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Mike G.'s avatar
Mike G.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

Disable automatic updates

How can I prevent dropbox from automatically updating itself? The new dropbox 3 has a very anti-windows-7 UI that I don't like, so I reinstalled 2.10. How do I stop dropbox from continually install...
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jayson h.1's avatar
jayson h.1
New member | Level 1

I Think I've found a way on windows:

 

Essentially just make a firewall rule to block all outgoing connections for the following program:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\DropboxUpdate.exe

I shan't go into detail as the process is pretty explanatory.

Hope this helps. 

Pavel K.10's avatar
Pavel K.10
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Either delete their updater or I am blocking everything except dropbox.exe (i.e. updater, dropbox_client etc. ) in Comodo  firewall (I have set firewall to custom policy and every connection I must approve). Good luck.

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