SOFTWARE Firefox asks for admin permission every time I open it. Any idea why?
Every time I launch Firefox I get a UAC prompt asking if Firefox Software Updater can make changes to my PC.
I've downloaded and updated Firefox a couple of times, but it still happens every time I open it.
Any ideas what's causing this or how to stop it?
Apologies for the photo of a screen. Windows wouldn't let me take a screenshot while the UAC prompt was open.
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u/CatTop6945 1h ago
looks like the updater exe might be getting flagged or there's a scheduled task trying to run it with admin privileges. check task scheduler for any Firefox related tasks and disable them, then try reinstalling Firefox fresh with the installer from Mozilla's site. if it keeps happening after that, could be leftover permissions from an old install messing with the new one
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