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Restart to Keep Using Firefox

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My Firefox is up to date but this will not stop popping up! I have repaired, reinstalled. Still getting the below.


about:restartrequired Restart to Keep Using Firefox An update to Firefox started in the background. You’ll need to restart to finish the update. Your windows and tabs will be quickly restored, but private ones will not.

My Firefox is up to date but this will not stop popping up! I have repaired, reinstalled. Still getting the below. about:restartrequired Restart to Keep Using Firefox An update to Firefox started in the background. You’ll need to restart to finish the update. Your windows and tabs will be quickly restored, but private ones will not.
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You can check that those pages aren't set as multiple homepages.

You can check the homepage setting in "Settings -> Home".

Firefox supports multiple homepages separated by '|' (pipe) symbols.

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Our homepages are managed by our GPO so that isnt it.

I just came back from lunch to about 10 tabs saying i need to restart firefox

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