By default, Foxit PDF Editor will download and install updates automatically.
This article explains how to disable automatic updates from Foxit PDF Editor.
Audience:
Organizations looking to customize Foxit PDF Editor before deploying it to their knowledge workers.
In this article:
- Deploy Foxit PDF Editor with Automatic Updates turned OFF
- Manually disable Automatic Updates
Disable Automatic Updates with Foxit Customization Wizard tool
- Navigate to Installation Options (Section 3) of the Foxit Customization Wizard tool
- Select Disable Auto Update
Disable Automatic Updates using registry
Navigate to Key:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor 12.0\plugins\Updater
Give String "UpdateMode" a value of "0" to stop automatic updates.
Or run the following command in an elevated Command Prompt:
For Current User:
Reg.exe add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Foxit Software\Foxit PDF Editor 12.0\plugins\Updater" /v "UpdateMode" /t REG_SZ /d "0" /f
For Local Machine:
Reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Foxit\PDFEditor\Plugins" /v "Updater" /t REG_SZ /d "Updater.fpi" /f
Disable Automatic Updates using command line
AUTO_UPDATE - Value of “0”, will not download or install updates automatically.
Disable Automatic Updates using GPO
- Open Group Policy
- Navigate to Foxit PDF Editor
- Select Preferences
- Click on Disable the Automatically Update
Manually Disable Automatic Updates
- Open Foxit PDF Editor and navigate to the File Tab
- Select Preferences
- Click on Updater
- Choose "Do not download or install updates automatically"
