When Toad is first launched, after being installed, users are prompted to update to the latest version, if the version they are using is not the latest. Is there a way to disable the check for update functionality for a silent installation?
There is not a way to disable this option during a silent install without writing a script to do some extra steps along side the Toad installation. Here are the steps you want to take.
WORKAROUND 1:
It's possible to restrict Toad from accessing the Internet and by doing so will completely disable the prompt that there is a new version of Toad available.
Using msiexec from the command line just install with RESTRICTIONS=I and it will install internet-free Toad. Use the install guide for full directions on how to install Toad silently.
NOTE: Unfortunately, we have discovered recently that this is broken in 12.9 but there will be a fix in place for version 12.10.
WORKAROUND 2:
1) Before you install Toad on your users' machines, you want to install it on a test machine.
2) Once you install Toad on a test machine, launch Toad and then close it.
3) Get the Toad.ini file from the test machine. You can find it in the "C:\Users\*User_Name*\Appdata\Roaming\Dell\Toad for Oracle\x.x\User Files"directory. (Where x.x is the version of Toad in question.)
4) Open the Toad.ini file, change the value for "Check for update at startup" from 1 to 0, save the file, and close it.
5) Create an installation package that runs Toad silently and then places the Toad.ini file you modified into the "C:\Users\*User_name*\Appdata\Roaming\Dell\Toad for Oracle\x.x\User Files" directory. You will need to create the Dell, Toad for Oracle, x.x (version of Toad), and User Files directories to place the file in.
