How to prevent popups for upgrade to Vegas Pro 16

mka wrote on 4/19/2019, 6:57 PM

After every few days when I start my Windows 10 computer I will get a popup asking me if I want to upgrade to Vegas Pro 16 or Sound Forge (I have Vegas Pro 14 and Sound Forge Audio Studio 12). This is before I start doing anything on the computer. Is there a way that I can prevent this? I am getting tired of it and have not found anywhere in the software to turn off this feature.

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eikira wrote on 4/19/2019, 6:59 PM

isnt there on the window which pops up at the bottom left a small notification options to select that it should not notify you anymore?

Dexcon wrote on 4/19/2019, 7:14 PM

Re W10 start - go to Task Manager, StartUp tab, and disable MAGIX connect in the scroll list of startup programs. Hopefully, this should stop the W10 startup popups.

 

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Windows 11

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Eagle Six wrote on 4/19/2019, 7:20 PM

@mka the MAGIX Connect can be uninstalled (Control Panel) and that will end the ad's.

 

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mka wrote on 4/19/2019, 11:47 PM

Thanks for the answers, however I cannot find MAGIX Connect in
  Apps and Features in Settings
  Task Manager StartUp
  windows startup folder
I do have a MAGIX/Connect folder in Program Files (x86). Next time I see the popup I will check its window to see if I can eliminate the notification that way but I did look for something like that in the past and found nothing. By the way, I also have Vegas Pro 13 installed, in case that means anything.

 

john_dennis wrote on 4/20/2019, 1:54 AM

Have you unchecked the Newsfeed option?

Dexcon wrote on 4/20/2019, 2:10 AM

I also have Vegas Pro 13 installed

As per john_dennis' suggestion, you will also need to turn off the same selection in VP13 under Options/Preferences, but in VP13 it will be called 'Net Notify' rather that Newsfeed.

 

 

Cameras: Sony FDR-AX100E; GoPro Hero 11 Black Creator Edition

Installed: Vegas Pro 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 & 21, HitFilm Pro 2021.3, DaVinci Resolve Studio 18.5, BCC 2023.5, Mocha Pro 2023, Ignite Pro, NBFX TotalFX 7, Neat NR, DVD Architect 6.0, MAGIX Travel Maps, Sound Forge Pro 16, SpectraLayers Pro 11, iZotope RX10 Advanced and many other iZ plugins, Vegasaur 4.0

Windows 11

Dell Alienware Aurora 11

10th Gen Intel i9 10900KF - 10 cores (20 threads) - 3.7 to 5.3 GHz

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB GDDR6 - liquid cooled

64GB RAM - Dual Channel HyperX FURY DDR4 XMP at 3200MHz

C drive: 2TB Samsung 990 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD

D: drive: 4TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD (used for media for editing current projects)

E: drive: 2TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD

F: drive: 6TB WD 7200 rpm Black HDD 3.5"

Dell Ultrasharp 32" 4K Color Calibrated Monitor

Eagle Six wrote on 4/20/2019, 10:13 AM

@mka open your Windows 'Control Panel' and select 'Programs', select 'Uninstall a program'. Scroll down to find 'MAGIX Connect'. Uninstall this program.

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Corsair Obsidian Series 450D ATX Mid Tower
Asus X99-A II LGA 2011-v3, Intel X99 SATA 6 Gb/s USB 3.1/3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i7-6800K 15M Broadwell-E, 6 core 3.4 GHz LGA 2011-v3 (overclocked 20%)
64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200
Corsair Hydro Series H110i GTX 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
MSI Radeon R9 390 DirectX 12 8GB Video Card
Corsair RMx Series RM750X 740W 80 Plus Gold power pack
Samsung 970 EVO NVMe M.2 boot drive
Corsair Neutron XT 2.5 480GB SATA III SSD - video work drive
Western Digitial 1TB 7200 RPM SATA - video work drive
Western Digital Black 6TB 7200 RPM SATA 6Bb/s 128MB Cache 3.5 data drive

Bluray Disc burner drive
2x 1080p monitors
Microsoft Window 10 Pro
DaVinci Resolve Studio 16 pb2
SVP13, MVP15, MVP16, SMSP13, MVMS15, MVMSP15, MVMSP16

john-brown wrote on 4/20/2019, 3:49 PM

@mka

Alternatively, open Magix Connect from the Windows system tray hidden icons, and disable everything for which you don't want to receive latest software updates and offers.

John CB

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mka wrote on 4/20/2019, 5:49 PM

Yes, the Newsfeed options in Vegas Pro 13 & 14 are turned off.

I have no MAGIX connect icon on desktop or on system tray.

For Eagle Six:  Windows 10 has no Control Panel - only Settings.
     When I go to the uninstall program window, MAGIX connect is not listed.
     The only MAGIX item listed is "MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab".

The connect.exe file in the MAGIX/Connect folder in Program Files (x86) is 317KB in size, but clicking on it does nothing. There is an unins000.exe file in that directory but I have not tried to click on it.

I do have an app named "Connect" listed in Apps & Features but I cannot get any information about it by right clicking. It does have a date of 9/4/2017 which suspiciously is the same date as some files and directories in the MAGIX/Connect folder. The only information I got by searching on the internet is that Microsoft has
a connect app in Windows 10, so I do not want to mess with that without knowing more.

wjauch wrote on 4/20/2019, 8:50 PM

Yes, the Newsfeed options in Vegas Pro 13 & 14 are turned off.

I have no MAGIX connect icon on desktop or on system tray.

For Eagle Six:  Windows 10 has no Control Panel - only Settings.
     When I go to the uninstall program window, MAGIX connect is not listed.
     The only MAGIX item listed is "MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab".

The connect.exe file in the MAGIX/Connect folder in Program Files (x86) is 317KB in size, but clicking on it does nothing. There is an unins000.exe file in that directory but I have not tried to click on it.

I do have an app named "Connect" listed in Apps & Features but I cannot get any information about it by right clicking. It does have a date of 9/4/2017 which suspiciously is the same date as some files and directories in the MAGIX/Connect folder. The only information I got by searching on the internet is that Microsoft has
a connect app in Windows 10, so I do not want to mess with that without knowing more.

To access control panel in Windows 10 just search for it in the search box bottom left on your desktop. It looks very similar to control panel from win 7

mka wrote on 4/20/2019, 10:21 PM

wjauch: I checked the control panel but it lists the same apps that I get from settings option (and no MAGIX Connect)

 

vkmast wrote on 4/21/2019, 1:35 AM

http://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/what-is-magix-connect--108737/#ca670846

john-brown wrote on 4/21/2019, 8:08 AM

@mka

Connect is an old version of Magix Connect. Uninstall it.

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mka wrote on 4/21/2019, 5:52 PM

Thanks for the info vkmast and john-brown. I will uninstall the Connect program and hopefully this will solve my problem.

 

mka wrote on 4/21/2019, 10:58 PM

So I uninstalled the Connect program and the uninstall program did say it was a MAGIX program which is good. Thanks again to all of you for your help.

JWellbelove wrote on 5/13/2020, 4:22 AM

'Connect' doesn't exist any more.
They've changed the name to 'Update Notifier'. Maybe too many people were uninstalling it, in frustration!

I wish they wouldn't combine the wireless connectivity and product ad feed in the same application.