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Firefox for Windows 7/8 will be available with new versions even after 2025

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Firefox for Windows 7/8 will be available with new versions even after 2025

Could we please not abandon Firefox 115 ESR?

New version Firefox 115.16.0 ESR was just released today, and updates will officially continue well into 2025, with Mozilla saying they may be open to go further than 2025, given that hundreds of millions of machines are still using Windows 7/8, and they will obviously never get updated, since they don't have hardware requirements for Windows 11, and Windows 10 End of Life will be in 2025.

So kindly reconsider abandoning Firefox 115 ESR for Win 7/8 at portableapps?

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Firefox Portable Legacy 115

You want Firefox Portable Legacy 115. The 115.16.0 release is being built now and will post soon. It's supported and updated as long as Mozilla updates it, currently expected through March 2015. And it has all 42 supported languages with both 32-bit and 64-bit support.

Firefox Portable ESR is just the major languages and 64-bit only. It's intended for devs mainly and updated midway through each ESR branch proving cycle: https://portableapps.com/support/firefox_portable#esr

Fun fact, if were running Firefox Portable 115.x on a Windows 7/8 machine and updated via the PA.c Platform (or properly with a PA.c Installer manual upgrade), it automatically created a FirefoxPortableLegacy115 install with all your data. The PA.c Platform also automatically updates that.

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That's it! Thank you!

That's it!
Thank you!

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Firefox Portable 115 ESR

Hello. Is it to expect updates FIrefox Portable for Windows 7 up to version 115.17.0esr? Thank you.

https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox-portable-legacy-115

P.S. The program was able to automatically be updated to the current version.

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see #2!

john said (see #2), as long as mozilla supports.
status here: https://portableapps.com/development/outdated
EDIT:
as of mirroring delay you may like to use auto-update.
WARNING. check which behavior leads to data loss or problems.
i forgot which one, one should pin a post as many apps seem to be affected.
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Updating the program

Updating the portable program from the official website Firefox leads to the loss of logins, passwords and bookmarks.

For some time the automatic update Firefox Portable esr did not work and gave an error. After a few days the program was able to update.

The automatic update went without problems, the data was saved.

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Firefox 115.17 ESR is an

Firefox 115.17 ESR is an important update release.

Just to be clear, what is the reason Firefox 115.17 ESR is not available as portable still?

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