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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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