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Firefox updating without my consent

Firefox Update
dessertdish replied 6 maande gelede
FluffySeaVixen
FluffySeaVixen

My firefox automatically updated in the background to 148.0.2 even though I have disabled auto updates. This is outrageous and I want to rollback immediately.

My firefox automatically updated in the background to 148.0.2 even though I have disabled auto updates. This is outrageous and I want to rollback immediately.

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dessertdish
dessertdish

Gekose oplossing

Hello,

Here are some ways to disable it : 1. Disable Firefox Maintenance Service (Windows): Open windows services (services.msc), (basically do win+R, then type services.msc) find Mozilla Maintenance Service, right-click properties, and set startup type to disabled.

2. Update policies.json go down this firefox file path in windows file explorer : C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\)., then create a folder named distribution, if it doesn't exist, then create a file named policies.json with this code : { 

 "policies": {
   "DisableAppUpdate": true
 }

}

3. Remove the firefox updater (windows) go down this filepath in windows file explorer : C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\ and rename updater.exe to updater.exe.bak.