
I think it’s an old Linux trick I have used in XP for what, 25 years, I find the file and rename it with the month and year prefix. VERY helpful in finding all the MS stuff that talks to the mothership. So, using my vast XP32 and XP64 skills (hah!), I researched and dug.įirst fix is I re-loaded my Glasswire. That reg fix is there, I think it transferred in the reset. Reset, so all my settings went “POOF!” and I stared resetting them. Can’t find a specific version of FF listed.
user_pref("", false) = Automatic updates disabled. user_pref("", true) = Automatic updates enabled. If it doesn’t exist, add a line for it in the file and set it as desired using these examples: Open the prefs.js file with a text editor like Notepad. It is usually a bunch of characters, followed by “.default”. Open the folder that represents the profile you would like to edit. Mac OS X – “ ~/Library/Mozilla/” or “ ~/Library/Application Support/“.
Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 – “ %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox“.Navigate to the following location based on your operating system.If set to “ false“, automatic updates are disabled. If set to “ true“, automatic updates are enabled. Double-click the “ ” option to toggle the setting.
Type “ about:config” in the address bar, then press “ Enter“. Check or uncheck the “ Use a background service to install updates” option as desired. Check for updates, but let me choose whether to install them. Select one of the following options as desired:. Scroll down to the “ Firefox Updates” section. Select the “ Menu” button in the upper-right corner, then choose “ Options“.