Discord: Disable Forced Updates on Windows - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Brickstin
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 10, 2024, 11:31:31 am
content: Salutations everyone,I am sorta new here, I am doing some research for windows computers running Discord and I was trying to learn how to stop Discord from updating and skipping the check to just run the program.I came across this topic post and found it very interesting:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/general-computing/disabling-discord-update-checkforced-updates-on-linux/I am curious how would one would go about doing this same kind of method on a windows OC running windows 7/8/8.1 64bitI couldn't find a Settings JSON file in the appdata/Local/Discord app folder perhaps it is named differently, or maybe I need to edit an entirely different file/type.If anyone has any experience or knowledge to share on how to edit a file to make Discord skip update checks let me know.~Brickstin

author: Stray Electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2024, 12:05:46 pm
content: I don't know anything about Discord but the only way that I've been able to stop Abode and several other Windows programs from updating was to find the name of the update server and add it to the Hosts file.

author: Brickstin
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 10, 2024, 01:18:50 pm
content: That was my first idea to try, I did this and it still causes the discord to not allow me to go beyond the update window and log into Discord.I had tried blocking this URL that the updater calls for:https://updates.discord.com/All this does is cause a indefinite update retry cycle.

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 14, 2024, 02:37:05 pm
content: you have to block outbound connections on many executables to be surefor some web browsers you can block their updates, some work by adding a crafted filefor windows you have to block the windows update services like :https://greatis.com/stopupdates10/or others toolsfor Discord ... meh like the posted infos earlier thread

author: abeyer
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 14, 2024, 10:03:23 pm
content: Given that it's a bespoke client to a server they control there's a very real chance they'll be blocking old clients if you let it get too far behind.

author: radiolistener
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 15, 2024, 09:09:40 am
content: if you want to stop windows update and telemetry spying, you're needs to wipe your windows and install Linux

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 24, 2024, 09:29:07 pm
content: This takes me back to the days of Win XP when using ZoneAlarm I would block most programs from connecting out and only let the few that needed internet, like mail.Those days started when Win XP came out and continue to this day as I have several computers running XP. One right here.I wish there was a similar program for Linux where I could define what programs can go out and which ones cannot.

author: golden_labels
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2024, 09:59:20 am
content: You mean… like Linux itself? The firewall is an inseparable, always running component of the kernel. Unlike with Windows,(1)you never had to install anything.A more convenient solution, better fitting the purpose, are namespaces and cgroups. Nowadays trivial to use with systemd:Network Accounting and Control.If you don’t require proper security,(2)there are also various weak sandboxing tools: Bubblewrap or Firejail.(1)Before Windows 10. While the component itself was present in Windows 6 (also 5.2, but only in its final years), it suffered major issues — including no proper ability to deal with outbound traffic.(2)Which was also not provided by WindowsXP “firewalls”.