This however does not stop VS from recreating BackgoundDownload.exe in ‘random’ temp directories and trying again. There must be some other missed option. Perhaps disabling the scheduled task in ‘task scheduler’ would finalize the change.
Through control panel, or other means,
open ‘Task Scheduler’. in the navigation pane on the left side, navigate to
“Task Scheduler Library>Microsoft>VisualStudio>Updates”
when there, you will see a task named ‘BackroundDownload’
Right click on this task and either disable, or delete it.