How can I disable checking for backups on start up?

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How can I disable checking for backups on start up?
I have unchecked the button that says check for back ups,
but when I reload the app, it checks for updates, and the box is ticked again.

Basic System Details

OS: ubuntu Linux 22.04
MyPaint version 2.0.0+gitexport.af5225a

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Sound like you have a corrupted config in your home directory. You can delete the config and let mypaint create a new config or edit it with your text editor.

MyPaint store user configs in ~/.config/mypaint/setting.json

This is the config to look for in that file.
"autorecovery.check_at_startup": false

I would also check your permissions since that can also cause issues:

$ ls -al
drwxr-xr-x   2 albert albert  4096 Mar 16  2020 ./
drwx------ 112 albert albert  4096 Mar  1 14:32 ../
-rw-r--r--   1 albert albert 14663 Mar  1 21:53 accelmap.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 albert albert 10481 Mar  1 21:53 settings.json

You as the user should be the owner and have read and write on that file.

F4 is the key to access the recovery window in MyPaint itself.

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Thank you @odysseywestra. This solution helpful for me :grinning:

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Hello @SensoredHacker0 I think My Paint is not saving your settings.
Here is these steps you can try.

  • Open and set the backup check to false.
  • Ensure you have write permissions
  • You can Consider updating to a newer version.
  • You can reset the Settings

If the issue persists so You can check this might be It will helpful for you = https://github.com/mypaint/mypaint/issues