How to trigger a check for updates in Firefox programatically or from a command line?
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Is there a command line switch for firefox.exe or an "about:" URL that will either force an update check or at least display the Help/About dialog, which checks for updates and tells if you're running the latest version? One site claimed that the "about:" URL was the same as menu Help -> About, but…
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The trick is to download the partial update (.MAR) file and running the updater via the command line. Check the detailed article Software Update:Manually Installing a MAR file at MozillaWiki. It explains the sources to acquire the MAR files from, wh…
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