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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 Prašer

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

Thank you

wquatan
wquatan Prašer

There is a problem with the URL of this site, instead of https://support.mozilla.org it should be https://NO-support.mozilla.org

cor-el
cor-el
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Maybe it is the Mozilla Maintenance Service that provides updates in the background. Did you uninstall this service as well?

wquatan
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I understand from the link that the Mozilla Maintenance Service is used for FF and TB. Actually I m running FF 140.8.0esr and TB 140.8.1esr. With TB 140.8.1esr there is no problem at all. And ... for both FF and TB the "Check for updates but let you choose to install them" is selected, so no background updating at all.

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