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daves
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Firefox Update v1.5.0.1

Helloo and thanks for a great PA!
I'm wondering if i can update Portable Firefox v1.5 to v1.5.0.1 with the 'Check for updates' dialogue? Will it remain Portable Firefox and everything as such or become/convert to the normal Firefox?

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Yes

Just be sure there's at least 40MB free on your portable device or FF will corrupt itself (due to a bug in FF).

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Update worked

John is definitely correct.
I just let it update...it failed on the first try and then said it was going to do the complete update, which worked.

May be taking up roughly another 1 MB of space with whatever was changed, but not positive.

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file sizes after update

Does the v1.5.0.1 update replace any UPX-compressed files with newer yet uncompressed versions?

If so, what UPX command-line options would be neccessary to repack the updated files under the same configuration that the replaced files were compressed?

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No longer UPXed

Portable FF is no longer UPXed to enable compatibility with FF auto-update's partial updates. Which, for some inexplicable reason, didn't work right with 1.5.0.0 to 1.5.0.1.

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would there be any problem

would there be any problem upgrading to 1.5.0.1 with the portablefirefox from the portable apps suite?

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Nope

Go right ahead.

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Pretty Slick

The partial update failed for me also, but after the full update came down it installed flawlessly. Thank you again John for making my life so much easier!

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confirmed. partial update

confirmed. partial update fails, full update works.

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Stop updating to 1.5.0.1

Hi, How can I tell PFF to not upgrade to 1.5.0.1?
Don't get me wrong. I do want the upgade, but not now. I'm worry about extension compatibility.

I have severals versions of firefox in different plataforms, and I've learned that having the lastest always brings me broken firefoxes. I use pff as many of you for school, I need a stable firefox there. That means I have to hold updates of extensions until I have tested them and make sure they don't interferene with others in a regular firefox install. In other works, I have old extensions that probally aren't ready for 1.5.0.1 on my pff that I'm sure they work all together. I would hate to undust my old stable 1.0.7 pff.

I tried to start pff in safemode, but it still wants to upgrade. Thanks for your help

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Process....

go to Tools-> Options -> advanced -> "update tab" and disable updates on firefox and extensions as needed. This is the place for configuration of the updates.

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That was my idea when I went

That was my idea when I went into safemode, to turn off the updates. However, I think it's too late to do so. Even in safemode it wants to upgrade. I can't go to Tool->Opts... because the installer pop out before pff opens

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Worked fine so far.

I'm running PFF off my MyDoc folder (easier for now) so I updated just fine. I was like "uh-oh" but it worked. Nice Planning.

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The last 'broken' extension

The last 'broken' extension (gmail notifier) was upgrade in the afternoon. I'm a happy pff 1.5.0.1 onwer. Thanks for you time guys.

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Hi, I'm stuck with the

Hi, I'm stuck with the update.

The update process is paused as you see in the screen below

http://srv-magnifico.homeip.net/immagini/screen/paused_update.gif

How can I resume?

Thankx!

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Shutdown and restart

You'll need to kill Firefox as it's probably hung.

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Uhmm, I tried to fully

Uhmm, I tried to fully reboot the system, but the proble is still present: any idea?

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Here is the solution to the

Here is the solution to the problem I had: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=2077959

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The 1.5.0.1 update fixed my Netcraft toolbar

I had not been able to install my netcraft anti-phishing toolbar, but after doing the 1.5.0.1 update, it was identified as not working with this version and now it works fine.
I guess sometimes we get lucky...

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