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Old 10-29-2020, 05:37 PM   #55
TxHawkeye
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Originally Posted by jhowell View Post
Yes, unfortunately Kindle for PC will still detect that there is an update available and ask that question, but even if you agree to the update it won't work.
I've been experimenting with K4PC 1.21 and 1.24 on Windows 10 in a virtual machine. There are 3 registry entries in the "HKCU\Software\Amazon\Kindle\User settings" key which, if deleted, appear to stop the "Software Update Available" popup.

The registry entries are updateDownloadDescription, updateDownloadUrl, and updateDownloadVersion. These entries contain a description of the 1.30 update, the URL from which it will be downloaded and the 1.30 build number, respectively.

Deleting any one of these seems to stop the popup on 1.21 and 1.24 (the only versions I have for testing). I've elected to delete all three.

I've been running without popups for several days on my 'live' Windows 10 machine with 1.24 installed and the three registry entries deleted.

It's certainly possible these entries may be repopulated given Amazon's aggressive push to update everyone to the latest version. So it may be necessary delete them again if the popups resume.

I welcome others who are confident in making registry changes to see if this also works for them.
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