disable notepad++ updates on install or through script - Windows 7
Solution 1
There's a couple of ways you could do it. If you don't deploy the updater
folder then the updating functionality won't work (and you don't appear to get any error messages). If you just want to disable the option you'll need to edit the user's config.xml file, e.g.
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\config.xml
The line you're after is:
<GUIConfig name="noUpdate" intervalDays="15" nextUpdateDate="20140606">no</GUIConfig>
Change the 'no' to 'yes' and the auto-update checking will stop.
Solution 2
For fresh installs, a good solution is the following:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\config.model.xml
Modify the line:
From:
< GUIConfig name="noUpdate" > no < /GUIConfig >
To:
< GUIConfig name="noUpdate" > yes < /GUIConfig >
So essentially new user profiles will be populated with a NoUpdate set to yes.
This is especially useful for SCCM and silent deployments.
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Yanzzee
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Yanzzee over 1 year
I deploy notepad++ to several computer labs where end users don't have administrative rights. I am able to deploy the software, but I need to turn off automatic updates so they aren't getting popups when the next version comes out. Is there a way to do this either via command line switches on install or after install by modifying the registry, or other files? I am currently installing with: "npp.6.6.9.Installer.exe" /S
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Keltari over 9 yearsdid you check or ask on sourceforge.net/p/notepad-plus/discussion
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Yanzzee over 9 yearsI looked briefly, but didn't find anything. I'll take a closer look.
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DavidPostill over 7 yearsThis duplicates another answer and adds no new content. Please don't post an answer unless you actually have something new to contribute.
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EricSP over 7 yearsUmm you did not read correctly dude. The answer above mine is a modification to the %users% realm, my instructions makes sure that all future users do not get impacted as well. Please if you got nothing good to comment, don't comment at all.