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Everytime Firefox starts it says it will install an update and nothing happens

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lorilu
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When I start FF, I get a message that an update is being installed, & FF will start in a moment. Then I get a grey screen with a link to learn more bout the update. When I click on it nothing happens. So I close it and FF starts in a few minutes. This happens with every start.

When I start FF, I get a message that an update is being installed, & FF will start in a moment. Then I get a grey screen with a link to learn more bout the update. When I click on it nothing happens. So I close it and FF starts in a few minutes. This happens with every start.

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cor-el
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Remove the files in the updates and updates\0 folder.
You may need to delete active-update.xml and updates.xml as well if present. 

C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Mozilla Firefox\updates
(%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Mozilla Firefox)

If you have problems with updating then best is to download the full version and uninstall the currently installed version.
You may need to remove the Firefox program folder to do a clean install of the new version.

Do a clean (re-)install: Download a fresh Firefox copy and save the file to the desktop.

  • Uninstall your current Firefox version and remove the Firefox program folder before installing that copy of the Firefox installer.
  • Do not remove personal data if you uninstall the current version.
  • It is important to delete the Firefox program folder to remove all the files and make sure that there are no problems with files that were leftover after uninstalling.

Your bookmarks and other profile data are stored elsewhere in the Firefox Profile Folder and won't be affected by a reinstall, but make sure that you do not select to remove personal data if you uninstall Firefox.