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<p class="MsoPlainText">Thank you , can I please confirm that once you have installed
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<p class="MsoPlainText">There should be no further update the version should always stay at 3.40.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Thanks <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Clint, <o:p></o:p></p>
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From: QGIS-User <qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of Jürgen E. Fischer via QGIS-User<br>
Sent: Friday, April 4, 2025 11:27 AM<br>
To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org<br>
Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS 3.40 long term release</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Hi Clint,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">On Fri, 04. Apr 2025 at 09:57:37 +0000, Clint Brayley via QGIS-User wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> I have installed QGIS 3.4 Bratislava as below.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> I installed it in c\:program files\q<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">> After a couple of hours the application then seems to install itself
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<p class="MsoPlainText">> in a new folder "QGIS 3.42.1" and update itself as below.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> The original install location of the Q folder is not all but empty.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> I am looking to only use the QGIS 3.40 LTR version and nothing else.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">> Please can I have some advice on how to prevent the application from updating itself?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">It shouldn't do that. How did you install? On a silent install it might take<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">quite a while before "QGIS 3.42.1" is created and files appear.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">So there's a chance that you thought the install was done, mistook an existing installation in Q with the new one that was still ongoing (the directories in Q should have a timestamp from install time).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Jürgen<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Jürgen E. Fischer norBIT GmbH Tel. +49-4931-918175-31<o:p></o:p></p>
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