Missed firefox update in a limited account Win XP

I was informed about a FIREFOX update (v 3.6.12) I answered yes but forgot that I was into a limited account under Win XP. So the update failed. Normal !
I switched to an administrative account and updated correctly Firefox.
But now, each time I open Firefox in the limited account I get a message saying that the update failed...
How can I get ride of it without re-installing Firefox.
Thanks
MC

Remove the files in the updates and updates\0 folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Mozilla Firefox\updates<br />
(%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Mozilla Firefox\updates)
See:
* [[Software Update Failed]]
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Software_Update (Software Update not working properly)

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