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Originally Posted by knc1
If you want to avoid surprise updates, put a **FOLDER** named: update.bin.tmp.partial in the top of visible USB storage.
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Does this actually still work?
In the past, a similar hack to avoid getting "special offers" consisted of putting a file named .assets where Amazon wanted to put a folder with the same name where it would then contain the ad files. As I understand it (it was before my time), this worked until it didn't.
I know the theory is that the OS prevents a file being created in a directory that already has a sub-directory with the intended file's name and vice vera, but this can be overwritten in some instances. Who or what has the ability to delete the old file or folder and replace it? As a Windows user with full admin rights and also in a Unix, Linux shell, I can't do it. Just curious.