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Support,

After updating Firefox to 159.0, two Firefox windows were opened although only one was open at the time before Firefox was closed during a Windows 11 Update! The first window was expected but the one below at the URL was not:

https://us.search.yahoo.com/yhs/web?hspart=iry&hsimp=yhs-fullyhosted_003&type=bgy_coinisre_18_31_09¶m1=1¶m2=f%3D1%26b%3DFirefox%26cc%3Dus%26pa%3Dwingy%26cd%3D2XzuyEtN2Y1L1QzutD0C0CyEyB0AtD0A0C0CyB0Dzz0C0DtAtN0D0Tzu0StByEtDzztN1L2XzuyEtFtByCtFtDtFtCtDyDtN1L1CzutN1L1G1B1V1N2Y1L1Qzu2SyE0B0EyEyC0D0E0BtGtC0E0A0AtGtB0E0E0FtGtByBzz0DtG0AyB0E0CyBtA0B0EtAzyzy0E2QtN1M1F1B2Z1V1N2Y1L1Qzu2S1SyDyB1RtA1O1OtCtGtByE1QyEtGyEyDtDtDtGzyyC1OyCtG1TzzyD1SzyyC1StC1StBtC1R2QtN0A0LzutDtN1B2Z1V1T1S1NzutN1Q2Z1B1P1RzutCyDtAtAyDtBzytCtCtC%26cr%3D1766389715%26a%3Dbgy_coinisre_18_31_09%26os_ver%3D10.0%26os%3DWindows%2B10%2BEnterprise

This has happened before. Please address.

Hey there, I've installed Firefox and let it create the shortcut in the start menu, which results in a shortcut under `C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs` (as expected), but every time I update Firefox via the "Menu > Help and Report > About Firefox" dialog, it creates a shortcut under the current users Roaming folder `C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs`. Deleting the file will only work until the next update. Does anyone know a way to stop that behaviour?

It's not that I don't want the update page/tab - I just want to prevent it from stealing the foreground spot (which should be held by the last tab I had opened before closing the browser, as I have defined in my browser settings).

1. After a recent update, the site pages I reduce with the negative sign, go to the side; they disappear. I want them stored at the bottom in the task bar as in the earlier version 2. I want the stored sites to appear on the screen all the time; now they disappear off the screen. 3. can i go back to the earlier version of FF? Which version, how? Thank you.

Every time I manually update firefox, it reinstalls the automatic update malware "Mozilla Maintenance Service". I can't stop this malware from being installed with my browser every time I update Firefox. I call it malware because its not wanted, and it behaves like malware by secretly downloading content without my consent and then shutting down my browser when it finishes by blocking access to all new tabs.

I've tried adding policies to stop auto updates, but Mozilla Maintenance Service ignores all policies. I'm going to see if I can contact AVG and explain to them that Mozilla Maintenance Service is malware and see if I can get it classified as such to see if that'll finally get through to someone because I'm sick of this crap constantly being installed and forcing things on me whenever they want and not when I want.

Now after this update, every google search forces open my location service trying to force me to give location rights. This update is even more malware than all the other updates before hand. Firefox is getting extremely dangerous.

Hi - the new update installed automatically on 10/13/26 has interfered with my workflow/visibility in the REDCap system website. Is there a way to uninstall this update and revert my Firefox to the previous version?

So each time this pos browser updates I have to comb through ALL of the setting to see what their stupid brains though was a good idea to change for me? What kind of dirty underhanded BS is this? Mozilla is going to CHANGE my settings, NOT only to AUTO FREAKING OPEN like no one will notice this, now I have to spend time seeing if someone hacked my system. Well turns out, it was permission given I am sure through BS EULA. How is this not against the law?

Almost every time I launch Firefox, I'm interrupted by another update. Instead of getting straight to work, I have to deal with update downloads, installation prompts, or restart requests.

There is no reasonable way to disable this behavior. Even selecting "Check for updates, but let you choose to install them" doesn't help, because Firefox still interrupts me with update notifications.

Why can't users simply check for and install updates manually, without constant interruptions?

For a browser with such a small market share, Firefox is remarkably aggressive about imposing this intrusive UX on its users.

Please provide an option to completely disable automatic update checks and notifications. Let users decide when to update their own software.