates

Free updates

This service provides a FREE update of the custom awards once per year.

All users can access this service even if their access to the User Reserved Area has expired.

Regular updates

Regular updates of custom awards will be available in the User Reserved Area as soon as important changes are made.

This service is for those whose support and access to the User Reserved Area is still active.

Download and Install

From August 2013 NEW VERSION - Auto Installer

This updater program must be used if you are using Windows 7-8-10 at 64 Bit. Microsoft changed its MS-DOS command engine and the previous version of the Custom Awards is not yet working.

We suggest however to use this updater in any way, it handles all the process automatically.

The new installer will update automatically all 142 Custom Awards:

  • See list updated enclosed in the file CUSTOM.ZIP

Click below to download the file CustomAward_Installer.exe auto installer file.

download the latest Custom Awards update

Update Custom 1st January 2026 - Auto Installer

  • 13 updated custom are available (release 6.10 - check file) customEN.pdf

Click below to download the file CustomAward_Installer.exe auto installer file.

auto installer file

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  • Click the following link to download the file CUSTOM.ZIP.
download the latest CUSTOM awards update
  • Save it in a temporary directory and unzip it.
  • Copy all the files expanded from CUSTOM.ZIP in the directory \EL5\AWARDS. This directory contains all the prototypes of custom awards that are available to be installed in a Log.
  • The custom awards already in \EL5\AWARDS will be overwritten with the new updated versions that come from the CUSTOM.ZIP file.
  • Inside CUSTOM.ZIP you will also find a PDF file containing the whole detailed list of the custom awards available.

Utility

Old UPDATE.EXE utility (for 32bit valid until 2008)

  • Now you can download the command line update utility to update the custom awards already installed in your Logs. This utility allows you to automatically add new references to existing and installed custom awards without the need to replace or overwrite the custom award table. This avoid data loss (credits, manual assignments...)
Download the custom awards updater
  • The CUSTOM_UPDATE.ZIP file contains the utility executable file and some instructions text files:
update.exe (The utility executable file)
updateEN.txt (Installation and usage instructions in English)
updiota.exe (The utility executable file)
updiotaEN.txt (Installation and usage instructions in English)

We suggest you print and read carefully the files updateEN.txt and updiotaEN.txt before using this utility!