If you want to update the Adobe AIR runtime manually you have to disable the auto-update capability. Using the AIR SettingsManager you can disable it.
AIR SettingsManager is a small application that use a toggle button to Enable or Disable auto-updates as desired.
Download AIR SettingsManager application.






















Interesting.. So you can change something in the runtime with an Air app?
Posted by: Savvas Malamas | May 14, 2008 at 01:32 AM
No need to run the Air Settings Manager -- it's the biggest sham I've ever seen. All it does is drop two empty files inside the user's %APPDATA% folder...and there's no light-touch method of deploying the Air Settings Manager and automatically clicking their buttons.
Try this in a batch file:
cd "%APPDATA%\Adobe\Air"
type nul > UpdateDisabled
type nul > eulaAccepted
Good luck!
Posted by: Nuri Gocay | January 15, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Hello :)
Here is a nice class that allows you to disable air framework autoupdate.
http://blog.timeister.com/2008/12/27/disable-adobe-air-runtime-autoupdate/
Posted by: Adrian | February 11, 2009 at 03:25 PM
Hi
@Nuri: Thanks for that. I need to disable the updater on a number of machines, and was not to fond of the idea about visiting each one to install and run the manager.
How did Adobe come up with such an awkward solution to such a simple task!?!? I don't get it.
Posted by: Kjorup | November 03, 2009 at 08:10 AM