Downloading Firefox 2 on Windows Vista

Mozilla Firefox is all set to support the Windows Vista. So lets check out few points regarding the compatibility of Mozilla Firefox and Windows Vista.

* If the browser is installed in a non-default location, software updates may fail. You can reinstall the software to the default location, or to a non-default location as long as the install folder is named “Mozilla Firefox”. Alternatively, you can start Firefox by right-clicking on its icon and selecting “Run as administrator” from the menu.

* When you launch the browser after it has downloaded a software update, you may get a dialog asking to permit “updater.exe” to run. If you do not allow this operation, the software update will fail.

* Firefox can not yet be set as the default browser on Vista

* When installing as a restricted-access user on a shared machine into a location that you can write to, there may still be negative side effects (default browser/other keys not being set correctly). When installing as a restricted access user do not attempt to install over an existing installation in a restricted-access/shared location as this may destroy that installation.

* Firefox may hang when closing after viewing a PDF file in some older versions of the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug in

* The Update directory on Windows Vista is located under the user’s directory, in AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Updates\.

Tags: adobe reader, compatibility, default browser, Firefox, pdf file, Software, windows vista

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