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Can you have firefox Update without launching the browser

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Is it possible to have firefox check for updates without actually launching the browser? Say a user has it installed but rarely uses it, is it possible to set a scheduled task or something to launch the update check?

Is it possible to have firefox check for updates without actually launching the browser? Say a user has it installed but rarely uses it, is it possible to set a scheduled task or something to launch the update check?

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Not currently.

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This page shows links to the Release Notes for all Firefox version, so you can possibly compare this with your current Firefox version.