diff --git a/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/umainform.lfm b/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/umainform.lfm
index 61704000f..0651830fa 100644
--- a/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/umainform.lfm
+++ b/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/umainform.lfm
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ object mainform: Tmainform
     VersionCountLimit = 1000000
     DownloadCountLimit = 10000000
     ZipfileName = 'updatepack.zip'
+    WorkingMode = lauUpdate
     ShortCut.ShortcutName = 'MyShortcutName'
     ShortCut.Category = scAudioVideo
     Left = 424
diff --git a/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/umainform.pas b/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/umainform.pas
index 8b0526308..2ddeab46f 100644
--- a/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/umainform.pas
+++ b/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/umainform.pas
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ interface
 uses
   Classes, SysUtils, LazUTF8, LazFileUtils, FileUtil, Forms, Controls, Dialogs,
   Buttons, Menus, StdCtrls, EditBtn, Spin, ComCtrls, ulazautoupdate, inifiles,
-  eventlog, umemoform, Zipper, strutils, asyncprocess, lclintf, types;
+  eventlog, umemoform, Zipper, strutils, asyncprocess, lclintf, types,LResources,
+  LCLVersion;
 
 type
   // Use FillVersionString and FillVersionInteger
@@ -238,6 +239,10 @@ type
 
 var
   mainform: Tmainform;
+  sReadMePath:String;
+  aLRes: TLResource;
+  S: TResourceStream;
+  F: TFileStream;
 
 implementation
 
@@ -382,6 +387,7 @@ begin
   ProfileConfig := TINIFile.Create(GetAppConfigDir(False) + C_PROFILECONFIGNAME);
   ProfilenameList := TStringList.Create;
   ProfileRec.DragFileStringList := TStringList.Create;
+
   if FileExistsUTF8('readme.txt') then
   begin
     memo_intro.Lines.LoadFromFile('readme.txt');
@@ -672,8 +678,8 @@ end;
 procedure Tmainform.edt_WhatsNewTextFileChange(Sender: TObject);
 begin
   edt_WhatsNewTextFile.InitialDir := ExtractFileDir(ProfileRec.WhatsNewPath);
+  // ForceDirectoriesUTF8(ProfileRec.WhatsNewPath);
   ProfileRec.WhatsNewPath := edt_WhatsNewTextFile.Filename;
-  ForceDirectoriesUTF8(ProfileRec.WhatsNewPath);
   bCurrentProfileSaved := False;
 end;
 
@@ -1033,7 +1039,7 @@ begin
     cmb_profile.Clear;
     cmb_profile.Items := ProfileNameList;
     // Set last item in list as current
-    cmb_profile.ItemIndex := cmb_profile.Items.Count - 1;
+    // cmb_profile.ItemIndex := cmb_profile.Items.Count - 1;
     bCurrentProfileSaved := False;
   end
   else
@@ -1419,5 +1425,26 @@ begin
     LAUTRayINI.Free;
   end;
 end;
-
+initialization
+// Unpack readme.txt
+if (lcl_major > 0) and (lcl_minor > 6) then
+ begin
+    sReadMePath:=ProgramDirectory + 'readme.txt';
+      // This uses a resource file added via Project/Options (Laz 1.7+)
+    if not FileExistsUTF8(sReadMePath) then
+    begin
+      // create a resource stream which points to the po file
+      S := TResourceStream.Create(HInstance, 'README', MakeIntResource(10));
+      try
+        F := TFileStream.Create(sReadMePath, fmCreate);
+        try
+          F.CopyFrom(S, S.Size); // copy data from the resource stream to file stream
+        finally
+          F.Free; // destroy the file stream
+        end;
+      finally
+        S.Free; // destroy the resource stream
+      end;
+    end;
+  end;
 end.
diff --git a/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/updatepack.lpi b/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/updatepack.lpi
index 0ca97aca4..c394e92aa 100644
--- a/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/updatepack.lpi
+++ b/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/updatepack.lpi
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
         <DpiAware Value="True"/>
       </XPManifest>
       <Icon Value="0"/>
+      <Resources Count="1">
+        <Resource_0 FileName="readme.txt" Type="RCDATA" ResourceName="README"/>
+      </Resources>
     </General>
     <i18n>
       <EnableI18N Value="True"/>
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@
       <UseVersionInfo Value="True"/>
       <MajorVersionNr Value="1"/>
       <MinorVersionNr Value="2"/>
-      <RevisionNr Value="6"/>
+      <RevisionNr Value="7"/>
       <StringTable Comments="Updated Jan 2017" FileDescription="Companion to LazAutoUpdate component" InternalName="updatepack" LegalCopyright="(c)2015 minesadorada@charcodelvalle.com" OriginalFilename="updatepack" ProductName="Lazarus/FPC" ProductVersion="2.6.4"/>
     </VersionInfo>
     <BuildModes Count="5">
diff --git a/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/updatepack.res b/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/updatepack.res
index d79b33def..ab4b62fdb 100644
Binary files a/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/updatepack.res and b/components/lazautoupdate/latest_stable/updatepack/updatepack.res differ