How to stop Firefox's version 64.0 from showing the update nag screen?
Solution 1:
Is there a way to stop the update nag screen?
Yes. Read on.
The option to Never check for updates was removed from
about:preferences
. You can use the DisableAppUpdate enterprise policy as a substitute.
Source Firefox 63.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
Policies can be specified using the Group Policy templates on Windows (https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/tree/master/windows), configuration profiles on macOS (https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/tree/master/mac), or by creating a file called
policies.json
.On Windows, create a directory called distribution where the EXE is located and place the file there.
On Mac, the file goes into Firefox.app/Contents/Resources/distribution.
On Linux, the file goes into firefox/distribution, where firefox is the installation directory for firefox, which varies by distribution.
...
DisableAppUpdate
This policy turns off application updates.
{ "policies": { "DisableAppUpdate": true } }
Source policy-templates/README.md at master · mozilla/policy-templates
So create a file called policies.json
containing:
{
"policies": {
"DisableAppUpdate": true
}
}
And place it in the appropriate directory as documented above.