Kirk you genius, creating a fresh new profile did the trick! I'll try enabling all my add-ons and see if it still works...
Yep all good. Thanks so much. I hope everyone else is reading this. For all those wondering how to create a new profile in Vista or XP click on the link below... http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles#Starting_the_Profile_Manager Thanks again Kirk, you've made my day! God bless Jad On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Kirk M <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you try Firefox on a new profile? Also, have you cleared Firefox's > cache? If not, try clearing all of your private data and trying Gears again. > If that doesn't work, try running Firefox with a fresh profile and see if > that works. > > Just thinking out loud here. > > *From:* Joe Murphy <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, January 03, 2009 5:14 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [gears-users] Re: Gears not working with my Firefox 3.0.5 > browser > > Ok I just disabled all other add-ons except Google Gears and it still locks > up (freezes). > > So it's got me beat. I have absolutely no idea what is going on. > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Joe Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wow ok thanks for that. I don't understand it then. I've never got this to >> work for a long as I can remember. Even last week I got a brand new >> notebook. I installed the latest Firefox, Gears and some other addons and >> again it does exactly the same thing. >> >> The other addons I am running are AdBlockPlus, DowndloadHelper, >> DownloadThemAll, Firefox Bookmarks Syncronizer and Tabmix Plus. is there >> anyone else here running some if not all of these add-ons I have running >> here? >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Oblygre <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> I'm using 3.0.5 without any problems. Extensions: Firebug, Logmein, >>> Dictionary and, of cource, Gears >>> Br >>> Olav B. Lygre >>> >>> On Jan 3, 9:46 pm, "Joe Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Thanks Kirk. So are you Firefox 3.0.5 at the moment? >>> > >>> > Perhaps it's clashing with another addon for us here, an addon that you >>> > don't have kirk? >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 2:31 AM, Kirk M <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > > Gears has been working for me with Firefox 3.0.* with no problems >>> (WinXP >>> > > Pro SP3). Just for info's sake. >>> > >>> > > -------------------------------------------------- >>> > > From: "Jad" <[email protected]> >>> > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 6:43 PM >>> > > To: "Gears Users" <[email protected]> >>> > > Subject: [gears-users] Re: Gears not working with my Firefox 3.0.5 >>> browser >>> > >>> > >> Has Gears ever worked with anything after Firefox 2? After a few >>> > >> google searches now I can't see anything with this working. I guess >>> > >> it's back to IE or Chrome until this must needed feature for me is >>> > >> working correctly. >>> > >>> > >> On Dec 30 2008, 1:10 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> > >> wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> I am having exactly the same issue as described below. I have >>> tried >>> > >>> re-installing Gears and it seems to really not install ever - and >>> > >>> stays in the "loop" having me restart Firefox and then load Gears >>> > >>> again. >>> > >>> When I click on Firefox browser menu TOOLS / ADD-ONS , Gears >>> appears >>> > >>> but the OPTIONS link is not active. >>> > >>> > >>> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >>> > >>> > >>> On Dec 26, 7:57 pm, jcast <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > Hello, >>> > >>> > I tried installing Gears and the setup/installation > runs >>> smoothly. >>> > >>> I >>> > >>> > am asked to restart my browser which I do, but when my > browser >>> is >>> > >>> > restored (after it restarts), Gears installer tries to > run >>> again and >>> > >>> > install the program. At this point, my browser freezes. I > am >>> able to >>> > >>> > see the add-on on the Firefox Addons list and in the > >>> Install/Remove >>> > >>> > Program List but I am not able to run the program. >>> > >>> > -- >>> > "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but cannot not >>> be." >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but cannot not >> be." >> > > > > -- > "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but cannot not be." > -- "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but cannot not be."
