# Disable Package Manager **URL:** \ **Category:** Packages\ **Tags:** packagemanager\ **Created:** [September 8, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/disable-package-manager/14674 "2017-09-08T17:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Timon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/timon/32/12035_2.png) [@Timon](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Timon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/disable-package-manager/14674/1 "2017-09-08T17:16:08Z")
Based on this post from @Thomas_Mahon in his response to @Andreas_Dieckmann. I’ve tried to disable the package manager in Revit 2018 and Dynamo 1.3. It seems to crash Dynamo for Revit… any thoughts? > [@Custom packages - virus and malicous code risk?](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/custom-packages-virus-and-malicous-code-risk/8764/21): > > One hacky way to disable the package manager is to deploy a customised DynamoPackage.dll.config file to all users, without a packageManagerAddress value. Once its removed, it will no longer be able to find the server…and so no user will be able to download anything: You can find this file in C:\Program Files\Dynamo\Dynamo Core\1.2 ---
**Author:** ![Timon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/timon/32/12035_2.png) [@Timon](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Timon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/disable-package-manager/14674/2 "2017-09-08T17:26:11Z")
Problem resolved. The package manager can now be disabled! So users will use the packages we put on the network drives. For advanced users we can enable it on a case by case scenario … Here was my final xml edit that worked. It didn’t like a value of no length such as “” or even dummy text like “novalue”. So I just removed the period from “.com” ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/e/3/e34e3d1e99543896567b306650900ac65273967d.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/d/8/d8342be61cf8ee903842420c7a8d9d6c80581f7f.png) ---
**Author:** ![john\_pierson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/john_pierson/32/191977_2.png) [@john\_pierson](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/john_pierson)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/disable-package-manager/14674/3 "2017-09-08T17:27:45Z")
disable the package manager? It makes me sad, but I understand why. ![giphy](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/9/7/97dfb360f00bac573f4011c007448e4d20c1135b.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Renzoj14](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/renzoj14/32/49196_2.png) [@Renzoj14](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Renzoj14)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/disable-package-manager/14674/4 "2017-09-08T21:25:28Z")
No place is save from your memes John 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/disable-package-manager/14674/5 "2017-09-08T22:06:37Z")
> [@Renzoj14](#): > > No place is save from your memes John 🙂 And this is why the internet is a wonderful place! ---
**Author:** ![Thomas3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/thomas3/32/102896_2.png) [@Thomas3](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Thomas3)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/disable-package-manager/14674/6 "2024-05-23T11:21:50Z")
just for reference, the file path of the config file: “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Revit 202X\AddIns\DynamoForRevit\DynamoPackages.dll.config”