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How to remove Help - About ->"Check for updates"

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Ankka
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I need to disable completelly all update possibilities from Firefox 4 installation and this is still something that I have not been able to remove.

inside omni.jar I have found similar configuration files that have been working also in prevoius FF versions and have been able to remove update tab completelly from Tools - Options -> Advanced but I have not been able to remove this update button from FF.

I thought that I found correct file to change: "omni.jar\chrome\browser\content\browser -> aboutdialog.xul" but modifying that does not affect at all to this About - check for updates button.

Any ideas? I have tried to check other files also for this, but have not yet found anything, unfortunately...

I need to disable completelly all update possibilities from Firefox 4 installation and this is still something that I have not been able to remove. inside omni.jar I have found similar configuration files that have been working also in prevoius FF versions and have been able to remove update tab completelly from Tools - Options -> Advanced but I have not been able to remove this update button from FF. I thought that I found correct file to change: "omni.jar\chrome\browser\content\browser -> aboutdialog.xul" but modifying that does not affect at all to this About - check for updates button. Any ideas? I have tried to check other files also for this, but have not yet found anything, unfortunately...

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cor-el
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A possibility is to use CSS code in userChrome.css or create an extension that adds this code. 

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed once */

#updateBox { display:none !important; }