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jane.nebelung
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Why is it every time I open Firefox I get the warning "Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?"

This just started yesterday and I had not made any changes. Firefox is up to date.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/desktop/form

Why is it every time I open Firefox I get the warning "Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?" This just started yesterday and I had not made any changes. Firefox is up to date. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/desktop/form

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It's possible Firefox did not update properlly.

Press the Alt or F10 key to bring up the toolbar. Then Help > About Firefox will tell you what version you have. WARNING: and install any updates.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/update-firefox-latest-version

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It's possible Firefox did not update properlly.

Press the Alt or F10 key to bring up the toolbar. Then Help > About Firefox will tell you what version you have. WARNING: and install any updates.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/update-firefox-latest-version

jane.nebelung
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Thank you. The F10 or Alt did not work but I did update (not sure how) and it seems OK now.

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Check that Firefox isn't set to run as Administrator.

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.