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--- desktop:disable_update_check [2017/07/24 15:22] – Scott Cunliffe
+++ desktop:disable_update_check [2025/01/21 22:07] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Disabling Update Check ======
-===== Overview =====
 On startup TapeTrack software checks via internet connection whether an update is available.  This function can cause some security setups to issue a warning.  This can be avoided by setting a registry key to disable the update check.
+{{page>technote:registry_edit}}
-<note warning>Changes made to the Windows registry happen immediately, and no backup is automatically made. Do not edit the Windows registry unless you are confident about doing so. \\
+===== Adding Registry Key =====
- \\
-Microsoft have issued the following warning with respect to the Registry Editor: \\
-//"Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious, system-wide problems that may require you to re-install Windows to correct them. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own risk."//</note>
-==== Registry Backup ====
+In regedit navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GazillaByte. \\
-<note important>Backup the registry before any modifications</note>
+Right-click in main window and select ''New - DWORD''.
-Open regedit and create registry backup by right clicking the top of the registry tree and selecting Export and saving to an appropriate location.
+{{:master:tapemaster_registry_add_new_dword.png}}
-{{:master:tapemaster_registry_backup.png}}
+Right-click the newly created key and select ''rename''. \\
+Give the key the name **DisableUpdateCheck**. \\
+Double-click the key and set the value to **1**.
+{{:master:tapemaster_registry_key_value.png}}
+Once complete your registry will have the added key with the value of one, Tapetrack will no longer check for updates.
+{{:master:tapemaster_registry_complete.png}}
+Close regedit by clicking ''File'' -> ''Exit''.
-You can add a registry key to disable this functionality.
-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GazillaByte\DisableUpdateCheck
-Add it as a DWORD and set it to 1.