Offline cancellation

very unimpressed with that . apparently there was an earlier email , but i didn't see it and can't be bothered searching for it . What makes me livid is we're paid till late Dec ... Don't know if thats been addressed in another post but will look .  Tried to ring to confrim , but the queue was too long and wouldn't allow me to join ...

Thanks Liz_A.

I don’t need the online version at all. I will give it a go and hope it works. 
kind regards 

And then there is also the inconvenience of canceling just before end of FY. I feel pressured to commit to a very expensive subscription. I know, MYOB is a business and want to make money, you could at least delay the change to August so one doesn’t have the stress before end of FY

Hi Sammy​ 

If you need online and offline versions, you can use the option from the old post from Gavin12345 which shows how to turn off auto updates for PC versions - just substitute the version shown with your version - all versions up to 2026.4 will be able to be offline. Once you have created a shortcut for the offline version/s, you can leave your online shortcut to continue with your current online file.

 Unfortunately MYOB are not going to change their policy just because users want them to. Now just as there are ways to stop Windows 10 automatic updates, there are also ways to stop MYOB automatic updates, or at least work around them.

I keep using AR2020.1 even though MYOB has updated itself to AR2021.4

Take a look where MYOB installs itself - in a folder called AccountRight in a path like this:

C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Local\Programs\MYOB\AccountRight

Inside that folder is another folder called app-2021.300.244119 or similar - this contains the files that run MYOB - AR2021.3. 

Copy this folder app-2021.300.244119 and paste under C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Local\Programs\MYOB\ and rename it to AccountRight 2021.3

Delete your desktop shortcut and create a new shortcut to HuxleyApplication.exe inside the new folder.

From this point your shortcut will run AR2021.3 even though MYOB Updates to AR2021.4 or .5 etc

When you are ready to upgrade, repeat the above and create a folder for AccountRight 2021.4 etc and change the shortcut to the next version.

There is another option from a post by Random_nuggets that is good if you only use one version and want to stop the upgrades.

 A simpler, more surgical method is as follows:

1. a) Open the folder in which MYOB is installed. Typically this will be in:

C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Local\Programs\MYOB\AccountRight

1. b) Inside that folder you will find a program file named Update.exe. Simply rename this program file to, say, "Update-disabled.exe". Voila! No more updates!. When AccountRight is next started, it will fail to find its auto-update program, and then carry on running the software as is.

 I have successfully tested this approach since the AR 2026.3 release (PC edition).