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Trigger Update through command line or script

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pcdl
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Is there a way to trigger a Firefox browser update through command line or script? I need to trigger an update across a few hundered computers and I can do this, but through command line or script automation. What is the command line syntax to do this, if there is any?

Thank you for your help

Is there a way to trigger a Firefox browser update through command line or script? I need to trigger an update across a few hundered computers and I can do this, but through command line or script automation. What is the command line syntax to do this, if there is any? Thank you for your help

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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If you check the Windows Task Scheduler under Mozilla, you will find a task that runs every 7 hours to check for updates in the background (at least this is the default configuration for the regular release; ESR may vary).

It has a lot of parameters I don't understand, and don't know whether they are unique to my installation, but at the end, this switch seems to be the important part:

--backgroundtask backgroundupdate

You could experiment. Or wait for someone with more information.

cor-el
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I've moved the thread to Firefox for Enterprise to see if Mike Kaply has some suggestions.