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Re: Each Firefox download has a unique identifier

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Andy Burns wrote:

>> G2.2.5 (64-bit) based on Gecko 78.13.0 Waterfox is up to date
> 
> My download was G4.0.8 which I think uses gecko 91.x

Thanks for that information where I was trying to help you but you seem to
have found a bug in the code since my Waterfox says it is up to date.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/XNdPgMbQ/waterfox01.jpg> about:preferences#general

I definitely hit the "check for updates" button and I was on the net.
There must either be a bug or a difference in our respective setups.
Is your Waterfox 32 bit or 64 bit? (Mine is 64-bit for example.)

> given that I didn't ask it to import any settings from another browser, it truly 
> was the worst out of the box experience I've had with any software for years.

To try to figure out why yours is newer version I went to my old link:
 <https://www.waterfoxproject.org/en-US/waterfox/new/>
Which is no longer a valid URL so I went to my installer log files.

I originally installed Waterfox for testing in 8/2020 based on my logs.
 <https://cdn.waterfox.net/releases/win64/installer/Waterfox%20Current%202020.07.2.1%20Setup.exe>
 Date: 20200818
 Name: Waterfox Current 2020.07.2.1 Setup.exe
 Size: 50005152 bytes (47 MiB)
 SHA256: 4AD44E410906F4B4AE28988BBC9FB6E8057D8D2FCCFC3E329F57CD0F5FEA2A1C

Based on that download URL, this URL is still valid as of today:
 <https://cdn.waterfox.net/releases/win64/installer/>

Looking at that long list, maybe "Waterfox current" is different from
"Waterfox G#" - so maybe that's why my Waterfox thinks it's up to date.

Downloading the latest "G#" manually from that site I get this:
 <https://cdn.waterfox.net/releases/win64/installer/Waterfox%20G4.0.8%20Setup.exe>
 Date: 20220321
 Name: Waterfox G4.0.8 Setup.exe
 Size: 66868640 bytes (63 MiB)
 SHA256: 76B964ECCED62345E831AA6F3BFCA1C92CF8E792D2E2779EDC8BDCB6C92DFD95

Hitting my software killswitch and running that installer to select "custom"
it wants to go in "C:\Program Files\Waterfox\" but I put it where it belongs
(which was on top of the old waterfox) where the installer said it would
"upgrade" the existing Waterfox installation & it had a "Launch Waterfox"
option at the end of the installation wizard steps.

Lo and behold, Waterfox G4.0.8 did _not_ launch.
Neither did it launch when I doubleclicked the desktop shortcut.
In fact, it seems to have _deleted_ but not replaced the old Waterfox!
 <https://i.postimg.cc/4x17HqSQ/waterfox02.jpg>

Hmmmmmmnnn.mmmmnn...nnnmmm So I re-installed it and this time it installed.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/HxH7DTTd/waterfox03.jpg>

But it still didn't come up when I allowed it to "Launch Waterfox" nor when
I doubleclicked on the "Waterfox" desktop shortcut the installer created. 

It's not showing up in the process explorer tool either, even after
doubleclicking a half dozen times on that desktop shortcut.

Maybe the "G#" stuff is alpha code?

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