<![CDATA[Autoupdate not disabled]]>After the automatic update to Opera 45 (on Windows 7 Pro), the VPN was so problematic that it was essentially useless.

So, last week, I set the environment variable to OPERA_AUTOUPDATE_DISABLED and re-installed Opera 44. VPN worked perfectly again.

This morning, Opera has updated itself to version 45 again, apparently ignoring the environment variables.

Have I done something wrong with how I turned off the auto-update, or is Opera forcing through updates whether they are wanted or not? If I can't get this fixed, the next step is to find the Opera update servers and not allow them through the firewall.

Cheers

John

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/21165/autoupdate-not-disabledRSS for NodeSat, 16 May 2026 19:14:50 GMTWed, 31 May 2017 12:03:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Autoupdate not disabled on Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:34:32 GMT]]>After every update Autoupdate has to be disabled/renamed.

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I've done that now. Also disabled the Opera Auto-Update task in Task Scheduler.
I guess only time will tell if that's enough to stop it updating.

You should be good with renaming the exe. I did that for a while. Even trying to manually update after that generated an error until I restored the original filename.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/122552https://forums.opera.com/post/122552Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:22:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Autoupdate not disabled on Thu, 01 Jun 2017 11:59:25 GMT]]>I've done that now. Also disabled the Opera Auto-Update task in Task Scheduler.

I guess only time will tell if that's enough to stop it updating.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/122544https://forums.opera.com/post/122544Thu, 01 Jun 2017 11:59:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Autoupdate not disabled on Wed, 31 May 2017 12:12:41 GMT]]>Maybe that setting no longer works.

Try renaming the auto updater executable.

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