Aaaaarrrggghhhh! This has got to STOP

[arturox]

Hehe!
I've put a shortcut on my desktop for easy access to the Roaming Corel folder...

Ax

[arturox]

One of the things I did recently that seems so far, to keep the upgrade popups away...

Here the Messages folder contains two numeric named sub folders (One each for the two Corel PSP versions I have installed) each with a "messages.policy" file.

Instead of deleting the Messages, which immediately return after using PSP, I opened the Message.policy file in a text editor and changed the default Value= string... From value="opt-in" to value="opt-out" and so far No popups.

We shall see!
Be aware, I know nothing, I'm just peeing in the wind to see what happens.

The real reason for this post...
Inserted below is the main line from the messages.policy file...

<policylist version="1"><policy type="communication_option" value="opt-out" when="" timestamp="1669745527"/></policylist>

Please!
Anyone have any idea what the timestamp= numbers mean in human readable form?

Thanks
Ax
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[Forriner]

Timestamp numbers are probably the serial number / number of seconds of date and time, UNIX base. 1669745527 is Tuesday, November 29, 2022 6:12:07 PM. Timestamp 0 would be Thursday, January 1, 1970 12:00:00 AM GMT
Epoch & Unix Timestamp Conversion Tools: https://www.epochconverter.com/

[arturox]

Thanks, that makes sense.

Thanks also for the epoch converter URL.
Appreciated.
Ax

[Ken Berry]

arturox -- thanks for the hint about the messages.policy files. One of mine was already "opt-out" but I have now changed the others so we'll see what happens now...

[Kathy_9]

Ax - I've updated the Sticky topic with your tip regarding the messages policy file.

[arturox]

Just has another little play with 2022 and 2018...
Almost to the end of day three now, without any sign of the update pop up.

So far so good.

Ax

[arturox]

Reporting:
I'm now six day on from setting the "opt-out", and test every day using both 2023 and 2018 in both the AM and PM times.
No popup upgrade messages... So far.

Ax

[Ken Berry]

I too have spent about 6 days without a message -- well, without everything except my morning message 1 hour after opening the computer day after day. But I can live with that. And all since I dealt with the update helper files mentioned above.

[Grazie]

Thanks for your advice, which now appears to have zapped those pesky Pop-Ups.

[arturox]

Excellent, useful to know others are having success with the fix.

I'm now in my 8th day without the pop up messages.

Ax
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[arturox]

Today, Sunday 11/12/2022 I had a surprise, the pop up for the Ultimate upgrade presented on screen for both 2018 and 2022.
Each had a tick box to Not show this update again, so I ticked 'em away... We shall see.

The "Message.policy" files remain as I'd configured them, but within PSP in "Message Preferences" the unticked boxes had mysteriously become ticked.
Now again unticked.

I certainly didn't change them!
Curiouser and curiouser said Alice...

Ax

[arturox]

Aha!
After posting the above I had a lightbulb moment, maybe there's a "Message.policy" file somewhere else.

Sure enough, in both the PSP versions Installed App Dirs (Folder), there is also a "Message.policy" file with the opt-in.

So changed the default "opt-in" to "opt-out" in both versions files, resaved and we shall see.

Ax
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[arturox]

A day later, 12th December.
No pop ups today.

Ax

[arturox]

Five day in all since I made the last adjustment in the AppDir "Message.policy" file .
No Pop ups.

Ax