Can someone tell me if there is a copy of the registry keys in a portable app? I have a copy of thunderbird that I would like to stop checking for updates
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I'm asking for the thunderbird portable app itself. Not for the portable app platform. Changing the name does nothing except change the settings for the app itself.
To prevent Thunderbird Portable from prompting to update itself, you need to create a policies.json file within the ThunderbirdPortable\App\Thunderbird64\distribution directory (create the directory if it doesn't exist) with the following:
{
"policies": {
"DisableAppUpdate": true
}
}
Do the same within a ThunderbirdPortable\App\Thunderbird\distribution directory to do the same for the 32-bit version.
The distribution directory will be preserved during each update.
Note that you should definitely not leave Thunderbird un-updated and use it in production use as it will have major security issue.
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That is exactly what I was trying to do. I'm using version 102 of thunderbird. I don't like the layout or much else about versions 115. Thank you very much.