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hurr88icane · 08-07-2024, 11:07 AM

I happened to see today that Amazon force updated my install of KindleForPC 2.4.0 (70904) to some flavor of 2.4.1 (I do have the box for automatic updates unchecked). I tested with a new book released today, and was not able to convert my book in Calibre.

I happened to find the bat file Shykat references in their post ("disable k4pc download.bat" found attached on the first comment of the previous main thread). Looking at the batch file, it appears to be referencing the ProgramFiles (x86) directory for Kindle install, but Kindle these days installs to your %localappdata% directory instead, so you see some error messages when running the file (all you do is double click the file to run it).

Good news, the batch file still searches that %localappata% directory, and only uses the Program Files (x86) directory to determine if KindleForPC was even installed. The batch file looks to only be deleting two directories, so if you're comfortable navigating Windows Explorer you can delete them yourself if you don't want to use the bat file:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindle\storage
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindle\updates

Point being, I was able to uninstall the forced update KindleForPC, manually download and install KindleForPC 2.4.0 (70904), delete the two folders, and have not seen further attempts to force update the software.

08-07-2024, 11:07 AM	#79
hurr88icane Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: Kindle 2022	I happened to see today that Amazon force updated my install of KindleForPC 2.4.0 (70904) to some flavor of 2.4.1 (I do have the box for automatic updates unchecked). I tested with a new book released today, and was not able to convert my book in Calibre. I happened to find the bat file Shykat references in their post ("disable k4pc download.bat" found attached on the first comment of the previous main thread). Looking at the batch file, it appears to be referencing the ProgramFiles (x86) directory for Kindle install, but Kindle these days installs to your %localappdata% directory instead, so you see some error messages when running the file (all you do is double click the file to run it). Good news, the batch file still searches that %localappata% directory, and only uses the Program Files (x86) directory to determine if KindleForPC was even installed. The batch file looks to only be deleting two directories, so if you're comfortable navigating Windows Explorer you can delete them yourself if you don't want to use the bat file: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindle\storage C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Amazon\Kindle\updates Point being, I was able to uninstall the forced update KindleForPC, manually download and install KindleForPC 2.4.0 (70904), delete the two folders, and have not seen further attempts to force update the software.