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Disable automatic updates
How can I prevent dropbox from automatically updating itself? The new dropbox 3 has a very anti-windows-7 UI that I don't like, so I reinstalled 2.10. How do I stop dropbox from continually install...
For Windows users try this:
Good luck!
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Stefan F. May 26, 2015 17:21
A way to block updates is called "Software Restriction Policies" : see https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457006.aspx#EJAA for Windows XP/2003 or https://technet.microsoft.com/fr-fr/library/hh994597.aspx#BKMK_Path_Rules for later versions. It may not work with basic versions of Windows ("Home", "Starter"...) .
What I did on XP Professional (tried to guess the English because I'm on a French version) :
- Start > Run : secpol.msc
- Show/Hide Action Pane
- Software Restrictions Policies > Additional Rules
- Right click > New Path Rule
- Path : {YourPathToDropBox}\ .dropbox.cache\dropbox-upgrade-*.exe
- Security : Disallowed
Then when the rule is matched, an event ID 866 with the source "Software Restriction Policies" is written in Windows event log "Application".
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For Windows 7 and up users block this:
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Dropbox\Update\DropboxUpdate.exe
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