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Firefox keeps making hard drive changes ever since new version installed worthless help

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chetjang
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Latest version of Firefox keeps making changes to hard drive when opened. Repair suggestions suggest changing settings not on my computer settings screen. No help!! very frustrating mess.

Latest version of Firefox keeps making changes to hard drive when opened. Repair suggestions suggest changing settings not on my computer settings screen. No help!! very frustrating mess.

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cor-el
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Is this a message asking to allow Firefox to make changes or are there actually changes made and if yes, what changes do you notice ?

You can open the Properties of the Firefox desktop shortcut via the right-click context menu and check the "Compatibility" tab.

Make sure all items are deselected in the "Compatibility" tab of the Properties window.

  • Privilege Level: "Run this program as Administrator" should not be selected
  • "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" should not be selected

Also check the Properties of the firefox.exe program in the Firefox program folder.

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