Why is Firefox not updating?
For some reason FireFox is not auto updating. Everytime I open up the Help tab, select About FireFox, and click on the Check for Updates, it's told me that FireFox is up to date, yet when I look on the FireFox site, I find that I'm two or three versions behind.
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hello, could you go to the firefox menu ≡ > help ? > troubleshooting information, copy the contents of that page and paste them here into a reply on the forum? this might give us a clue what is going on...
philipp said
hello, could you go to the firefox menu ≡ > help ? > troubleshooting information, copy the contents of that page and paste them here into a reply on the forum? this might give us a clue what is going on...
Here you go.
Name Firefox Version 48.0.2 Build ID 20160823121617 Update History Update Channel release User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:48.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/48.0 OS Windows_NT 6.3 x86 Profile Folder Enabled Plugins about:plugins Build Configuration about:buildconfig Memory Use about:memory Registered Service Workers about:serviceworkers Multiprocess Windows 0/1 (Disabled by add-ons) Safe Mode false Profiles about:profiles
thanks, actually the rest of that page would be the more interesting part...
philipp said
thanks, actually the rest of that page would be the more interesting part...
Sorry about that. Didn't realize there was more. Character limits won't allow me to post the whole thing, so here's another chunk.
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philipp said
thanks, actually the rest of that page would be the more interesting part...
And here's the last bit, hopefully.
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Ryker61 said
yet when I look on the FireFox site, I find that I'm two or three versions behind.
Ryker61 said
Name Firefox Version 48.0.2 Build ID 20160823121617 Update History Update Channel release User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:48.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/48.0
So you think the current Release Firefox 48.0.2 is not the current?
Firefox 48.0.2 is at www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/
Firefox 49.0 was going to be released on Sept 13 however it was delayed to Sept 20.
Modified by James
James said
Ryker61 saidyet when I look on the FireFox site, I find that I'm two or three versions behind.Ryker61 said
Name Firefox Version 48.0.2 Build ID 20160823121617 Update History Update Channel release User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:48.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/48.0So you think the current Release Firefox 48.0.2 is not the current?
Firefox 48.0.2 is at www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/
Firefox 49.0 was going to be released on Sept 13 however it was delayed to Sept 20.
Okay, I think there's been a slight misunderstanding. I never once assumed that version 48.0.2 was not the most current. Here's what happened. Around the time I had posted this thread, I had checked my Firefox browser to see what version it was on, and it was on version 47.0.1.
I decided to check if there was a new update so I clicked on the Check For Updates button and after a few seconds it said Firefox was Up-To-Date.
I wanted to make absolutely sure so I Googled Firefox version history and found that version 48.0.2 was out so I went ahead and downloaded the new version and manually updated.
The same thing is going to happen when version 49 rolls out. The auto-update is not gonna see it and instead tell me that version 48.0.2 is the most up to date version.