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How do I disable auto updates

X-Win32 has an autoupdate feature which allows you to automatically be informed when the latest updates are available. Updates are generally infrequent and fix bugs while at the same time adding new features. However if you must disable the autoupdate feature (you are a system admin who deploys X-Win32 once a quarter for example):

There are several ways to disable updates. Please choose the way which is right for you.

Command line msi options
XServer.config
Update.uo
UpdateTool.exe

Command line msi option

You can disable autoupdating during a command line msi installation.

msiexec NOAUTOUPDATE="TRUE" /qn /i "X-Win32.msi"

XServer.config

To disable updates through XServer.config

Edit %APPDATA%\StarNet\X-Win32\XServer.config

Add the following line above /Configuration

<NoAutoUpdate>TRUE</NoAutoUpdate>

Save the file.

Update.uo

Open the X-Win32 installation folder. The default location is %PROGRAMFILES%\StarNet\X-Win32\
Open the Update.uo file

The file looks something like this. 

<Options>
 <RemindDate>2001-01-01T00:00:00</RemindDate>
 <LastUpdate>2006-12-04T07:46:25</LastUpdate>
</Options>

Change the Year in the RemindDate tag to 9999.

Save the file

Remove Updatetool.exe

Removing %PROGRAMFILES%\StarNet\X-Win32\Updatetool.exe will also disable updates.

Removing this tool will also remove the Update option from the system tray.

Advanced Features

Category:Installation -> Upgrade
Category:X-Config