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Anonymous
August 11, 2011
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Disable auto-update for SYSTEM on windows

  • August 11, 2011
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I wrote an AIR app that is called via a php 'exec' command for my employer. This is part of an automated system where there is no user interaction. The problem is that whenever the application is run, every now and then it will open the Adobe AIR Updater, expecting user input to allow the update or cancel.

I downloaded the AIR Settings Manager app, and it does a great job of disabling this auto-update, but ONLY for the user running the app. Is there any way to disable the auto-updates for SYSTEM?

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Correct answer chris.campbell

Hi Ozzy,

Setting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\AIR\UpdateDisabled to 1 will disable runtime updates for ALL users.  Adding the file%APPDATA%\Adobe\AIR\updateDisabled will disable updates on a PER user basis.

Hope this helps,

Chris

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chris.campbell
chris.campbellCorrect answer
Legend
August 11, 2011

Hi Ozzy,

Setting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\AIR\UpdateDisabled to 1 will disable runtime updates for ALL users.  Adding the file%APPDATA%\Adobe\AIR\updateDisabled will disable updates on a PER user basis.

Hope this helps,

Chris

Anonymous
August 12, 2011

Hi Chris,

Is that registry key location normally present? I'm not seeing it in my registry editor. Thanks.

Anonymous
August 12, 2011

Also, what kind of registry object is 'UpdateDisabled'?

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