There's not much mention on TG but this might get you hooked: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...4dUDCAw&uact=5.
It is a very powerful utility program that can do just about anything, which is what throws most people.
At its simplest, you can set up a HotKey that acts as if you have pressed a number of keys on the keyboard.
It is able to detect when a Xara window is active and only invoke those commands.
If I run AutoHotkey, I can fire up a Window Spy.
Hovering over the Nag screen, I get the following hooks:
- Xara Web Designer Premium
- ahk_class #32770
- ahk_exe WebDesigner.exe
- ahk_pid 11860
From there is is a simple task to force the offending window (ClassNN: Internet Explorer_Server1) to close when found.
As I have set up other mechanisms, I cannot do all this up to prove it...
Acorn
Last edited by Acorn; 17 July 2020 at 06:28 PM.
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Hi All
further to the upgrade annoyance issue.
I am still getting the annoying upgrade pop up
and since my last post Xara Pro X17 has been playing some mysterious games with my webeditor
all sorts of anomolies keep happening like there are several bugs?
again i have seen this every time there is renewal due
going back many years, its almost is if Xara bugs me to upgrade.
any advice anyone know how to actually stop this annoying pop up?
my guess is it will go away once i have coughed up the $129
Kind regards
Condor
Try this:
In Windows firewall, make a firewall outgoing rule that blocks access of the following file:
C:\Program Files\Xara\Xara Designer Pro X\17\DesignerPro.exe
to IP address:
163.172.175.38
If you find this breaks something , then you can script the enabling and disabling of the rule as follows
Disable:
@echo off
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule name="{name of rule}" new enable=no
mshta vbscript:Execute("msgbox ""Firewall off. Designer Pro update check unblocked"":close")
Enable
@echo off
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule name="{name of rule}" new enable=yes
mshta vbscript:Execute("msgbox ""Firewall on. Designer Pro update check blocked"":close")
Now, this works for DPX16, but I will have to wait 12 months to see if it works for DPX17 but if someone who is getting the DPX17 nag screen might want to give this a try.
just to say if you have a third-party firewall it may not allow you to do this, depending on settings; you may need to approach this directly in that software
I just block the program access to the internet completely - then allow briefly on the rare occasion I need any online resource, [I don't do websites or cloud]; and when the program needs to check activation once in a while [three months as I recall]
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The reason I do the specific IP address block is because I do use DPX for websites. Therefore blocking program access to the entire entire internet prevents any FTP upload. The IP address block is specifically blocking access to the specific server that DPX16 (and maybe 17) checks for the update.
Personally, I would not worry about using a third party firewall as the Windows 10 firewall has, more most people, come of age.
I prefer a third party firewall that is easy to understand and set up the way i want it
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