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Earth-shine

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3. You might have some file corruption in the FF program files. Try these suggestions:

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 14, 2022, 05:59 PM

Apr 2022

Reboot. If that doesn't work ...

Uninstall FF, then reinstall FF. If that doesn't work ...

Reinstall Windows. Consider upgrading to Win 11.

I just made the change from Win 8.1 to Win 11. It's been pretty good after I got used to it. It's certainly more stable. I had multiple computers running 8.1. They frequently crashed especially on shut down, causing reboots instead of turning off.

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Ugh. Firefox 99.0 (64-bit Win8.1) wants to install updates *EVERY* time I restart it. [View all] eppur_se_muova Apr 2022 OP

I'm on 99.01. I haven't had FF update problems in many months. Earth-shine Apr 2022 #1

It briefely runs the installer, with no obvious problem. Next time I restart the program, it does it eppur_se_muova Apr 2022 #2

You might have some file corruption in the FF program files. Try these suggestions: Earth-shine Apr 2022 #3

AHA! The *latest* release just got upgraded to 99.0.1 -- wasn't there last time I checked. eppur_se_muova Apr 2022 #4

I stopped upgrading FF a long time ago. lpbk2713 Apr 2022 #5

I stopped updating Firefox with the 88 version. Elwood P Dowd Apr 2022 #6

I used about:config to make some tweaks that would ... lpbk2713 Apr 2022 #7

It was a brutal weekend in the online software category bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #8