WinDVD 10 disable prompt

Moderator: lata

Post Reply
Crocket
Posts: 1
Joined: Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:45 pm
operating_system: Windows 7 Professional
System_Drive: C
32bit or 64bit: 32 Bit

WinDVD 10 disable prompt

Post by Crocket »

I need to know how to disable the prompt that comes up for each user when WinDVD is run. This is the prompt that asks if they want to know about special offers and if they want to download product updates automatically.
I need a solution either in the registry or an ini file type scenario. The solution needs to unselect special offers and automatic updates and not to display the dialog.
This is an enterprise environment and we do not need the users trying to run any of this, they would not have rights to install anything anyway, but it might cause them to call in a ticket and waste time.

I suspect it is a simple registry entry, but cannot find a solution on my own or on the internet.

Thanks.
JimBezdan
Posts: 1
Joined: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:46 pm
operating_system: Windows 7 Ultimate
System_Drive: C
32bit or 64bit: 64 Bit

Re: WinDVD 10 disable prompt

Post by JimBezdan »

The registry key where the value is stored to suppress the prompt is HKCU\Software\Corel\DVD10\msg\optinout with a string value of DNDFlag=1

Where the values for the two check boxes in the GUI are stored is in the file %APPDATA%\Corel\Messages\%ALongRandomNumber%\Message.Policy. It is an XML file with two values. They are set to "opt-in" by default. Changing them to "opt-out" removes the checks from the boxes in the GUI. So far in my testing, pre-staging this file before the user launches the app seems to work, but the testing I have done has been very limited to this point to confirm that works. Pre-staging the reg file shouldn't be an issue either since it doesn't appear to be anything unique about it.
teknisyan
Posts: 2421
Joined: Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:18 pm
operating_system: Windows 7 Home Premium
System_Drive: C
32bit or 64bit: 64 Bit
motherboard: Sony Corporation VAIO
processor: Intel Corel i5
ram: 4 GB
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
sound_card: Realtek HD Audio
Hard_Drive_Capacity: 500 GB
Location: Riyadh, KSA
Contact:

Re: WinDVD 10 disable prompt

Post by teknisyan »

You can also disable the Messages Preference from the COREL GUIDE then delete the messages folder located at "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Corel"
Like reading blogs?
About Tech
About Sports
Pnoy.Me - A URL Shortener
Follow me on Facebook & Twitter
Post Reply