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Disable check for updates and downloads for wireshark 1.11.3

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Hi,How to disable the check for updates and downloads after installation.Is there any Registry to suppress for this.Please provide the solution for this ASAP as it is urgent requirement

asked 09 Feb '14, 23:58

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To disable the Check for Update after installation use either:

  • The GUI (GTK version); Edit | Preferences... | User Interface | Check for updates
  • Use a text editor to modify the config files, use Help | About | Folders to determine the location of the files, and in those locations edit the "preferences" file to add the setting gui_update_enabled: FALSE.

answered 10 Feb '14, 03:08

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I can see that updates are suppressed in the edit/Preferences by following the above steps. I need to supress the check for updates and downloads in Help menu. Please let me know Thanks in advance

(10 Feb '14, 06:56) pkumar

I think you would need to compile your own version to do that and remove the menu entry.

(10 Feb '14, 08:21) grahamb ♦

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See the answer to a similar question

http://ask.wireshark.org/questions/24780/remove-update-feature

Regards
Kurt

answered 10 Feb '14, 00:09

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Hi Kurt,

Thanks for your reply. After installation i dont see the file name "config.nmake" is present in the INSTALLDIR.Please let me know where this file is located.

Thanks PKumar

(10 Feb '14, 01:12) pkumar

The answer Kurt refers to discusses disabling the update check when developing and compiling, not after installation, thus config.nmake is a file used during development and it won't be in your INSTALDIR.

(10 Feb '14, 03:02) grahamb ♦