[Bug]: Cannot stop self-updating the desktop client

[ostasevych]

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Bug description

Hi! I have Win10x64.

I sincerely hate the recent update to 3.14.x, which is ugly and broken. So, I decided to switch off the desktop client from self-updating, by adding:

• skipUpdateCheck=true key to the nextcloud.cfg config file
• skipUpdateCheck=1 key to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Nextcloud GmbH\Nextcloud
• skipUpdateCheck=1 key to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Nextcloud\Nextcloud

according to https://docs.nextcloud.com/desktop/latest/autoupdate.html

Every time after reboot the client ignored the key and self-updating without even noticing me. And I have to downgrade it manually.

What to do to stop it from self-updating and freeze the version which I like?

Steps to reproduce

Add keys to:

• skipUpdateCheck=true key to the nextcloud.cfg config file
• skipUpdateCheck=1 key to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Nextcloud GmbH\Nextcloud
• skipUpdateCheck=1 key to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Nextcloud\Nextcloud
  Observe that after reboot of PC the desktop client is self-updating.

Expected behavior

The desktop client should NOT self-update after adding the keys. Moreover, it should ask whether I really want to update it, but not do it silently.

Which files are affected by this bug

n/a

Operating system

Windows

Which version of the operating system you are running.

Win10x64

Package

Official Windows MSI

Nextcloud Server version

28.0.10

Nextcloud Desktop Client version

3.13.4

Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?

Updated from a minor version (ex. 3.4.2 to 3.4.4)

Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?

Encryption is Disabled

Are you using an external user-backend?

• Default internal user-backend
• LDAP/ Active Directory
• SSO - SAML
• Other

Nextcloud Server logs

No response

Additional info

No response