How to disable wyUpdate self-update (or host our own copy)

Hey vagano,

That's an interesting corporate policy. You can't disable the self-updates (if a version of wyUpdate is required and can't be installed the update fails).

However, you can host your own copy of wyUpdate internally on your corporate intranet.

You can skip the part about compiling from source. Simply create a project in wyBuild and use the already compiled versions of wyUpdate.exe included with every version of wyBuild.

Tell me if this helps.

In the latest version of the source code for Wyupdate.Net4, what is the easiest way to disable any self-updating logic. I really don't want to set up a hosts file redirect that just points to a perpetually static copy of wyupdate.exe. I'm prepared to deal with the fallout of said decision 🙂

Don't do that. You'll prevent future successful updates to your software.

Instead, host self-updates on your own servers: https://wyday.com/wybuild/help/custom-wyupdate-version.php

Wyatt, I see no logical reason to force updates on a your client. In fact we'd like to avoid forced updates because of the risk of having unpredicted instability introduced. Also, we don't have access to the client machine, and they don't have raw internet access, nor can we modify their hosts file, nor does it makes sense to set up a permanent hosting of the wyupdate client that would remain static anyways. The disabling of the auto-updating is going to happen with our without your assistance. I'd prefer it to be with your assistance. Thank you

If you don't want to update your app, don't call wyUpdate.exe. Disabling self-updates (updates to the updater) is not a solution to any problem (other than the question: how do I break future updates to my app?)

I disagree. I'll post my solution on the net