Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 3.5.2
I have 3.5.2 installed on a PC running XP, and, when it works, it works fine. But every so often it just stops and sits there with an hourglass icon for a minute or more. I can do other things on the PC, and there don't appear to be any other processes running that would cause a delay in the system. Very frustrating. But I have another unrelated(?) problem: I have tried every suggestion in the various help forums, but I cannot assign a application to file type - every time that want to open, for instance, a .wmv file, it asks what application I want to use. I find the application, click on the box marked use this application every time, and it still asks the next time. I also cannot change the settings to open a new tab automatically when click on a URL in another application (i.e. mail). It just opens the URL in whatever tab is open at the time. (Yes, I have gone to the tools menu and made all the changes, but they have been ignored - it is as if the ability to change the various options have all been locked out.) I am afraid that my only choice may be to uninstall Firefox and start all over from scratch, but I don't want to loose my bookmarks. Mike Paula Minor wrote: Is anyone else finding this latest update of Firefox to be more similar to a demolition derby than a browser. It's crashing every time it's opened on my machines. Vista Home and XP machines. My son said he's been having a lot of problems since upgrading it on his pc and his search of user groups indicates that many people are having similar issues. Im on a Mac and haven't upgraded it yet,. I have enough problems from upgrading iTunes and the security update from a few months ago. Paula * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 3.5.2
...(Yes, I have gone to the tools menu and made all the changes, but they have been ignored - it is as if the ability to change the various options have all been locked out.) I am afraid that my only choice may be to uninstall Firefox and start all over from scratch, but I don't want to loose my bookmarks. Find your Firefox profile. Save the bookmarks.html file. For passwords, save key3.db and signons.sqlite. Save the entire profile by moving it to a different location. The other settings may be broken. You can create a new profile. See: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile?style_mode=inproducts=new+profile http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profiles?style_mode=inproduct It might work better for you to create a new profile first to see how well that works, then copy the bookmarks and passwords and other settings back into the new profile later. You can open the original bookmarks file as a web page no matter where it's stored on your drive until FF is behaving properly. One of the reasons I like Mozilla's browsers is that they're so easy to revise and troubleshoot. Betty * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 3.5.2
Mine seems to work fine! In a message dated 8/26/2009 4:41:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, el...@goodshiptabasco.com writes: Is anyone else finding this latest update of Firefox to be more similar to a demolition derby than a browser. It's crashing every time it's opened on my machines. Vista Home and XP machines. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 3.5.2
Been fine for me on several machines. Try deleting everything? Cache, cookies, profiles? On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 4:49 PM, johnmen...@aol.com wrote: Mine seems to work fine! In a message dated 8/26/2009 4:41:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, el...@goodshiptabasco.com writes: Is anyone else finding this latest update of Firefox to be more similar to a demolition derby than a browser. It's crashing every time it's opened on my machines. Vista Home and XP machines. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 3.5.2
I had a similar issue after I upgraded where I got an error message stating that Firefox was already open, and I needed to close before I could open a new browser. Booted in safe mode and still had the issue. I ended having to uninstall (delete files option), delete the registry keys under HKLM/software/mozilla/firefox. I deleted every key that mentioned firefox. Restarted pc, reinstalled firefox, updated then imported my bookmarks. ( Forgot to mention I copied my profile to a USB stick before the uninstall) Everything is fine now, but when it was not responding correctly at the beginning I started having doubts about my beloved Firefox. This may or may not help but I went through this process just last night. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 3.5.2
I had a similar issue after I upgraded where I got an error message stating that Firefox was already open, and I needed to close before I could open a new browser. Booted in safe mode and still had the issue. I ended having to uninstall (delete files option), delete the registry keys under HKLM/software/mozilla/firefox. I deleted every key that mentioned firefox. Restarted pc, reinstalled firefox, updated then imported my bookmarks. ( Forgot to mention I copied my profile to a USB stick before the uninstall) Everything is fine now, but when it was not responding correctly at the beginning I started having doubts about my beloved Firefox. I started using Firefox 3.5.2 on my Mac. So far it's OK. It has a redundant tab with a plus sign on it that I'd like to get rid of, but can't find a pref or config for that yet. I also had to reset some of the Applications' actions. Otherwise, so far, so good. I downloaded the Mozilla SeaMonkey beta last week and it insisted that another version was running [it wasn't]. Where does this come from? I decided to clean up my hard drive and wait for the SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 1.x or beta 2, rather than begin testing an app that refuses to load, http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/2.0b1. On the brighter side, this version didn't warn that it might erase my hard drive or set my computer on fire. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] Firefox 3.5.2
Is anyone else finding this latest update of Firefox to be more similar to a demolition derby than a browser. It's crashing every time it's opened on my machines. Vista Home and XP machines. My son said he's been having a lot of problems since upgrading it on his pc and his search of user groups indicates that many people are having similar issues. Im on a Mac and haven't upgraded it yet,. I have enough problems from upgrading iTunes and the security update from a few months ago. Paula US/IN raven880atindy.net I'm now at the age where I've got to prove that I'm just as good as I never was.Rex Harrison * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
