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cup all -y is used to update all Chocolatey packages at boot. At the moment there is an issue in the latest version of VirtualBox, and I want to avoid that this package is updated at boot while the other packages need to be updated.

Attempt to solve the issue

I have checked the help function of the command:

C:>cup all -h

Chocolatey v0.9.9.8

Upgrade Command



Upgrades a package or a list of packages. Some may prefer to use `cup`

 as a shortcut for `choco upgrade`.



Usage



    choco upgrade <pkg|all> [<pkg2> <pkgN>] [<options/switches>]

    cup <pkg|all> [<pkg2> <pkgN>] [<options/switches>]



NOTE: `all` is a special package keyword that will allow you to upgrade

 all currently installed packages.



Examples



    choco upgrade chocolatey

    choco upgrade notepadplusplus googlechrome atom 7zip

    choco upgrade notepadplusplus googlechrome atom 7zip -dvfy

    choco upgrade git --params="/GitAndUnixToolsOnPath /NoAutoCrlf" -y

    choco upgrade nodejs.install --version 0.10.35

    choco upgrade git -s "https://somewhere/out/there"

    choco upgrade git -s "https://somewhere/protected" -u user -p pass



Options and Switches



NOTE: Options and switches apply to all items passed, so if you are

 installing multiple packages, and you use `--version=1.0.0`, it is

 going to look for and try to install version 1.0.0 of every package

 passed. So please split out multiple package calls when wanting to

 pass specific options.





 -?, --help, -h

     Prints out the help menu.



 -d, --debug

     Debug - Run in Debug Mode.



 -v, --verbose

     Verbose - See verbose messaging.



     --acceptlicense, --accept-license

     AcceptLicense - Accept license dialogs automatically.



 -y, --yes, --confirm

     Confirm all prompts - Chooses affirmative answer instead of prompting.

       Implies --accept-license



 -f, --force

     Force - force the behavior



     --noop, --whatif, --what-if

     NoOp - Don't actually do anything.



 -r, --limitoutput, --limit-output

     LimitOutput - Limit the output to essential information



     --execution-timeout=VALUE

     CommandExecutionTimeoutSeconds - Override the default execution timeout

       in the configuration of 2700 seconds.



 -c, --cache, --cachelocation, --cache-location=VALUE

     CacheLocation - Location for download cache, defaults to %TEMP% or value

       in chocolatey.config file.



     --allowunofficial, --allow-unofficial, --allowunofficialbuild, --allow-unofficial-build

     AllowUnofficialBuild - When not using the official build you must set

       this flag for choco to continue.



 -s, --source=VALUE

     Source - The source to find the package(s) to install. Special sources

       include: ruby, webpi, cygwin, windowsfeatures, and python. Defaults to

       default feeds.



     --version=VALUE

     Version - A specific version to install. Defaults to unspecified.



     --pre, --prerelease

     Prerelease - Include Prereleases? Defaults to false.



     --x86, --forcex86

     ForceX86 - Force x86 (32bit) installation on 64 bit systems. Defaults to

       false.



     --ia, --installargs, --installarguments, --install-arguments=VALUE

     InstallArguments - Install Arguments to pass to the native installer in

       the package. Defaults to unspecified.



 -o, --override, --overrideargs, --overridearguments, --override-arguments

     OverrideArguments - Should install arguments be used exclusively without

       appending to current package passed arguments? Defaults to false.



     --notsilent, --not-silent

     NotSilent - Do not install this silently. Defaults to false.



     --params, --parameters, --pkgparameters, --packageparameters, --package-parameters=VALUE

     PackageParameters - Parameters to pass to the package. Defaults to

       unspecified.



 -m, --sxs, --sidebyside, --side-by-side, --allowmultiple, --allow-multiple, --allowmultipleversions, --allow-multiple-versions

     AllowMultipleVersions - Should multiple versions of a package be

       installed? Defaults to false.



 -i, --ignoredependencies, --ignore-dependencies

     IgnoreDependencies - Ignore dependencies when upgrading package(s).

       Defaults to false.



 -n, --skippowershell, --skip-powershell

     Skip Powershell - Do not run chocolateyInstall.ps1. Defaults to false.



     --failonunfound, --fail-on-unfound

     Fail On Unfound Packages - If a package is not found in feeds specified,

       fail instead of warn.



     --failonnotinstalled, --fail-on-not-installed

     Fail On Non-installed Packages - If a package is not already intalled,

       fail instead of installing.



 -u, --user=VALUE

     User - used with authenticated feeds. Defaults to empty.



 -p, --password=VALUE

     Password - the user's password to the source. Defaults to empty.

But it does not seem to have a function to exclude a certain package.

How do I update all packages at boot, except one?

You have two options: pin or exclude items at runtime.

Pin Packages to Suppress Upgrades

You can pin any program you don't want updated.

Type choco pin -h for more details. If that command doesn't give you anything, please upgrade Chocolatey to at least 0.9.9.x.

Pin Command

Pin a package to suppress upgrades.

This is especially helpful when running choco upgrade for all
packages, as it will automatically skip those packages. Another
alternative is choco upgrade --except="pkg1,pk2".

Usage

choco pin [list]|add|remove [<options/switches>]

Examples

choco pin

choco pin list

choco pin add -n=git

choco pin add -n=git --version 1.2.3

C4B: choco pin add -n=git --version 1.2.3 --reason "'others may need to review'"

choco pin remove --name git

Exclude Packages At Runtime

Sometimes you just simply want to exclude items you would normally include in upgrades. You don't want pins as those are meant to live longer than a single command run. That is where the Exclude option comes in to your upgrade command.

As of Chocolatey v0.9.10, when calling upgrade, you can pass the optional --except as a switch for upgrade. An example would be choco upgrade all --except="'conemu'".

According to the official documentation:

choco upgrade all --except="'skype,conemu'"