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VLC Media Player - Disbale Check for Updates

Hello Everyone,

I have to deploy VLC Media Player 1.1.11 on whole environment. I have disabled "Privacy and Network Policies", but now also need to disable "Check for Updates" under Help menu.

I tried to find out the solution everywhere but could not find anything. Please help if anyone has done this.

Thanks,
Dinesh Kashyap

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Posted by: rock_star 12 years ago
4th Degree Black Belt
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We did it a while ago , we took a setup capture of the exe.

Implemented the step mentioned by pjgeutjens and PackageExpert as follow:

i) Placed i guess the three files in %appdata%\vlc of all the existing user and default one too.

2) Created the shortcut as follow:

C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe "--no-qt-privacy-ask" "--no-qt-updates-notif"
Posted by: Dinesh.Kashyap 12 years ago
Orange Senior Belt
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Thank you all for your response. I'm able to find the "Privacy and Network Policies" issue which comes only once when application is lunches first time. But I have to disbale/hide "Check For Updates" under Help menu aslo, so that no once can update the software manually.

Thanks,
Dinesh Kashyap
Posted by: jmaclaurin 12 years ago
Third Degree Blue Belt
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As an alternative, block the update site on your firewall.
Posted by: SandeepPanat 12 years ago
Orange Senior Belt
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Have you tried searching Vendor Forums?

ORIGINAL: Dinesh.Kashyap
But I have to disbale/hide "Check For Updates" under Help menu aslo, so that no once can update the software manually.


I believe, this is what you are searching for http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=74163
Posted by: anonymous_9363 12 years ago
Red Belt
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Was the 'Package KB' entry no help?
Posted by: Arminius 12 years ago
Second Degree Green Belt
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If you can't find where that is stored, load up Process Monitor and make the change while doing a trace. There's a lot of stuff to dig through, but you'll find where the file/reg key with that change is stored.
Posted by: pjgeutjens 12 years ago
Red Belt
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this setting is stored in the vlcrc file under %appdata%\vlc
Posted by: PackageExpert 12 years ago
Blue Belt
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As VBScab mention there is an entry in Package KB

"Start VLC witout privacy and update notification?"

1. download VLC as zip-file, unpack to a folder
2. create a msi with a shortcut

Use this shortcut description:

C:\Programme\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe "--no-qt-privacy-ask" "--no-qt-updates-notif"
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