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franga2000

Do make a backup if you attempt this as I'm talking from memory here, but I believe I managed to do this once by not updating the beta browser for a while and then copying it over once the release channel caught up with the beta. It might've involved modifying a version string in a profile file or something to trick it into accepting it, but it worked perfectly.

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That's what I've tried to do every time there's a new release - update to the caught-up stable version before the beta upgrade. I haven't figured out the details of how to make that happen after a year or so of attempts now. I've turned off the automatic updates now, so at least I won't accidentally get upgraded past the stable release this time.

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