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How to disable check for new version of Opera?

Saturday, 24. June 2006, 12:17:44

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By default, Opera checks for update every week and notifies you when there is an update.

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To disable check for new version, Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Security > Auto-update > Do not check for updates

For Opera version 9

Set Check For New Opera to 0.

For Opera version 8

Note the path to Opera directory by clicking this. Close Opera, go to Opera directory, open opera6.ini and change value of Check For New Opera to 0 under [User Prefs].

Update: Oct 11, 2009

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Comments

Liberty 27. February 2009, 22:20

Tamil - just wanted to finally get around to thanking you for your "Opera 9 FAQ" http://my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/opera-faq !

I was browsing your posts and I found you had answered another question of mine:

/Tamil/blog/how-to-run-opera-beta-without-affecting-your-current-opera-settings

Thanks.

Anonymous 11. October 2009, 17:05

polocanada writes:

Haven't found this in Opera 10. But seems it is now included in about:config, Auto Update, Auto Update State. I set it to 0.

polocanada 11. October 2009, 22:16

Damn. Didn't help. Again started checking. I checked and played with all values in about:config. Nothing helps. I have no clue how to disable this.

Tamil 11. October 2009, 23:09

Change it in preferences.

Anonymous 2. November 2009, 19:55

Anonymous writes:

polocanada do this...

Tools> Preferences> Advanced> Security....
theres a option for auto update in the bottom...

This worked for me...
Hope it does for u too..

Peace

Anonymous 17. December 2009, 19:54

Аноним writes:

ебать капать у меня опера не пашет! при обновлении ошибку выдаёт! заебала уже! что мне делать?

Tamil 24. December 2009, 12:20

English please.

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