Disable Auto Update checking and update

A Former User

How do I permananananananantly disable all auto updating. I just use it as a text editor. I don’t need any new functions or security because I don’t do anything with it that would ever have a security vulnerability and I don’t use anything fancy. It is just Notepad++ so I don’t have to use Notepad. I never ever want to be notified of any updates to the program, plugins, packages, or anything else not mentioned.

PeterJones

~~If you’re a former user, why are you asking? Are you just trying to complain?~~ [update: I learned sometime after this post that “A Former User” is what the Forum software shows as the username if they delete their account after making a post; so in the less-than-12 minutes between when they posted and I started my reply, they had already deleted their account]

There’s a setting, Settings > Preferences > MISC > Enable Notepad++ auto-updater which can be turned off. If that’s not sufficient, If that’s not sufficient, go into the install directory, updater subfolder, and delete any executable files you find there. (That might also make Plugins Admin not work for you, but since you seem to not care about such features, that should be okay.)

Alan Kilborn

OP may be saying that they already have turned off the indicated option and still continue to get notified (i.e. a bug with how the feature works).

There has been some recent activity on github about it, maybe have a look HERE and maybe HERE.

Alex De Lara

@Alan-Kilborn Ah, yes, me too. Thanks for pointing… Mine NPP keeps updating and although I’m a daily user, it annoys the heck out of me that the way next/previous document works has been changed and invalidated my F11/F12 hotkeys I set to quickly move around… I’m not a fan of taking my hands off of the keyboard so I need to disable the updates and preserve my sanity. That’s why.

PeterJones

@Alex-De-Lara ,

Please refrain from making the same complaint in multiple locations in the forum (ie, here and in this earlier post), and be patient while post-approval-queues are processed, and people have time to craft a reply.

update: By posting in this Topic as well, are you just saying “I was able to turn off auto-updates thanks to seeing the “Enable Notepad++ auto-updater” preference mentioned”? or are you saying, “I previously had auto-updates turned off by uncheckmarking that option, but even in a recent version, it ran the auto-updater despite having that option turned off” – because the latter is what this Topic is about… so if you’re really also having problems where the auto-updater didn’t honor your setting, you need to tell us what version you were updating from – maybe you found a bug in the updater option (though it’s doubtful)

St. P.

hi, i rename in a script the updater directory, after the installation.

something like that:

function Rename-Updater {
    param (
        [string]$instpath
    )
    Write-Log "Updater-Renaming started."

    if (Test-Path "$instpath\updater_old") {
        Write-Log "Removing old updater folder at: $instpath\updater_DisabledZi"
        Remove-Item -Path "$instpath\updater_old\*" -Force -Recurse
        Remove-Item -Path "$instpath\updater_old -Force -Recurse
    }

    Rename-Item -Path "$instpath\updater" -NewName "updater_old"
    Write-Log "Updater folder renamed to updater_old"

and then after the installation part in the script:

# Perform updater renaming
$instpath= "$env:ProgramFiles\NOTEPA~1"
Rename-Updater -instpfad $instpath
Write-Log "Script ended successfully."

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mkupper

@St-P It seems safer, easier, and more supported to turn off or disable Enable Notepad++ auto-updater that’s available on the Settings / Preferences / MISC. page.

Also, for your script to work on a standard installed copy of Notepad++ you need to be in administrative mode.