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Why, when I open Firefox 9.01 do I get a message that I do not have the latest version when Help-About Firefox says I do?

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There are/were three problems: 1. Why, when I open Firefox 9.01 do I get a message that I do not have the latest version when Help>About Firefox says I do? 2. Also, with the 8.xx version, I was unable to open in a new window with a right click until I upgraded to 9.01. (Old problem now, but I am curious.) 3. When I tried to uninstall the older version the uninstaller told me that I had to close the open version, but it was closed according to my taskbar. I also have this problem with Thunderbird.

There are/were three problems: '''1.''' Why, when I open Firefox 9.01 do I get a message that I do not have the latest version when '''Help>About''' Firefox says I do? '''2.''' Also, with the 8.xx version, I was unable to open in a new window with a right click until I upgraded to 9.01. (Old problem now, but I am curious.) '''3.''' When I tried to uninstall the older version the uninstaller told me that I had to close the open version, but it was closed according to my taskbar. I also have this problem with Thunderbird.

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1. You are using the latest version which is Firefox 9.0.1

From your description it sounds as if you may still have the old http://www.google.com/firefox Firefox start page hosted by Google as your homepage. This old default homepage is no longer used as about:home has been in use since Firefox 4.0

Either ignore the message, change homepage to about:home, change it to another page or leave blank.


http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page

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1. You are using the latest version which is Firefox 9.0.1

From your description it sounds as if you may still have the old http://www.google.com/firefox Firefox start page hosted by Google as your homepage. This old default homepage is no longer used as about:home has been in use since Firefox 4.0

Either ignore the message, change homepage to about:home, change it to another page or leave blank.


http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page