Can an App be disabled without being uninstalled and unconfigured?

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Is there anyway to keep an app installed but disable it from loading? Some things take a great deal of tweaking to get working, but I don’t necessarily want them running all the time. I’d like to be able to keep my configurations but free up memory by not loading an app until I’m actively working on it.

Any thoughts appreciated, thanks!

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That would be a nice feature; however, it does not currently exist.

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It might be possible to disable it by changing the references to Device>Advanced>device_type or device_file or impl_file or device_json

Just proceed the filename with a “z” in front of the file name reference in the form field, and the app will try to locate that renamed file that of course does not exist and the app will fail.

When you are ready to enable the app, just remove the “z” and the correct file reference will be returned.

I use a “z” because that tells me that I put it to sleep and intend to keep it. If I use an “x” then that tells me that my intention is to delete that file.

It helps me with clean-up and testing.

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Hi,

Some apps respect the “enabled” flag in the advanced settings. You would have to look in the apps documentation if they do. I added it in the latest versions of my apps. Not many do though.

Cheers Rene

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But this will shame the others into including it too. ;D

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But this will shame the others into including it too. ;D[/quote]
Nooo :wink: but cannot take the credit, cybrmage mentioned he does this in all his (Wink Connect, Casata Connect, several more) and it indeed seems a good idea to me too.

Cheers Rene