Firefox 2.0.0.6 updates

Hi!

I keep getting a popup asking me to update to FF 2.0.0.6. After the second time I ran the update, I got another popup with the same familiar-looking update number, and I checked it, and it seems like I keep getting the same update popup. When I manually asked it to check for updates, it says I have the most recent version.

Anyone else been having trouble with this? It's like the update isn't getting recorded somewhere.

Thanks.
abri

 

There is an active thread at the Firefox Mozillazine Forums about this.
The main culprits in no certain order seem to be either Spy-Bot Tea Timer, AVG Free Antivirus and SpywareBlaster. Turning one or all off during the update seems to solve the problem.

 

I always uninstall the old version, clean house, and then install the new version.
www.tweakguide.com has this as part of their FF guide:

Uninstalling Firefox
If you have a previous version of Firefox before Version 2.0, I strongly suggest that you uninstall it and then install the full 2.0 package or newer. This will prevent a wide range of problems down the track. Once Firefox 2.0 is installed, you can then use the automatic update feature to keep it up to date quickly and easily. Uninstalling Firefox doesn't remove your bookmarks or settings/tweaks by default. However uninstalling and cleaning out all the Firefox files including your profile(s) is also an excellent way of resolving any extremely strange behavior or annoying problems you may get with Firefox. In any case, if you want to completely remove all traces of Firefox from your system follow these steps:

1. Go to Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs in XP or Control Panel>Programs & Features in Vista, and if a 'Mozilla Firefox' entry (or similar) exists, select it and click Change/Remove and uninstall it. Reboot if required.
2. Go to your Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Mozilla directory in XP, or the \Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Mozilla and \Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\ directories in Vista and delete the entire \Firefox subdirectory and all of its contents. Note that this will delete all of your bookmarks and saved settings, so if you want to backup any or all of your current Profile, see the Customizing Firefox section on page 7 of this guide first. Typically all that I would recommend you backup and restore is your bookmarks.html file.
3. Go to your \Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\ directory and delete it and all of its contents.
4. Using a registry cleaner like RegCleaner 4.3, find and remove all Firefox/Mozilla-related entries (usually there are several Mozilla entries to be found) and remove them. Alternatively you can use the Registry Editor (Start>Run>Regedit) and delete the following keys - that is, right click on their name in the left pane of Registry Editor and select Delete:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxHTML]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\firefox.exe]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mozilla]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MozillaPlugins]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\mozilla.org]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MozillaPlugins]
That will remove the bulk of the Firefox-related settings which can cause problems with newer installations if they have become corrupted (through overclocking for example). Note: If you also have Mozilla Thunderbird or any other Mozilla products installed, make sure to only uninstall entries under the keys above which relate directly to Firefox.
In most cases you should only have to undertake Step 1 of the above list. However again I must stress that if you are having any problems with Firefox and nothing else in this guide works to resolve it, then I suggest you follow all the steps above. Once again if you need to backup any of your bookmarks or settings first, read the Customizing Firefox section before following the steps above; fully uninstalling Firefox as detailed in steps 1 - 4 above deletes all your customizations, settings and history.

The site also has a decent Windows Tweaking Companion guide you can download as a pdf document.
Bug

 

If you actually have the latest version (look in Help > About Firefox to see), you can fix the problem with the procedure here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Updates_reported_when_running_newest_version

 

Thanks greenknight and also Bugballou!
I will try the first suggestion first, if that doesn't work, try deleting the update files, and if all else fails, go back and uninstall the whole thing as suggested in the second post. I was wondering one thing: if I delete the .xml files and the updates folder as suggested, will this prevent me from getting any future updates? or just the current one that seems to be repeating itself?

Thanks!
abri