Disabling update available nag

[bpdavis]

With Affinity Designer 1, there was a registry modification available that disabled the "An update is available" message box that appears EVERY time AD is started.  That same modification does not work with Affinity Designer 2, and I was wondering how to disable the prompt.  I'm surprised that (like most software titles) an ability to disable updates is not available in the settings.

Thanks

[R C-R]

In Settings > Software Update there should be four choices for how often to check. One of them is "Never." 

That should do what you want, but is there some reason have you not updated to the current version?

[Ron P.]

6 hours ago, R C-R said:

n Settings > Software Update

This does not exist in Windows..

[R C-R]

6 hours ago, Ron P. said:

This does not exist in Windows..

Does it maybe depend on which store it was bought from or which installer was used?

[walt.farrell]

35 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Does it maybe depend on which store it was bought from or which installer was used?

No; it's just a difference between the Windows and macOS implementations of the Affinity applications.

[bpdavis]

So, what I'm hearing is that the Mac version can disable it. Interesting. That means the functionality is there.  Why is this not enabled for Windows? 

[walt.farrell]

7 hours ago, bpdavis said:

That means the functionality is there. 

The functionality is there for the macOS implementation. Program delivery and installation, and thus also updating is handled very differently between the macOS and Windows applications. I doubt that it's simply a matter of exposing a setting; the code is probably not present at all.

[bpdavis]

Ok, Im playing the "software developer" card.  I'm a software developer with some (albeit limited) knowledge of art. Affinity Designer is a tool I enjoy using for its power and overall simplicity.  It's simply a good tool! 

That said, because I am a software developer, I find it difficult to believe that the code base for the mac and pc versions would differ that much.

The ability to remove the nag is a very simple true/false check. Does user want update notifications? If yes, show nag.  Its going to be dirt simple regardless of what the platform is. And since it has apparently been done for Apple, it should be a VERY easy process to put in place for the pc version.