First of all, Firebug 1.12.x is not maintained anymore and is only expected to work in the latest ESR release but not in the current normal versions of Firefox. See the compatibility list on addons.mozilla.org <https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/firebug/#addon-description>. (@Honza: AMO needs an update about the supported Firefox versions.)
As you wrote you can run multiple Firefox profiles in parallel, so there is normally no need to reinstall Firefox completely. Instead you can just create a new profile <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles> or reset the current profile <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings> . When you try to open Firebug, check the errors within the browser console ( Ctrl+Shift+J). Do you see any error messages related to Firebug in there? Sebastian On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 10:41:39 AM UTC+2, James Gallagher wrote: > > Hi all, > > > I really hope someone can help me with this, I am stumped! > > I had the latest FF and then a defect came in specific to FF ESR. I > installed ESR to different directory and created it's own profile so I > could use two FF instances side by side. After doing this though Firebug > will no longer open/start. > > Environment: > Windows 7 > Firefox 36.0.4 > Firefox 31.5.3 (ESR) > Firebug 1.12.8 > > I have done the following but still won't open: > - Uninstalled both latest and ESR Firefox > - Deleted Mozilla directories in: > - C:\Program Files (x86) > - C:\Users\james\AppData\Local > - C:\Users\james\AppData\Roaming > - Ran CCleaner > - Restarted machine > - Fresh install of latest Firefox > - Fresh install of Firebug 1.12.8 > - Firebug 1.12.8 didn't work > - Removed Firebug 1.12.8 and installing Firebug 2.0.8 > - Same behaviour for Firebug 2.0.8 > > > Still unable to open/start Firebug.... > > During the fresh install - are there any directories I should have deleted > that I didn't? > > Any other ideas? > > All help will be greatly appreciated!! :) > > > Thanks all in advance! > James :) > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/firebug/6ab85f57-fc61-4ae5-8c6b-3087f615fbc8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
