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Or they could, you know, not destroy your settings when you update by hand.

• prophesi 7y ago
  It's to be expected that running the installer will give you a fresh install of Firefox. You can still manually update by hitting "About Firefox" in your menu, which will keep your settings as-is.
  • deith 7y ago
    No it's not... Program files and settings are stored in two completely different folders... Even uninstalling a program shouldn't remove your settings unless it asks you first.
    • prophesi 7y ago
      Well, yes, it will keep your Firefox profile and its related settings. It's only the about:config settings that will be reset, which I think is a sane default.
  • svnpenn 7y ago
    You realize this isnt true anymore right? If you disable update via policy (which is the only way you can do it now that about:config method is removed), then going to "About Firefox" doesnt give you any options regarding updating. Check your facts.
    • prophesi 7y ago
      I did check them. I set my settings to "Check for updates but let you choose to install them." via the about:config method, which is the setting I assumed they were referring to. I could still update from 72.0.0 to 72.0.1 from the About Firefox menu item, and from the about:preferences#general page. I'm running Mac OSX Catalina. That said, Firefox is definitely doing what they can to make users keep auto updates on. I do think there should be a way to manually update if you've disabled both auto-updates and their update checks, without requiring the user running the installer, forcing you to toggle one of those settings off again.