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How to Disable Check for updates button in Help/About in firefox 5.0

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Hi the user should not manually check for updates so we want to disable the Check for updates button also in Help/About.

Thanks in advanced

Hi the user should not manually check for updates so we want to disable the Check for updates button also in Help/About. Thanks in advanced

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You can hide that button with code in userChrome.css below the @namespace line.

You can use the ChromEdit Plus or Stylish extension to have easier access to the customization files.


@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed once */
#aboutDialog #updateBox { display:none!important; }

You can also choose to lock the related update pref(s) to false if you want to make sure.

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You can hide that button with code in userChrome.css below the @namespace line.

You can use the ChromEdit Plus or Stylish extension to have easier access to the customization files.


@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed once */
#aboutDialog #updateBox { display:none!important; }

You can also choose to lock the related update pref(s) to false if you want to make sure.

See:

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This worked - Thanks a lot :)

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You're welcome