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1. #DISABLE SKYPE UPDATES HOW TO#
2. #DISABLE SKYPE UPDATES UPDATE#
3. #DISABLE SKYPE UPDATES PRO#
4. #DISABLE SKYPE UPDATES PC#

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#DISABLE SKYPE UPDATES PC#

I don't like it when I can't have my PC working the way I want it to.

#DISABLE SKYPE UPDATES UPDATE#

This took me way too long to research and figure out, but I got tired of Skype continually wanting to update itself after I told it not to in the Skype Options. In the Group Policy Editor, you may have to set "Disable new version checking" to "Disable" or "Not configured". That should let you manually update Skype. To undo, in the Registry, set the DWORD value to 0 instead of 1. That is the main reason I am writing this blog entry - so I remember how to undo what I did to my own PC. Remember, when you want to update Skype again, you will have to go and reverse some of these actions. If you see a file there called SkypeSetup.exe, delete it. For me, that opens C:/Users/(username)/AppData/Local/Temp. One way to do that is to open your Run box (WinKey + R) and type in %temp%. Assuming you don't want to apply that update, in File Manager go to your Temp folder. Skype might already have downloaded an update that it keeps nagging you to apply. #5 - There is one more step you might have to take. That should place the Skype-v1.7 in your Add/Remove Templates box.

You can either move the Skype-v1.7.adm file to that folder and open it from there, or navigate to wherever you downloaded the adm file to (most likely the Downloads folder) and open it there.

For me, that opened to This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Windows > Inf. In the Add/Remove Templates box, click Add. Right click on Administrative Templates and select Add/Remove Templates. Navigate to User Configuration and then Administrative Templates. Open the Local Group Policy Editor by opening the Run box (Windows key + R) and typing in "gpedit.msc" (without the quotes). This worked for me today, so I'm going with it. There may be a newer version of this file, I don't know. I found this link from a thread from September 2012. Locate and download the file Skype-v1.7.adm.

#DISABLE SKYPE UPDATES PRO#

As mentioned earlier, I believe you need a Pro version of Windows to do this step. If you did this right, when you go to Help in the Skype menu, the item "Check for Updates" will be greyed out. Scroll to Skype Updater, right click it and select Properties. If the service is active, right click on the SkypeUpdate service line and select Open Services. (See picture below.) If it is stopped already, you are done with this step. To see if this service is running, bring up Task Manager (a right-click on the Windows Taskbar is one way to do that). Also, in Step 4 you need to be able to add and update a Local Group Policy which I think requires a Pro version of Windows. If your OS is different, these steps might not exactly apply to your situation. "How to get Skype to quit doing that?" I wondered. However, that then caused Skype to start nagging me about the availability of a newer version. I was able to roll back to version 6.21 by uninstalling the newer Skype and then installing the older version. I found updating from Skype version 6.21 to either 6.22 or 7.0 introduced some of these undesirable changes. More often than not, the changes seem to be for the worse: they either remove a useful feature or they add eye candy at the expense of information density. Skype continues to screw around with its UI. This is a techy post dealing with the subject at hand.