How to not update Studio to latest version? 2018.1.0 issues

[ovi (Viorela Preda)]

I’ve created this FAQ topic to summarize the issue here and how to solve it:

"Unexpected character encountered while parsing value" error after upgrading to 18.1

[2018error] This error may occur when you are trying to run a workflow after upgrading to 18.1 version without “killing” UiRobot.exe from task manager before the upgrade or you have installed both 2017.1 .msi and 18.1 .exe Troubleshooting: Uninstall the 2017.1 version(if you have it) Kill any UiRobot.exe processes from Task manager and run again from Studio. Please note that the updated Studio and Robot will be in this folder: %localappdata%\UiPath\app-18.1.1 under the names UiStudio.exe a…