Mozilla is clearly relying on the ‘Task Scheduler” feature available in Windows 10 OS to trigger and execute updates. If you need to disable this functionality, about:preferences should show a checkbox in the “Updates” section for you to disable, or you can set the BackgroundAppUpdate Firefox policy to false.ps forum.” Mozilla relying on standard ‘Task Scheduler’ functionality in Windows 10 to run Firefox updates: “These tasks have been designed to not process updates when other Firefox instances are running, so they should not force restarts of running instances, and they access (lock) the default profile for only a very short period of time so they should not prevent starting Firefox for regular browsing. These tasks invoke Firefox in a stripped-down headless “background task mode” that pumps the update cycle before exiting.” “The default Firefox profile (for each OS-level user) will schedule OS-level tasks that run periodically. Mozilla engineer Nick Alexander has explained the new updating mechanism on the Firefox Dev Google Groups forum: Mozilla Firefox Background Updates are coming The new feature could essentially eliminate the need to restart the browser after installing the update.
Needless to mention, during the current process, Firefox asks users to relaunch the browser for the update to install completely. If an update exists, Firefox auto-initiates download and installs the same. The new feature doesn’t alter the standard update process which involves clicking the Help > About option which triggers a check for update.
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