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Disable Check for updates in the menu

Postby oussou75 » 11 Jan 2017 15:11

Hello,

I'm sorry if I'm in the wrong section. Sorry for my English too.

I've been looking for a solution to my request but didn't find it.

I have an .msi of VLC 2.2.2 and I want to disable the option "Check for updates" in the Help menu so users cannot try to update the soft.

Is there any option, property, component, registry key I need to change so that can be possible?

Thanks for your answer.

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Re: Disable Check for updates in the menu

Postby Lotesdelere » 12 Jan 2017 11:58

Tools -> Preferences -> Interface
At the bottom untick the Activate Updates Notifier option.
Save, exit and restart VLC.

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Re: Disable Check for updates in the menu

Postby oussou75 » 13 Jan 2017 09:47

Thank you for your reply, but my issue is not about disable notifications.

I want to know if it is possible to dismiss "check for update" in the Help menu

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Re: Disable Check for updates in the menu

Postby ebracko » 30 Oct 2018 13:11

I double that.
It would be really nice especially in Terminal Server environments to hide the "Check for Updates" option in the Help menu in order to prevent normal users to even try to update vlc by themselves.
This should be either done by setting a registry value un the HKLM hive or adding a setting into the vlcrc file.

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Re: Disable Check for updates in the menu

Postby Hitchhiker » 30 Oct 2018 23:09

I double that.
It would be really nice especially in Terminal Server environments to hide the "Check for Updates" option in the Help menu in order to prevent normal users to even try to update vlc by themselves.
This should be either done by setting a registry value un the HKLM hive or adding a setting into the vlcrc file.

See this thread


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