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== Applying an update from Firefox's perspective == | == Applying an update from Firefox's perspective == | ||
*On Firefox (or any other Mozilla application that uses the service) startup, Firefox detects an update is ready to be applied | * On Firefox (or any other Mozilla application that uses the service) startup, Firefox detects an update is ready to be applied | ||
*Whether or not the service should be used, Firefox executes updater.exe unelevated. | * Whether or not the service should be used, Firefox executes updater.exe unelevated. | ||
*Firefox shuts itself down. | * Firefox shuts itself down. | ||
*updater.exe unelevated checks to see if the service should be used, and if so tries to start the service | * updater.exe unelevated checks to see if the service should be used, and if so tries to start the service with the appropriate command line parameters. | ||
* If the service can't be started, is disabled, or does not exist, Firefox will execute updater.exe as it used to without the service. | |||
*If the service can't be started, is disabled, or does not exist, Firefox will execute updater.exe as it used to without the service. | * If the service was used, updater.exe unelevated waits for the service to be stopped, which indicates the update is done. | ||
*If the service was used, updater.exe unelevated waits for | * Once done updater.exe unelevated will run the callback application and the post update process. | ||
*Once done updater.exe unelevated will run the callback application and the post update process. | |||
== Applying an update from the service's perspective == | == Applying an update from the service's perspective == | ||