How do I stop Firefox from updating Internet Explorer with my bookmarks?

I upgraded Mozilla Firefox recently and must have agreed to merge bookmarks. All my bookmarks now appear in Internet Explorer also. Any changes affect explorer. I can't figure out how to stop. I can disable on the explorer end but not Firefox.

I do not fully understand what you are trying to explain.
Firefox certainly does not ordinarily update or change your IE favourites.
(You are able to export Firefox bookmarks in a suitable {HTML} format though)
Firefox bookmarks are not the same as IE's favourites. You are able to import the HTML favourites from IE. Firefox then converts these to the required Firefox formats and keeps the bookmarks to itself.
Unless possibly you have some utility that exports the Firefox bookmarks and over writes the IE files ?
Or maybe you are just reading HTML files and folders with Firefox instead of using Firefox bookmarks.
Have a quick read of these articles and post bask with more information about what is happening.
See
* [[How to use bookmarks to save and organize your favorite websites]]
* [[Use bookmark folders to organize your bookmarks]]
* [[Import Internet Explorer Favorites from another computer]]
*[[Import Bookmarks from Internet Explorer]]
* [[Export Firefox bookmarks to an HTML file to back up or transfer bookmarks]]

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