Notepad++ – How to Disable Auto-Update

Notepad++ uses Generic Updater for win32 (it's free).

The updater is located here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\updater Assuming you've used default installation path and running 64-bit windows and notepad++ 32-bit. If not look try here as well: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\updater\

What you need to do is start command line (e.g. Start->run->cmd OR Start->(search programs and files)->command) as administrator and execute the following lines:

1. cd /d C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\updater
2. gup -options

This will bring up proxy settings dialog where you can enter your proxy address.

Good. I did that too.

Click on Start, then "Run". Type services.msc. Enter password if necessary on Vista or later. On the Name column, find "Google Updater Service" or similar. Right click it and open Properties. For Startup Type, change it to Disabled. You may click on the Stop button as well. OK and exit all the windws and you're done.

If you want to ever update some day, follow the steps, set the startup back to Automatic, reboot AND Google Chrome will update the next time it is run.