@Cube32: Thanks for your post.

I have added this issue to the tracker:
Issue 2375 – More strict administrative restrictions
You can vote for it there.

Hey Martin,

the page https://winscp.net/eng/docs/administration indicates that the admins have sort of control over the mentions settings. The reality is, they have not.

As you described, the settings are set once at the installation, but the user can change it afterwards. Normally, HKLM-Keys "beat" the ones in HKCU.

Can you change WinSCP's behavior to this default, please?
I guess, it would need another Regkey called "useRegistryForConfigStorage" or something similar, because right now, ini-files beat registry settings.

Thanks for your help!

Then, the following will disable statistics collection:

For users that do not have that registry value yet, the following will take effect

The Preferences shows 'Windows registry' as the source of configuration.

But that does the Storage page in Preferences show as a source of configuration?

If preferences show that statistics are collected, they are collected.

There are no INI files on the workstation at either of the locations mentioned from that document page, none in AppData folder of current user, and no file in user\Document\WinSCP folder (no folder at all).

If the parameters are set in the registry (no update check, no usage tracking), and the application sets its preferences based on Windows registry, does that mean that is how the application is functioning regardless of what the actual in-app preference is showing?

The checkbox is directly linked to the CollectUsage configuration key.

Start by checking, where does your WinSCP instance load the configuration from in the first place.
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_pref_storage
Maybe there's some stray INI file that override the registry.

Reviewing the registry for local users, I can see the CollectUsage stat. Does this key being set to 0 mean that there will not be any usage data tracked and sent even if the checkbox within the application is still showing as selected?

The changes/configurations set during the installation seem to take effect from a registry standpoint, but are not reflected within the application when opening Preferences. Is it possible for the application to reflect the registry changes? I have closed and launched the application multiple times and have also tested with a workstation restart.

Thank you

The enableupdates\enablecollectusage enables the statistics. Remove it.

The DefaultCollectUsage is default. Maybe the user under which you are testing it, has its own configuration in CollectUsage under HKCU\Software\Martin Prikryl\WinSCP 2\Configuration\Interface.

Hello,
I am trying to package WinSCP for use in an organization and currently the option for sending anonymous usage statistics is enabled when the application is launched. I have reviewed the documentation to disable the feature but both options are proving ineffective and I have not been able to find additional information in the forums regarding the issue.

It is packaged in a PowerShell App Deploy Toolkit and in the Parameters portion, we have this right now:
-Parameters /ALLUSERS /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /TASKS='enableupdates,enableupdates\enablecollectusage,sendtohook,urlhandler'

I have also tried editing the registry keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Martin Prikryl\WinSCP 2\ for DefaultCollectUsage and DefaultUpdatePeriod by setting their values to 0 instead of the default 1 and 7 respectively.

Any thoughts on this situation would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you