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Thunderbird forcing updates despite disabling them

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spg2500
spg2500
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I installed TB version 102 and do not wish to update. Per previous no-updating solutions I found, I have the "Check for updates, but let me choose whether to install them" option tagged, I renamed "updater.exe" to "no-updater.exe," and have the following JSON in my distributions folder:

{ 

"policies": {
  "DisableAppUpdate": true
}

}

Yet, today, it still automatically updated to version 128. Why?

I installed TB version 102 and do not wish to update. Per previous no-updating solutions I found, I have the "Check for updates, but let me choose whether to install them" option tagged, I renamed "updater.exe" to "no-updater.exe," and have the following JSON in my distributions folder: { "policies": { "DisableAppUpdate": true } } Yet, today, it still automatically updated to version 128. Why?

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spg2500
spg2500 Question owner
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I also have "Use a background service to install updates" off, yet it still updated.

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david
david
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I will not debate your settings or what happened. No one else among the tens of thousands (millions, really) have mentioned this. BUT, if upgrading is totally a NO, then see this post of mine for lock it in: 

 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1438626

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