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 * Once the download is finished, Firefox launches the updater binary in the background with the UI display disabled.  Searching for new updates will be paused during this time.
 ** The target of the update will be known <code>FIREFOX_NEW</code> from now on.
-*** On Windows, if Firefox is installed to "C:\path\to\Mozilla Firefox", <code>FIREFOX_NEW</code> will be "C:\path\to\Mozilla Firefox.new".
+*** On Windows, if Firefox is installed to "C:\path\to\Mozilla Firefox", <code>FIREFOX_NEW</code> will be "C:\path\to\Mozilla Firefox\updated".
 *** On Mac, if Firefox is installed to "/path/to/Firefox.app", <code>FIREFOX_NEW</code> will be "/path/to/Firefox.app/Updated.app".  In other words, the updated version of Firefox will be installed as a bundle inside the existing Firefox bundle.
-*** On Linux, if Firefox is installed to a flat directory like "/path/to/firefox", <code>FIREFOX_NEW</code> will be "/path/to/firefox.new".  If it's installed in a non-flat directory structure (like /usr/bin for example), the details of where <code>FIREFOX_NEW</code> will be is TBD.
+*** On Linux, if Firefox is installed to a flat directory like "/path/to/firefox", <code>FIREFOX_NEW</code> will be "/path/to/firefox/updated".  If it's installed in a non-flat directory structure (like /usr/bin for example), the details of where <code>FIREFOX_NEW</code> will be is TBD.
 ** The manifest file will be known as an empty file named "update.pending" located in the root of the existing Firefox installation.
 * The updater binary checks to see if there is an existing manifest file.