My wife has the same phone to me(HTC Wildfire) and see her Market Place looks more up to date then mine.

on Hers the Version number for Market place is 2.3.6 but on mine its 2.12 so how can i update my Market so i have the same as hers?

hers was bought from 3 and mine is on o2.

we both have android 2.2

try this:
https://market.android.com/support/b...?answer=190860

probably just need to keep market running till it checks for an update.

Go to the market place on your phone then 'my apps' then see what updates are available. (I am already at 2.3.6)

edit: OK, that is a silent update according to the link above.

Many thanks for that.

When it says switch to home screen is the Market home screen or the normal phone home screen?

Just tried that and it didnt work.

Oops, I posted a link that's been posted about two posts up!

I would imagine the normal phone home screen so Market stays on the 'my apps' page.

I have tried it but cant get it to update.

If you still haven't got it updated...

Go to Settings>Applications>Manage Applications...find Market and tap the Clear Data button...

This resets everything and should prompt the Google servers to push the latest Market to you...

Done that and its still not worked for some reason.

I had to wipe my phone and then sign back into google account to get the latest update for the market. Once signed in it downloaded all my contacts and apps back to the phone as I've got mine stored with google.