How do I stop basecamp updating

If you don't need the new features in 4.7.x, you could go back to 4.6.2. It asks if you want to update, but does not push the update.

Except if you have accepted once, then you cannot roll back to 4.6.2, because Garmin has seen that you updated, then will force you to update 4.6.2. At this point in no longer asks, because previously you have accepted the update.

SO you are also having issues with BaseCamp 4720 crashing frequently?

Unless something has recently changed, you can uninstall 4.7.x, download the 4.6.2 version and install. Be right back where you were. Only you will still have to "not accept the update". Just a little nag, it has been discussed at length, here on the forum, with no real resolution that I know of.

It doesn't matter how many times it has been discussed, it actually happens.

I did receive a message from Garmin stating that you cannot go back to the older version after updating to 4.7.2.

fyi there is no nag, it just decides to update you given that on a previous occasion you accepted the update.

OK,   

Thanks for the input anyhow.

Here is a copy of the message I received from Garmin:

Hello 9985238, 

Sorry to hear you're having some difficulties. I'm happy to help provide the troubleshooting for this issue. You cannot revert back to a previous version of BaseCamp. However, if you uninstall and reinstall BaseCamp this should resolve the crashing issue. If not please reply and we will create a case for review by a technician. 

Thank you for choosing Garmin,

name

Product Support

Garmin International

I ran into this problem - tried to downgrade to 4.6.2 from 4.7.4 and got an error message "Downgrades Not Allowed". If you aren't put off by a little hacking into the Windows Registry, you can break this lock. Run regedit, then execute the "Find" command, with "BaseCamp" as the search term. Delete all entries in the Registry that point to BaseCamp, except any that are shortcut links to specialty Batch script files that you created for BaseCamp. Hit F3 to jump to the next item as you delete each key. After you reach the bottom of the Registry, exit regedit and try re-installing 4.6.2 from the MSI file. If you weren't aware, BaseCamp.exe isn't an actual executable, it's a self-extracting ZIP file. Extract the contents of your copy of BaseCamp.exe v.4.6.2 to any convenient temporary folder. You will see a file "BCmain.msi" in the extracted folder; Right-click on it and select Install from the context menu. To verify that this is indeed v. 4.6.2, right-click on the msi file, select Properties, and look at the Revision Number in the properties dialog, it should be {FF3C2241-AF5C-4ACA-9215-3407DA13F88C}.

To prevent an unwanted update of BaseCamp 4.6.2, you can try this:
Place a copy of your BaseCamp.exe v. 4.6.2 file into the C:\Users\[your user name]\AppData\Local\Temp\Garmin Software Updates\ folder. Now you have to Lock this file so that Garmin can't overwrite it with a later version. To do this, open an elevated Command Prompt, and type these two commands:
cacls "C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Local\Temp\Garmin Software Updates\BaseCamp.exe" /P everyone:n
cacls "C:\Users\[your username]\AppData\Local\Temp\Garmin Software Updates\" /P everyone:n

What you just did is lock out EVERYONE, meaning Garmin, from modifying your v. 4.6.2 BaseCamp.exe, and the Garmin Software Updates folder, in any way. Later on, if you decide at some point to allow updates again, you undo the Lock by typing those two commands again, except the last term is "everyone:f" instead of "everyone:p"

At some point, Google is probably going to no longer allow connections from Google Earth v 7.3.2, and when that happens, the primary reason for preventing BaseCamp from updating past v. 4.6.2 will go away.