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#1 daddicus Jul 30, 2011 1:05:11	I am a former subscriber to DDI. I let my subscription lapse after they destroyed the good Character Builder. However, I'm still using the old character builder until the campaign we're currently in is concluded. When I bring up the Character Builder, it always checks for updates and forces me to click through to get to the actual product and our characters. Is there any way to alter the program such that it no longer brings up that updates screen? I would like to do so, however, in a way that doesn't violate the license. Despite how I was treated by Wizards, I still prefer to stick to the license agreement, not use decompilers or whatever to alter the binaries.
#2 kenjoon Jul 30, 2011 11:51:41	I am a former subscriber to DDI. I let my subscription lapse after they destroyed the good Character Builder. However, I'm still using the old character builder until the campaign we're currently in is concluded. When I bring up the Character Builder, it always checks for updates and forces me to click through to get to the actual product and our characters. Is there any way to alter the program such that it no longer brings up that updates screen? I would like to do so, however, in a way that doesn't violate the license. Despite how I was treated by Wizards, I still prefer to stick to the license agreement, not use decompilers or whatever to alter the binaries. Change your shortcut to point to the right .exe file.  I don't recall which one it is, but if you just do properties on the shortcut I'm sure you'll figure it out.
#3 daddicus Jul 31, 2011 20:56:18	Thanks! Seems logical, but some things are not clear on the shortcut. The properties on their shortcut look like this: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Wizards of the Coast\Character Builder\CharacterBuilderUpdater.exe" RealCharacterBuilderUpdater.exe app.config I created a new shortcut that looks like this: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Wizards of the Coast\Character Builder\CharacterBuilder.exe"  and that seems to work. Does anybody know what "app.config" means at the end of the old shortcut? Or, the "extra" EXE file they call (RealCharacterBuilderUpdater.exe)? App.config is an XML file that appears to be setting things up after opening or something. RealCharacterBuilderUpdater.exe doesn't run by itself. It would be nice if I could know for sure that these file names from the old shortcut can be safely ignored.
#4 kenjoon Aug 01, 2011 0:21:16	Thanks! Seems logical, but some things are not clear on the shortcut. The properties on their shortcut look like this: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Wizards of the Coast\Character Builder\CharacterBuilderUpdater.exe" RealCharacterBuilderUpdater.exe app.config I created a new shortcut that looks like this: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Games\Wizards of the Coast\Character Builder\CharacterBuilder.exe"  and that seems to work. Does anybody know what "app.config" means at the end of the old shortcut? Or, the "extra" EXE file they call (RealCharacterBuilderUpdater.exe)? App.config is an XML file that appears to be setting things up after opening or something. RealCharacterBuilderUpdater.exe doesn't run by itself. It would be nice if I could know for sure that these file names from the old shortcut can be safely ignored. Anything after the first .exe file is just parameters or "options".  Every .NET project as an app.config (renamed to the name of the .exe file with .config at the end).  Just settings.
#5 daddicus Aug 01, 2011 21:20:55	Great! I thought that might be the case. Thanks!