Browsers forum: Puzzled!? 'Safari 4 Windows' 5.34.55.3 update is lower 5.1.7

i followed your advice and duly posted my question in the 'TechTracker' forum. No reply was immediately forthcoming and i had come to the opinion that it wasn't really a 'TechTracker' issue as the result was duplicated by 'Apple Software Update' and, maybe, therefore more appropriate here.

However, i now know the answer to my own problem and am sorry for wasting everyone's time.

My question arose because my Windows, 'Programs and Features' and 'Revo Uninstaller' give my current Safari (for Windows) version as, '5.34.55.3.'. What this bear of very little brain had failed to check was the browser's very own, 'About Safari'. This i did last night after accidentally opening the browser, though what prompted me to do so when i had intended to just , 'File, Exit', i now do not remember. There was the answer to my update conundrum: 'Safari 5.1.5 (7534.55.3). How Windows, 'Programs and Features' and 'Revo Uninstaller' interpret that to 'Safari 5.34.55.3' is a whole other can of worms that is best left to my friend 'Owl'.

Thank you for your reply and time.

You may now mark the issue as closed.

Cheers, ben

and not entirely a waste of time. At least you now know how to find the versions of your applications.

I can't explain why the Safari version is shown as 5.34.55.3 in Windows' own Programs & Features and by Revo but I'm sure you saw the similarity in the numbers.

Revo and P&F version 5.34.55.3
Actual version - 5.1.5 (7534.55.3)

If you do update Safari now, (or if you already have done), it will be interesting to know if Help > About now shows 5.1.7 (7534.55.3), or some other number.

But it doesn't explain anything of course and I think we put this down to one of Windows' little mysteries.

I see you have also posted in the TechTracker forum so thank you for that.

Mark