Doh! Now it's frozen again! I went into gears settings in firefox and it froze again. I shut it down and rebooted and now I'm back to where I started again. :(
Kirk can you try click on Tools/Gears Settings and tell me what happens? On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Joe Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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." > -- "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but cannot not be."
