Preventing AccountRight automatic software updates.

Hi MYOB Community

MYOB has stated that its software updates are automatic, compulsory and cannot be disabled. But technically speaking, this is untrue. It is it certainly possible to disable updates.

For users of AccountRight Server (SE) edition, these two posts here and here explain the approach nicely.

If you use AccountRight desktop (PC) edition, a couple of methods are available. One method, described in this post involves copying the entire AccountRight software folder to a new location and then changing the MYOB desktop shortcut.

A simpler, more surgical method is as follows:

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

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

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).

I hope this is helpful to others. Enjoy!