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Do I have to uninstall Silverlight if I am going to get the latest version?

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Traveler61
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I use Mozilla Firefox as my browser. I am willing to uninstall the older version and install the newest version, but I have heard that there can be problems with the new installation. I have the required OS, etc, but it says that I have to have the Firefox Extended Support Release and I don't know what that is. I am not sure that I have it or not. Silverlight works now, but it keeps on asking me to enable it. Should I just keep using what I have? what do y'all think>

I use Mozilla Firefox as my browser. I am willing to uninstall the older version and install the newest version, but I have heard that there can be problems with the new installation. I have the required OS, etc, but it says that I have to have the Firefox Extended Support Release and I don't know what that is. I am not sure that I have it or not. Silverlight works now, but it keeps on asking me to enable it. Should I just keep using what I have? what do y'all think>

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ideato
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Hello Traveler61, you can update to latest firefox from Help > About Firefox OR from 3-bar menu (in your right) > question mark > About Firefox

you don't have to uninstall the older version and install the new one :-)

you have 38.x firefox version now, so definitely you can upgrade to latest 39.0 .

If Silverlight works fine, leave it as it is, if not you can update Silverlight after firefox update.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/

see also : Why do I have to click to activate plugins?

Re-enable add-ons that were disabled when updating Firefox


thank you

Modified by ideato