for some reason, firefox just decides not to work for me corrrectly..

 

 

 

what happenes:

 

 

 

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*opens firefox*

 

 

 

*firefox pops up and showes what i had before i updated it and doesnt show my homepage*

 

 

 

*closes firefox*

 

 

 

*attemptes to open firefox again*

 

 

 

&*doesnt show up*

 

 

 

*clicks "ctrl alt del"*

 

 

 

*finds firefox[Caution: ExecutableFile]( dang tip forums ) in registry*

 

 

 

*delets that registry*

 

 

 

*click fire fox again*

 

 

 

*firefox works correctly this time*

 

 

 

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this happenes every time i go into stand by or shut the computer down. ( the "&" part means that if i close the browser i have to do from that point on all over again)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also i cant edit what i have on my toolbar and my "Check gmail" extenion dissapeared....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i think my problems are

 

 

 

A.) recent update screwed up firefox

 

 

 

B.) virus screwed up firefox

 

 

 

or C.) i screwed up firefox with all my extensions

uninstall extentions one by one until it works. if that fails then uninstall all extensions and reinstall firefox

After checking to see if it's any of you extensions but before reinstalling Firefox I suggest creating a new profile, here's a chat log of me explaining to a guy how to do it. Sorry it's kinda messy, I'll write it up into a proper guide sometime soon :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

okay, time to create a new profile

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

exit firefox and then go start -> run and type "firefox[Caution: ExecutableFile] -profilemanager" without quotes

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

kk im in that profile manager thing

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

click "new profile"

 

 

 

enter a name for it, click yes a few times, la-de-da-de-da

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

kk

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

i was using default

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

now 'Chris' is selected

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

okay

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

now you should be in firefox with no bookmarks or anything

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

yes?

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

yup

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

-_-

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

okay now exit firefox

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

k

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

open uo my computer and go to c:\Documents and settings\YOURWINDOWSXPACCOUNT\Application data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

er

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

there is no application data

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

2 secs

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

tools -> folder options -> view tab.

 

 

 

under "advanced settings" go to "show hidden files and folders"

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

then apply and ok

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

yeah its there now

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

okay

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

application data\mozilla\firefox\profiles

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

im in profiles

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

=]

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

should be a foulder names 8dgtrndm.default and another named 8dgtrndm.chris

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

go into the default one

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

er

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

does the 8dgtrndm have to be the same?

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

cause for default i have something different

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

eight digit random ;)

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

and with chris

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

ah okay

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

should default and the new profile be the same?

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

no not necessarily

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

kk

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

im in default

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

=]

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

okay then

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

kk

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

2 secs i have to look up which files we need

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

kk

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

bookmarks.html, cert8.db, cookies.txt, formhistory.dat, key3.db and signons.txt are the useful files i think, so select them, copy and then paste into the new profile "chris"

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

and select yes to all?

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

to overwrite

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

yeah

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

kk

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

done

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

okay

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

open up ff?

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

now open up firefox and all your bookmarks should be there

 

 

 

Chris says:

 

 

 

yup

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

also, any cookies for sites you use, form information (like google searches) and saved passwords

 

 

 

Cameron - http://getfirefox.com says:

 

 

 

now just browse away