History of How to install Firefox on Windows

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Revision Status S Editor R Comment
Unreviewed   AliceWyman www.firefox.com/firefox/system-requirements
Current   Mark Heijl minor edit
Approved M AliceWyman updated 2 images, other edits (bug 1981834)
Approved M AliceWyman updated Firefox download link, firefox.com screenshot
Approved M AliceWyman reworded note, other small edits
Approved   Mozinet bold for action, harmonization, Filepath formatting
Approved M AliceWyman a few more edits
Approved M AliceWyman added where Firefox is installed, what happens if you cancel the UAC prompt (see discussion)
Approved M Chris DuPuis Add information about installing Firefox for an individual user, rather than system-wide
Approved M AliceWyman removed link to archived article
Approved M AliceWyman updated link to renamed article
Approved M AliceWyman {for win10,win11} link to S-mode article
Approved   Mozinet minor edits, including bold/italic and extra spaces & lines
Approved M William Durand The "get help" link on the www.mozilla.org download page for Windows users points to this page and it'd be useful to link to the "Why do I get a harmful download message when downloading Firefox on Windows?" page so that users can find it directly.
Approved   Denys Some minor fixes.
Approved M AliceWyman updated link to renamed article
Approved M AliceWyman updated link to renamed article
Approved M AliceWyman Delete "For advanced users" (See discussion. Intro already links to full, offline installer article)
Approved   AliceWyman minor formatting edit
Approved M AliceWyman deleted video, which isn't loading.
Unreviewed   Denys Some minor fixes.
Approved M AliceWyman Linked to win7 article for fx100+, other edits
Approved M AliceWyman Install from Microsoft store: added note that Windows 10 or 11 is required
Approved M AliceWyman Microsoft Store app name is "Mozilla Firefox"
Approved M AliceWyman "Having problems?" added Default browser article for win10,win11
Approved M AliceWyman "Having problems?" moved to the bottom
Approved M AliceWyman a few small edits
Approved M Fabi Microsoft Store presence
Approved   AliceWyman updated link to renamed article
Approved M AliceWyman moved win10 warning->note, other edits
Unreviewed   Julie changed the step by step instructions to be less wordy, added in additional new screenshots to match the other new ones that were recently approved.
Unreviewed   Julie Changed ending of article to be less wordy and more user friendly.
Unreviewed   Julie Changed intro paragraph to be more user friendly. Took out jargon.
Approved M Fabi Video and screenshots added
Unreviewed   Julie Took out jargon, updated screenshots, created a video
Reviewed M romado33 Added comma
Approved   Jeff Removed extraneous space.
Approved M AliceWyman Edited warning (will show-> may show; removed "Install anyway" sentence)
Approved M Joni added link to warning article
Approved M AliceWyman Having problems? change to linked articles
Approved M AliceWyman small edit to note on Refresh message
Approved M AliceWyman updated instructions (bug 1657405)
Approved M AliceWyman replaced IE image with Edge image showing notification bar
Approved M AliceWyman Install steps: Microsoft Edge shows "Open file"
Approved M AliceWyman "For advanced users" updated link; other edits
Approved   Raphael Raue Changing the download link to the new /firefox/windows/ url
Approved   Random121 Added automaticly.
Approved M AliceWyman 32-bit and 64-bit info moved under "For advanced users" (see discussion)
Approved M AliceWyman For advanced users: edits to last revision
Approved M AliceWyman For advanced users: restored important information removed in previous edits.
Approved M Joni removed the download languages/version link since the new firefox download page has this link already.
Approved M Joni added source to URL so we can find out how many people are downloading from SUMO; removed alternate download option as it's just more confusing
Approved   Lan Corrected typo
Approved M AliceWyman edits to last revision
Approved M Wesley Branton Updated screenshots to Windows 10 & added UAC prompt instructions
Approved   AliceWyman minor edit to last revision
Approved M AliceWyman Download Firefox -> Download Now button; Image: MSIE-DownloadNow-FirefoxInstaller
Approved M AliceWyman image and note about profile cleanup option (bug 1369255)
Approved M AliceWyman "For advanced users": added "find your language"
Approved   AliceWyman For advanced users: minor edits
Approved M AliceWyman "For advanced users" section: removed link to outdated blog post
Approved M AliceWyman linked to https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/firefox-64-default-64-bit-windows in step 2
Approved M AliceWyman moved For advanced users section to the end of the article.
Unreviewed   Daniel2099 Moving "for advanced users" section & changing it to {note}, change second sentence to not be bulleted
Approved M AliceWyman Image:Fx55stub-installing, other small edits
Approved M AliceWyman rewritten for Fx55 stub installer
Approved M AliceWyman Under "For advanced users": replaced {for fx55} content with link to "Custom installation of Firefox on Windows"
Approved M AliceWyman Under "For advanced users", I added {for fx55} info on choosing the full installer for installation options (bug 1365998)
Approved M AliceWyman edit to last revision to include exact error message
Approved M AliceWyman updated system requirements note, added "Having problems?" link to "Your hardware is no longer supported"
Approved M AliceWyman removed link to archived article (see discussion)
Approved M AliceWyman minor edits to last revision
Approved M AliceWyman "For advanced users" info moved from note to beneath step 2 (see discussion)
Unreviewed   Lan Breaking the big note into three
Unreviewed   Lan Trying to improve the note about 64-bit FF
Approved M AliceWyman update to pending revision
Unreviewed   AliceWyman Having problems? edit to pending revision (see discussion)
Unreviewed   AliceWyman Having problems? added links for Vista and XP2 issues
Approved M AliceWyman added {for win10} or Microsoft Edge{/for} (needs review by win10 user)
Reviewed M pollti IE + Edge
Approved   AliceWyman minor edit to intro
Approved M AliceWyman For advanced users: linked to blog post about 64-bit Firefox
Approved M AliceWyman For advanced users: new Windows 64-bit Firefox
Approved   AliceWyman edit to note for editors
Approved   AliceWyman mskb link for winxp: http->https
Unreviewed   user1273000 Link update on how to check your account type.
Approved M AliceWyman fixed typo
Approved M AliceWyman small edit to note for advanced users
Approved   AliceWyman edit to hidden comment
Approved M AliceWyman edited note for advanced users to comment out fx42 win64 info - see discussion
Unreviewed   AliceWyman edit to last revision: expanded note for the /all page, 64 bit versions {for fx42, win7,win8,win10}
Unreviewed   vesper adding section mentioning the /all page and the 64 bit versions
Approved M AliceWyman "Free Download" button link replaced with a note
Approved M AliceWyman small edit to last revision
Unreviewed   AliceWyman added IE11Win7 image showing options to run or save file, added note that the Open File - Security Warning MAY appear
Reviewed M TalkingFirefox Removed Speech mark from the last hyperlink and also put in some other alterntive browsers on bullet points as there is currently a lot of people moving to F'FOX
Reviewed M TalkingFirefox Bold important info & add on a extra support contact to the sumo team
Approved M pollti removed OS from download link
Approved M Rati_Media.Code Introducing link to FREE DOWNLOAD & changing 'painless' to 'effortless'
Approved M pollti corrected numbering
Approved M Lan Updated screenshots
Approved M Lan Link for Mac and Linux
Approved   user917725 removed Template:ShareArticle
Reviewed M user669794 removed share article
Approved M Underpass in my opinion this other link is clearer
Approved   Joni updated screenshot for "download Firefox" page
Reviewed M MaganjotSingh the article is already good
Approved   Underpass added winxp showfor
Approved M scoobidiver maintained system requirements link
Approved M ideato link to Firefox 22 System Requirements
Approved M Swarnava Sengupta links to firefox 21 requirement
Approved M ideato link to Firefox 20 System Requirements
Approved M ideato link to Firefox 19 System Requirements
Approved M ideato link to Firefox 18 System Requirements
Approved M ideato link to Firefox 17 System Requirements
Approved   scoobidiver fixed links
Approved M Swarnava Sengupta added the Share this article template
Approved M user633449 Added New Screenshot of Firefox Download Page
Approved   Tonnes remove whitelines, add image breaks, remove period
Approved M Michael Verdi making satdav's revision ready for approval
Reviewed   David (satdav) updated a lot since 3.6
Approved M scoobidiver simplified
Unreviewed   scoobidiver added intro and summary, only applies to Windows, 1st section as bullet list, 2nd section as note, new IE screenshot, removed trojan article
Unreviewed   Chris Ilias remove old screencast, and move new one to the beginning of the instructions

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