LibreWolf WinUpdater

LibreWolf WinUpdater by ltGuillaume
LibreWolf by ohfp, stanzabird, fxbrit, maltejur, bgstack15 et al.

An attempt to make updating LibreWolf for Windows much easier.

Getting started

• Download and extract the latest LibreWolf-WinUpdater_x.x.x.zip to a folder you like, e.g. %AppData%\LibreWolf. Run LibreWolf-WinUpdater.exe to check for an update for the installed LibreWolf version. It will then be downloaded and installed immediately.
  If LibreWolf is running, the updater will notify you of the new version and start the update as soon as you close the browser. The last result can be found in LibreWolf-WinUpdater.ini.
• Or, if you use the portable release of LibreWolf, place LibreWolf-WinUpdater.exe in the same folder as LibreWolf-Portable.exe. It will then automatically update LibreWolf whenever you run LibreWolf-Portable.exe (checking for a new version max. once a day).

Scheduled updates

• You can right-click on ScheduledTask-Create.ps1 and choose Run with PowerShell to create a scheduled task (for the current user account) that checks for updates every 4 hours, and at logon.
  When run from a scheduled task, error messages will only be saved in LibreWolf-WinUpdater.ini (no dialogs will be shown).
  The updater will now run as administrator, so the installer can be run silently.
  Warning: In order to run PowerShell scripts, the Execution Policy should set to at least RemoteSigned (Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned). The included scripts try to automatically do that. You can reset this policy in an elevated PowerShell window by typing Set-ExecutionPolicy Default and Y.
• You can remove the scheduled task by right-clicking on ScheduledTask-Remove.ps1 and choosing Run with PowerShell.

Remarks

• The updater needs to be able to write to LibreWolf-WinUpdater.ini in its own folder, so make sure it has permission to do so.
• The ini-file contains a [Log] section that shows the last update check result and the last update action.

Credits

• Original icon by the LibreWolf Community