Firefox 68.0.1ESR / How to disable automatic update check
Hi all!
I am planning to deploy Firefox 68.0.1ESR using SCCM but I noticed that I am not able to disable automatic updates anymore.
I am using mozilla.cfg file with following settings (which have worked just fine with older FF versions):
lockPref("app.update.enabled", false);lockPref("app.update.auto", false);
lockPref("app.update.mode", 0);
lockPref("app.update.service.enabled", false);
I also tried changing some other "app.update" settings to false but nothing helped - when opening FF -> 'About Firefox' it runs the update check.
Has anyone been able to disable this new update check feature?
Cheers!
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Please reply to this thread, if you come up with a solution. - five. 4 years ago
Answers (2)
I think ESR is set by Group Policy now?
ESR uses a new policy engine.
I think the pref only work for the non-esr version.
Totally guessing here btw.
Top Answer
Thanks rileyz!
Looks like pref still works with FF 68.0.1ESR since I have set 'proxypac', 'trusted urls' and stuff with mozilla.cfg and these are all working as they should.
But I managed to fix the update issue with policy support --> I created policies.json file with following lines:
{
"policies": {
"DisableAppUpdate": true
}
}
Then I created a folder called distribution within the Firefox installation directory and copied the policies.json into this folder.