Background updater
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Category
Mozilla > Firefox
Supported on
Firefox 90 or later, Firefox 78.12 ESR or later

If this policy is disabled, the application will not try to install updates when the application is not running. If this policy is enabled or not configured, application updates may be installed (without user approval) in the background, even when the application is not running. The operating system might still require approval.

Internal name
BackgroundAppUpdate
Policy ID
cdc6c83e5bc3
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Path
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox
Value name
BackgroundAppUpdate
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKCU
1
HKLM
0
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Both
Path
Software\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox
Value name
BackgroundAppUpdate
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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This policy has no additional user input fields.