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Firefox not updating

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Using both Firefox and Nightly, I can't seem to get any of them to update. I've noticed that Nightly hasn't been updating, but didn't do anything about it until the following release cycle, when I had to get the next version manually. However, that didn't fix the issue. Every day I get a dialog saying that Firefox is unable to determine whether there's a new version and that I should make sure Nightly's up to date manually, with a link included. When I try to check for updates manually, it just displays that it's up to date, even though it's a few days behind. Automatic updates are turned on. Any idea what might be wrong?

Using both Firefox and Nightly, I can't seem to get any of them to update. I've noticed that Nightly hasn't been updating, but didn't do anything about it until the following release cycle, when I had to get the next version manually. However, that didn't fix the issue. Every day I get a dialog saying that Firefox is unable to determine whether there's a new version and that I should make sure Nightly's up to date manually, with a link included. When I try to check for updates manually, it just displays that it's up to date, even though it's a few days behind. Automatic updates are turned on. Any idea what might be wrong?

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Well I fixed my issue by reinstalling FF completely and deleting all my user files.

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hello, could you go to the firefox menu ≡ > help ? > troubleshooting information, copy the contents of that page and paste them here into a reply on the forum? this might give us a clue what is going on...

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Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 46.0a1 Build ID: 20160102030217 Update Channel: nightly User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:46.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/46.0 Multiprocess Windows: 0/2 (default: false) Safe Mode: false

Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days


All Crash Reports

Extensions


Name: ADB Helper Version: 0.8.6 Enabled: true ID: adbhelper@mozilla.org

Name: Adblock Plus Version: 2.7 Enabled: true ID: {d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}

Name: Firefox Hello Version: 0.1 Enabled: true ID: loop@mozilla.org

Name: FlashGot Version: 1.5.6.12.1-signed Enabled: true ID: {19503e42-ca3c-4c27-b1e2-9cdb2170ee34}

Name: Greasemonkey Version: 3.6 Enabled: true ID: {e4a8a97b-f2ed-450b-b12d-ee082ba24781}

Name: Moderator toolbox for reddit Version: 3.3.0 Enabled: true ID: yes@jetpack

Name: Pocket Version: 46.0a1 Enabled: true ID: firefox@getpocket.com

Name: Reddit Enhancement Suite Version: 4.5.4.1-signed Enabled: true ID: jid1-xUfzOsOFlzSOXg@jetpack

Name: Valence Version: 0.3.3 Enabled: true ID: fxdevtools-adapters@mozilla.org

Name: YouTube High Definition Version: 43.2 Enabled: true ID: {7b1bf0b6-a1b9-42b0-b75d-252036438bdc}

Name: Adobe Acrobat - Create PDF Version: 2.0 Enabled: false ID: web2pdfextension@web2pdf.adobedotcom

Name: Avast Online Security Version: 10.3.3.13 Enabled: false ID: wrc@avast.com

Name: Firebug Version: 3.0.0-alpha.12 Enabled: false ID: firebug@software.joehewitt.com

Name: Video DownloadHelper Version: 5.4.2 Enabled: false ID: {b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}

Graphics


Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igd10umd64 igdumd32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: none Device ID: 0x0116 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (10.0.10586.0) Driver Date: 5-27-2015 Driver Version: 9.17.10.4229 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 2/2 Direct3D 11 (OMTC) Subsys ID: 167d103c Supports Hardware H264 Decoding: Yes Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 Direct3D11 vs_4_1 ps_4_1) windowLayerManagerRemote: true AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d 1.1 AzureContentBackend: direct2d 1.1 AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 (#0) Error: PossiblyBrokenSurfaceSharing_UnexpectedAMDGPU (#12) Error: [D2D1.1] 4CreateBitmap failure Size(44,10238) Code: 0x80070057 format 0 (#13) Error: [D2D1.1] 4CreateBitmap failure Size(44,10238) Code: 0x80070057 format 0 (#14) Error: [D2D1.1] 4CreateBitmap failure Size(44,10238) Code: 0x80070057 format 0 (#15) Error: [D2D1.1] 4CreateBitmap failure Size(44,10238) Code: 0x80070057 format 0 (#16) Error: [D2D1.1] 4CreateBitmap failure Size(44,10238) Code: 0x80070057 format 0

Important Modified Preferences


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user.js Preferences


Your profile folder contains a user.js file, which includes preferences that were not created by Nightly.

Important Locked Preferences


JavaScript


Incremental GC: true

Accessibility


Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0

Library Versions


NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.11 Version in use: 4.11

NSS Expected minimum version: 3.21 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.21 Basic ECC

NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.21 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.21 Basic ECC

NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.21 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.21 Basic ECC

NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.21 Version in use: 3.21

Experimental Features


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ok, there seems to be a user.js file in your profile, which is a bit suspicious unless you once had created that manually in the first place: please go to the firefox menu ≡ > help ? > troubleshooting information > profile folder - "show folder", then a new window will open up. in this window look out for a file named user.js (it might be used to overwrite your custom settings). delete or rename this file, restart firefox afterwards and see if this can fix the issue...

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Well, it was just a blank .js file, so deleting it had no avail, and I'm still getting the issue. http://i.imgur.com/wwRYW91.png

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Yep, it loads as expected. http://i.imgur.com/pPwZKbK.png

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Soo, nothing? I've switched to Nightly 47 x64 and my issue is still there.

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Chosen Solution

Well I fixed my issue by reinstalling FF completely and deleting all my user files.