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Two instances of firefox installed. One to disable automatic updates

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baumgardt45
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I have normal firefox and beta version installed on a windows 10 machine in different directories. I want to disable automatic updates for the normal firefox but keep automatic updates for beta firefox enabled. When using the "DisableAppUpdate" registry setting/admx setting, it disables automatic updates for both. How can I set them separately?

kind regards Marc

I have normal firefox and beta version installed on a windows 10 machine in different directories. I want to disable automatic updates for the normal firefox but keep automatic updates for beta firefox enabled. When using the "DisableAppUpdate" registry setting/admx setting, it disables automatic updates for both. How can I set them separately? kind regards Marc

Isisombululo esikhethiwe

Make sure each version is using its own profile.


How do you completely turn off update checks in Firefox v64? You can use a policies.json file to disable updates for all users. https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md or https://winaero.com/blog/disable-updates-firefox-63-above/

You can use a policies.json file in the distribution folder in the Firefox installation folder instead as also listed in the article, so no need to use GPO keys in the Windows Registry. • https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-using-policiesjson

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Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

Make sure each version is using its own profile.


How do you completely turn off update checks in Firefox v64? You can use a policies.json file to disable updates for all users. https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/README.md or https://winaero.com/blog/disable-updates-firefox-63-above/

You can use a policies.json file in the distribution folder in the Firefox installation folder instead as also listed in the article, so no need to use GPO keys in the Windows Registry. • https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-using-policiesjson