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constant updates disrupt settings

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sallyoakley55
sallyoakley55
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hi, i'm mostly interested in getting some help with creating my settings/preferences to stay the way i want them. every time there's a update, my personal settings get wiped out and i have to start all over again. there was a time when FF offered a way to leave some updates out and select the ones we wanted. now, it's all blanket updates. many times i lose important tabs and files. it's annoying. the way these updates are coming in i cringe each time i see the notice. and then there are times they get done automatically.

what's a mother to do?

many thanks for your consideration!

hi, i'm mostly interested in getting some help with creating my settings/preferences to stay the way i want them. every time there's a update, my personal settings get wiped out and i have to start all over again. there was a time when FF offered a way to leave some updates out and select the ones we wanted. now, it's all blanket updates. many times i lose important tabs and files. it's annoying. the way these updates are coming in i cringe each time i see the notice. and then there are times they get done automatically. what's a mother to do? many thanks for your consideration!

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Scribe
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Hi, you can prevent automatic installation of updates and only do it when you are ready as follows: Open the 3-bar menu > Preferences/Options > (General) > Firefox Updates, and set it to 'Check for updates but let you choose to install them.' Also deselect 'Use a background service to install updates.'

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sallyoakley55
sallyoakley55 Question owner
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yes, i've got that set; although i STILL get the reminder pop-up, sometimes several times a day. is there a way to stop that pop-up?

Terry
Terry
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This article may help: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recover-user-data-missing-after-firefox-update If your system has a package manager, I would use that to update rather than update direct from Mozilla. I never have your issue after updating as far as about:preferences is concerned. Mozilla is forever messing with about:config.

Scribe
Scribe
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If you just want to restrict the number of update notifications, you can try this, which should reduce it to no more than once a day. Type about:config into the address bar, press Enter/Return and accept any warning, then copy and paste the following into the search box app.update.checkInstallTime Now on the search result, click the Toggle button at the right-hand end to change from True to False, then restart Firefox.

It is possible to stop all notifications and still allow you to update manually, but it's a bit technical and only works from Firefox 87: See Customize Firefox using policies.json and https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md#manualappupdateonly You would need to use the ManualAppUpdateOnly policy. See the top of the article for further instructions.

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