Is there any way to avoid Arduino-IDE 2.0.0 from prompting update dialogs on application startup?
Apparently this was possible with previous versions via the preferences.txt in the AppData\Local\Arduino15 directory. This file is not existing anymore because settings are more likely managed via .json and .yaml files from now on.
Additionally there is no option present to disable checking for updates on startup in the application preferences like it used to be earlier.
Hi @nbor. Thanks for giving the Arduino IDE 2.0.0 release candidate a try!
There is no option to permanently disable the update offers. However, you can decline an update offer by clicking the Skip Version button on the "Software Update" dialog. After doing that, you won't get another offer until the next version of the Arduino IDE comes out.
But I do strongly recommend that you continue to update to the latest version of the Arduino IDE 2.x. The project is under very active development, so if you skip an update you are surely missing some important enhancements and bug fixes.
In addition, the reason these "release candidate" versions are being offered is to provide the Arduino community with the opportunity to contribute to the project by testing the new IDE out and providing feedback. You can only do that effectively if you are using the latest version. In fact, I even recommend using the latest nightly builds: