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How do I get email notifications for Firefox updates?
As Mozilla shut down their mailing lists some years ago, is there a way to still get notifications about Firefox updates via email? Maybe by a third party?
Screen-scrape their download servers?
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Firefox forces to install updates on older version [duplicate]
I have decided to use an older version (78.0) of Firefox ESR for testing but whenever I try to install the Firefox, it quickly starts to auto-update before I disable it. I rebooted Firefox and I got ...
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How to update Firefox to the latest version ever if you are not using it?
I use Firefox from time to time, every time I open it it gets updated with the autoupdate.
The issue I am facing is that it only updates after I open it and if I don't do it for a while it gets with ...
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How can I make Firefox allow new tabs with an update pending?
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and have the same problem as Seph Reed, where every few days to few weeks Firefox stops allowing me to open new tabs or windows because it has an update it needs to install.
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Firefox mangles theme after update
Whenever Firefox restarts, it ends up looking like this:
I then go to the theme settings and Disable the Dark theme:
This gives me the look I want:
Strangely, after this, I can Enable and Disable ...
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Prevent Firefox from updating, for real this time
I don't want Firefox to silently download and install updates. Their documentation is useless in this regard, as the process outlined there is impossible due to the lack of the buttons and other UI ...
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Firefox 90: page actions button(s) missing: pin tab, copy link, etc
After updating to Firefox 90 in Linux (Kubuntu 20.04) the "copy link" and "pin tab" buttons are missing. The 3-dot button under which all the other buttons could be added or hidden ...
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Prevent Firefox from purging open tabs/ windows on updates
Normally, when you close Firefox with a bunch of opened tabs, they get stored in a file called previous.jsonlz4 and are restored the next you open Firefox.
However, over the last couple of months, I ...
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Firefox Setup: how to use existing profile
In order to prepare a classroom for training, I run a Windows batch file which, among other things, runs the Firefox Setup application.
There is an existing profile folder which has everything the ...
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Disable Firefox update popover
I run Firefox Nightly (68.0a1) and it pretends to allow me to choose when to update, but then proceeds to nag me about it nonstop until I cave in and actually do an update.
As you can imagine this is ...
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Install Firefox without updates
I would like to install an older version of Firefox. I have seen some similar
questions but this is different as I need to disable the initial update not
future updates. I visited this page:
https://...
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Portableapps cannot download firefox updates
I cannot update Mozilla Firefox (from v.60 to the current) with method #1: from PortableApps launcher -> Apps -> Check for updates.
I cannot either update with method #2: download the paf.exe ...
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Cancel a pending Firefox upgrade?
I'm running Firefox 61.0.1. I wanted to test 62.0 Beta, so I went to https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/#beta, clicked Download and ran "Firefox Installer.exe". The installer ran ...
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Is it possible to keep present Firefox add-ons by not updating?
I know, I know, this used to be answered with a simple yes, I know that. But nowadays with the whole Webextensions disaster about to happen to Firefox, I wonder if it is still possible to avoid ...
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Firefox was restored to default after update
I noted a strange behavior on my Firefox after the last update.
I was using the Firefox Dev Edition (I'm not sure about the version, but maybe it was 52), but after a simple update throug apt-get ...
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Firefox MAR file location changed?
I have been using MAR files to automatically patch Firefox following the steps at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Software_Update:Manually_Installing_a_MAR_file. However, the directory http://releases....
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Why every update of most Applications means just redownloading the entire program [duplicate]
Why even the most popular applications are asking its users to just redownload the entire program for just performing the updates.
For example consider FireFox. They are pushing updates with no major ...
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How does Firefox auto update work?
I am little confused as to how does Firefox auto update works?
So, lately, Firefox had a bug in 38.x version - so they recommended to update to the latest version.
I had auto update turned on, so I ...
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Firefox doesn't update?
I am using firefox 35.0.1 and tried to update to 36.0 today morning, I opened the "About Firefox" dialogue box to update firefox, it shows "Checking for Update" and shows that even without giving the ...
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Delete hung firefox update?
Firefox displays the following message when I open it:
Firefox also provides this:
The problem began last week or the week before. When it happened, I manually installed the latest version.
Even ...
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How to Allow Non-Admins to Update Firefox
How can I make it to where regular users, on my active directory domain, can upgrade their workstations to the latest version of firefox (when firefox prompts them that an update is available)?
With ...
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Change Firefox update channel from ESR to release?
So I have Firefox ESR installed, and I want to change it to the "release" channel. Is there a way to do that or I have to reinstall?
I've tried changing app.update.channel in about:config to 'release'...
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What can I do to make Firefox updates silent?
Is it possible to configure Firefox to install the updates in the background or after restart without bothering the user with notification messages?
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Can I convert an existing Firefox installation to ESR without a re-install?
It took some jumping through hoops (including a mailing list subscription that I apparently didn't need) but I finally found where to download the Firefox ESR. This is great for fresh installs, but I ...
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How to trigger a check for updates in Firefox programatically or from a command line?
Is there a command line switch for firefox.exe or an "about:" URL that will either force an update check or at least display the Help/About dialog, which checks for updates and tells if you're running ...
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Firefox 4, 5 and 6 are slow and freezing, consuming 400MB RAM
I'm on Windows 7. Since I upgraded to Firefox 4, I noticed that it became extremely slow. I even tried to upgrade to 6 and 5 and still it's slow. Sometimes it consumes 400 MB of RAM!
What can I do? ...
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Firefox: getting back to older version
Firefox is releasing new version every alternate month.
v4.0 on March 22nd, 2011
v5.0 on June 21st, 2011
v6.0 on August 16th, 2011
It can be because of the competition with google chrome.
But ...
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How to stop Firefox from updating?
Anyway here is my problem. I'm currently on beta channel (Firefox 6) which was recently upgraded and broke some extensions. Now I gather those extensions will be upgraded in the future and they'll ...
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Firefox Aurora update release notes?
I use Aurora and want to know where I can find release notes for each update to Aurora.
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Is there any quick way to check if all of my plugins will work when upgrading Firefox?
I depend on firefox plugins for my work, so updating is always a bit treacherous. But I also need to be using the latest browsers, so it's a necessary evil.
Is there any good way to check if all of ...
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Getting notified of Adobe Flash updates
I am using the latest version of Firefox with Adobe Flash plugin as a standard user on Windows 7.
I notice that I do not get notified of a pending update unless I happen to close and reopen my ...
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Firefox: Autoupdate from 4 to 5 on Linux
I am using Firefox 4.01 on GNU/Linux x86_64.
Is there any reason why there is no autoupdate? In fact, when I look at the "About Firefox" dialog, it just says "Updates available at http://www....
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How to Update ShockWave Flash Add-Ons in FireFox?
I currently have v10.1.8.53 of the Shockwave Flash Add-on installed in Firefox v3.5.19.
I want to update the add-on to the latest version so I downloaded the installer .exe and ran the installation. ...
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Firefox autoupdate feature borked
My Firefox installation suddenly stopped presenting automatic update prompt. (nor Help menu command have effect). So i'm stuck with v.3.6.9 while v.4.0 is out already. Please suggest where should i ...
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How to roll back an update of a Firefox addon
Today I updated Adblock Plus addon from v1.2 to v1.3. After restarting Firefox, I realized that Adblock Plus no more blocks ads no matter if I activate or deactivate it. This seems to be a buggy ...
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Firefox can't update itself in Windows 7
I have Firefox 3.6.6 running in Windows 7 64 bit. The problem is this: When Firefox checks for updates (of itself, not of addons) and tries to install them, I get an error message saying something ...
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Why does firefox ask me to upgrade Flash?
Why does Firefox ask me to upgrade flash occasionally when there appears to be no difference between the versions (10.1 r86 to 10.1 r86)? Also why do I have to always re-download the Adobe download ...
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Update firefox to newest version in Linux
The newest version of Firefox is not showing in the software package manager so I went to the website and downloaded it. After uncompressing it, there isn't a makefile. It looks like this can be run ...
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Strange that Firefox asked me to upgrade automatically, but not to 3.6.6, only to 3.5.10?
As usual, Firefox asked me to upgrade... but it upgraded to 3.5.10, and then it has a link to see the "latest version", which is 3.6.6
So, a bit strange, why Firefox doesn't directly upgrade to 3.6.6?...
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Firefox 3.6 in Ubuntu 9.04 doesn’t work without proxy
I'm on Ubuntu 9.04. I've updated Firefox with ubuntuzilla. Now Firefox forks only via proxy. How can I fix this?
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(When) is Firefox 3.6 going to be pushed to 3.5.x users?
Is it a separate branch entirely? So 3.6 will never automatically come to 3.5.x users?
(It's not that I'm too lazy to click through the help menu. I actually don't want it to for now because it ...
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firefox restarting problem in ubuntu
i'm using ubuntu 8.10 . now i updated firefox it doesn't result any error. when i open it the back,refresh buttons are not working and always shows "Your browser has been updated and needs to be ...
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Firefox: is it possible to block update reminder for one specific extension?
I'd like to stick with Firefox extension ReadItLater version 0.9948 - but Firefox keeps reminding me that update is available.
Is there any way to get rid of reminders for this specific extension?
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How can I update Firefox add-ons automatically?
Similar to this question, is it possible to update installed plugins via the command line?
I'm running YSlow with beacon reporting as a nightly cron job under OSX:
/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/...
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Automatic update of Firefox in Vista
Last year I got a PC for the kids with Windows Vista and, amongst other things, set it up with a copy of firefox 3.0.1. None of the kids accounts are administrators so every now and then software asks ...
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How do I update my Firefox in Ubuntu?
How do I update my Firefox in Ubuntu.
i.e. I want a newer version
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