Is there a way to turn off upgrade nag....??

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Rickkins
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Is there a way to turn off upgrade nag....??

Post by Rickkins »

I want to put off for some time updating FF at least until I can do so without undoing everything I've done to get into a (for me) usable state.

Thanks.
morat
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Re: Is there a way to turn off upgrade nag....??

Post by morat »

Create a folder called distribution where the firefox.exe is located and place the policies.json file there, then restart.

* <installation directory>\distribution\policies.json

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{
  "policies": {
    "DisableAppUpdate": true
  }
}
Installation directory
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Installation_directory

Here is how to test if the DisableAppUpdate policy is working.

Go to the about:policies page and see if the DisableAppUpdate policy shows up in the Active section.

Go to the about:preferences#general page and see if the "Updates disabled" message shows up in the Firefox Updates section.

More info: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... &t=3057471
Rickkins
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Joined: January 12th, 2004, 3:25 pm

Re: Is there a way to turn off upgrade nag....??

Post by Rickkins »

morat wrote:Create a folder called distribution where the firefox.exe is located and place the policies.json file there, then restart.

* <installation directory>\distribution\policies.json

Code: Select all

{
  "policies": {
    "DisableAppUpdate": true
  }
}
Installation directory
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Installation_directory

Here is how to test if the DisableAppUpdate policy is working.

Go to the about:policies page and see if the DisableAppUpdate policy shows up in the Active section.

Go to the about:preferences#general page and see if the "Updates disabled" message shows up in the Firefox Updates section.

More info: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... &t=3057471
Thanks.
Diane Vigil
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Joined: October 6th, 2010, 3:55 am

Re: Is there a way to turn off upgrade nag....??

Post by Diane Vigil »

Thank you so much for this. I was terrified (well, that's a bit too strong, but ...) that I would inadvertently update. So, really appreciate it.
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