Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote:
clay wrote:
Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote:
Wolf K wrote:
FF wants me to update. I bollixed that by removing update.exe etc,
but it still keeps asking to download the update. Which config
setting turns it off?
Thanks,
I came across some instructions today, they are for Linux but the
general principles cover Windows as well.
https://linuxreviews.org/HOWTO_Make_Mozilla_Firefox_Stop_Nagging_You_About_Updates_And_Other_Annoying_Idiocy
In order to adapt the instructions to fit Windows,
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-using-policiesjson >>> tells you where you need to place your policies.json file and the
other link says what it should look like.
Hope that helps.
Thanks for the links.
I begrudgingly updated my ESR browser one release (still a couple behind
current) and saw this nag was included in the /upgrade,/ for no extra
charge!
All the usual tweaks didn't make it go away.
I hardly ever use Windows (or Firefox under Windows) but I tested the policies.json mechanism (under Linux) and it worked. The obvious
annoyance under Windows is the line
This file goes into a directory called distribution within the Firefox installation directory.
which means you will have to keep your policies file somewhere else and
copy it over after each Firefox update. Not a problem with Linux,
there's another place you can put it and that one is untouched by
installs / updates.
policies.json appears to be working on W7 too.
Been using Mozilla since the sillydog days.
Work is the only winbox I run. My home has been Windows free since 2005.
I never use the Firefox installer in Linux. I don't let the Firefox
installer do its default install in Windows. Every 'update' gets a new
install path.
Thanks again for the links. Saved me a bunch of googling.
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