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Firefox Keeps Wanting to Update

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My Firefox is v102, 64-bit, on W10 Enterprise. ESR channel. It keeps telling me I need to update.

Under HELP, it fails to download whatever it is trying to update. Even though I got v102, I tried the online installer (mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new). Thinking about it now, I did not try an offline installer.

I been searching online and tried this policies.json file (github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md#backgroundappupdate) with these entries:

{

 "policies": {
   "AppAutoUpdate": false
 }

} {

 "policies": {
   "BackgroundAppUpdate": false
 }

}

But still not help.

Is there anything else I can try? There seems to be no simple option to click to not check for updates temporarily.

Thank you.

My Firefox is v102, 64-bit, on W10 Enterprise. ESR channel. It keeps telling me I need to update. Under HELP, it fails to download whatever it is trying to update. Even though I got v102, I tried the online installer (mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new). Thinking about it now, I did not try an offline installer. I been searching online and tried this policies.json file (github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md#backgroundappupdate) with these entries: { "policies": { "AppAutoUpdate": false } } { "policies": { "BackgroundAppUpdate": false } } But still not help. Is there anything else I can try? There seems to be no simple option to click to not check for updates temporarily. Thank you.

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Hi. I am not asking for custom modifications. I just stated what I tried to accomplish my goal: stop Firefox with prompting me for updates when I am updated. That code was just the last attempt I tried, after uninstall and reinstalling, etc.

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NotKnowEverything said

My Firefox is v102, 64-bit, on W10 Enterprise. ESR channel. It keeps telling me I need to update. Under HELP, it fails to download whatever it is trying to update. Even though I got v102, I tried the online installer (mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new). Thinking about it now, I did not try an offline installer.

mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new will serve you the small online stab installer for current Release.

If you want the current Fx 102 ESR then go to https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/#product-desktop-esr and make sure 102.0esr is selected and not 91.11.0esr. This way you will get ESR and not Release and also get the full setup and not stub installer.

https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/102.0.1/releasenotes/

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Thank you. My offline installer was for 102 that I eventually did try, but I was unaware of 102.0.1 floating around. I grabbed 102.0.1 and it worked. Thank you.