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My Firefox is set to "Automatically install updates," but it forces me to manually update almost daily. Help, please!

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I share this laptop with my beloved, and we each have different profiles with different passwords. I am the one who installed Firefox, but he is the "administrator" and I have to put in his password each time Firefox asks me to update manually. Is this the problem?

I share this laptop with my beloved, and we each have different profiles with different passwords. I am the one who installed Firefox, but he is the "administrator" and I have to put in his password each time Firefox asks me to update manually. Is this the problem?

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Normal Firefox updates only once in a while. Not all the time.

Let’s do a full clean re-install;

Download Firefox For All languages And Systems {web link}

Save the file. Then Close Firefox.

Using your file browser, open the Programs Folder on your computer.

Windows: C:\Program Files C:\Program Files (x86)

Mac: Open the "Applications" folder. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-download-and-install-firefox-mac

Linux: Check your user manual. If you installed Firefox with the distro-based package manager, you should use the same way to uninstall it. See Install Firefox on Linux; https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux

If you downloaded and installed the binary package from the Firefox download page, simply remove the folder Firefox in your home directory. http://www.mozilla.org/firefox#desktop ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Look for, and remove any Mozilla or Firefox program folders. Do not remove the Mozilla Thunderbird folder if there is one.

Do Not remove the profiles folder.

After rebooting the computer, run a registry scanner if you have one. Then run the installer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If there is a problem, start your Computer in safe mode and try again.

http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Linux+Safe+Mode This shows how to Start all Computers in Safe Mode; Free Online Encyclopedia