In Windows 10, search for Startup Apps and check if WinZip Preloader and WinZip Update Notifier are turned on.

(Update: you’ll still get the occasional one, but those that occurred several times a day should now be gone.)Īnd WinZip, if you’re listening, either get rid of these things altogether for licensed Pro users and/or give the user a simple way to turn the damned things off!įurther update (August 2021): I found another place where you can turn off those that may continue once a day. With luck, you shouldn’t get any further popup notifications from WinZip.

In the lower right panel, click Delete.

Select any or all of the WinZip Update Notifier entries.

Each is set to update and notify at certain times of the day.

In the top panel, scroll down to the end of the list until you find the WinZip Update Notifier entries (I had three).

On the left of the Computer Management window, expand System Tools > Task Scheduler, then select Task Scheduler Library.Open the Run window (click the Start button and type Run, or press Windows key + R).Today I snapped and decided to find out how to turn them off for good (or at least until I buy the next version of WinZip).īecause WinZip has no setting for this, you have to go into Windows task scheduler and turn it off there. And there’s nowhere in the interface settings where I could find anything that would turn off these popups and notifications. Not only is it intrusive, but it’s unwanted and unwarranted for someone who has paid for a professional licence. I’m looking at you, WinZip! Ever since I installed my current-paid for-version of WinZip Pro (version 24), it’s bombarded me with advertising and promotional popups several times a day, even if I’m right in the middle of work.

There’s a special place in hell reserved for software developers that set things to run behind the scenes that pop up to annoy users.

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