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Elwood P Dowd

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6. I stopped updating Firefox with the 88 version.

Reply to lpbk2713 (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 20, 2022, 04:00 PM

Apr 2022

Just to be safe, I have always waited a couple of weeks before installing a new update for any app, browser, OS, etc..Went over to a friend's house just after he had downloaded the new version, and I absolutely hated what Firefox had done to the browser with the latest so called "update". He hated it too and was hoping they would fix the damn thing. I stayed with the 88 version and still use it today.

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Ugh. Firefox 99.0 (64-bit Win8.1) wants to install updates *EVERY* time I restart it. [View all] eppur_se_muova Apr 2022 OP

I'm on 99.01. I haven't had FF update problems in many months. Earth-shine Apr 2022 #1

It briefely runs the installer, with no obvious problem. Next time I restart the program, it does it eppur_se_muova Apr 2022 #2

You might have some file corruption in the FF program files. Try these suggestions: Earth-shine Apr 2022 #3

AHA! The *latest* release just got upgraded to 99.0.1 -- wasn't there last time I checked. eppur_se_muova Apr 2022 #4

I stopped upgrading FF a long time ago. lpbk2713 Apr 2022 #5

I stopped updating Firefox with the 88 version. Elwood P Dowd Apr 2022 #6

I used about:config to make some tweaks that would ... lpbk2713 Apr 2022 #7

It was a brutal weekend in the online software category bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #8