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"Firefox is being updated by another instance" is driving me crazy !

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wquatan
wquatan

Since I upgraded from FF128-esr to FF140-esr I always get the "Firefox is being updated by another instance" This is really driving me crazy, as I checked / did / .... everything (and even more) I found on the internet related to that.

Nothing helps !

Creating and using a new default profile didn't help

Finally I ended up uninstalling FF completely (making sure no -zero- leftovers remained in ProgramFiles, AppData a.s.o.), and reinstalled FF140.7.0-esr freshly. After installation I started FF immediately with the created default profile (only existing one) --> SAME THING : "Firefox is being updated by another instance"

And this is really a FF140 thing, when I go back to FF128, on the same computer, same profiles, ...., the problem is gone.

I would like to know in detail what checks are really done by FF to decide to give that "Firefox is being updated by another instance"

Since I upgraded from FF128-esr to FF140-esr I always get the "Firefox is being updated by another instance" This is really driving me crazy, as I checked / did / .... everything (and even more) I found on the internet related to that. Nothing helps ! Creating and using a new default profile didn't help Finally I ended up uninstalling FF completely (making sure no -zero- leftovers remained in ProgramFiles, AppData a.s.o.), and reinstalled FF140.7.0-esr freshly. After installation I started FF immediately with the '''created default profile''' (only existing one) --> SAME THING : "Firefox is being updated by another instance" And this is really a FF140 thing, when I go back to FF128, on the same computer, same profiles, ...., the problem is gone. I would like to know''' in detail what checks are really''' done by FF to decide to give that "Firefox is being updated by another instance"

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wquatan
wquatan Auteur de la question

Are there really NO Firefox-developers in this "Community Forum" able and willing to (answer and) help solving above topic cq issue ?

Thank you

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