Corrine Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Via 32-Bit Firefox Users on 64-Bit PCs Will Be Auto-Upgraded to 64-Bit Firefox, starting with version 56, Firefox will "silently and forcibly auto-upgrade" users running the 32-bit version of Firefox on 64-bit computers with more than 2GB of RAM to the 64-bit version. Version 55 is scheduled for release August 8 and Version 56 is scheduled for September 26. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 That seems a bit too intrusive in my opinion... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 My thoughts exactly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 If I am already running both, what will happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 I run FF ESR as a backup so I suppose I won't have to worry about this until next year when support for v52 of ESR ends 26 June 2018. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 If I am already running both, what will happen? Â The 32bit one will probably disappear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Why would anyone on a 64 bit machine be using 32 bit software, anyway? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Hello,  Most likely reason is for backwards compatibility with some sort of legacy component/plugin.  Regards,  Aryeh Goretsky  Why would anyone on a 64 bit machine be using 32 bit software, anyway? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Why would anyone on a 64 bit machine be using 32 bit software, anyway? So that I could run two at the same time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Also, lib32 libraries for various applications like steam and others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Umm... OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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