Bloody Firefox

[V Knid esq]

It's suddenly removed all my search engines from the little search box at the top right and won't add new ones, and also refuses to open the window maximised. This is irritating. I've tried re-installing. What's going on?

[JonnySpeed]

you on a mac or a PC, joe?

[Jeniffer Mills]

Had troubles recently too...seems to be a firefox bug going round....

[JonnySpeed]

I had a bit of bovver so I completely removed it including a complete clean of everything out of the registry (after exporting by bookmarks) - then clean re-installed 1.5.0.6 and its working great now. That might sort out your download clitch too?

[V Knid esq]

I'm on PC. How do I clean my registry?

[isoprax]

with a pitch fork and patience

[V Knid esq]

So much the same way I clean my nether parts, then?

[V Knid esq]

Or should I use regedit and just delete all the Mozilla / Firefox folders?

[AVX23]

weird, have u tinkered with any setting for ur graphics card or summat, not heard of any full screen type probs, I've had it crash on me a few times , but mostly cos of dodgy scripts in websites rather than it being firefox.

[V Knid esq]

weird, have u tinkered with any setting for ur graphics card or summat, not heard of any full screen type probs, I've had it crash on me a few times , but mostly cos of dodgy scripts in websites rather than it being firefox.



No it's definitely Firefox - It will go maximised if I click the maximise button, but it won't OPEN maximised which is just irritating. Also that problem started at the exact same time that the search box bug appeared. Anyway I'm going to try Adey's suggestion - wish me luck!

[Loz]

you might not need to clean the registry

try just deleting the C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Applica tion Data\Mozilla\Firefox directory (where Administrator is the account you're logging on as)

[V Knid esq]

Argh I did the whole re-install thing, and it made no difference. Weirdly even though I'd deleted all the registry data it still remembered all my bookmarks

[Loz]

those are all held in that directory

save the bookmarks.html file from your profile within that directory

then delete it

[V Knid esq]

I don't seem to have an 'application data' folder :(

[AVX23]

C:\Documents and Settings\**username**\Applicat ion Data\Mozilla\Firefox

[V Knid esq]

Nope not there!

[Loz]

it's hidden

type the address of the folder in the address bar of windows explorer

[AVX23]

hmmm.....strange, u not got an application data folder , or specifically not for firefox ?

[V Knid esq]

Yayyyy sorted. And it's sorted out the download freeze too. Thanks all! (it's forgotten all my passwords and my netvibes settings but no matter, I can sort that all out pretty quick)

[Loz]

cool

invoice will be in the post

[isoprax]

So much the same way I clean my nether parts, then?



You're risking so much more than even just personal safety.

[penciLneck]

corrupt profile everytime. there should be a big button on the toolbar that opens the profile manager just for the less technically inclined.

[JonnySpeed]

i'd have a registry clean anyway - will speed you up no end. a good one is TweakNow Powerpack 2006. Sould be able to get a copy off one of those p2p network things. or a couple of free ones that do an alright job are CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/ RegScrubXP http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2048

[sniffio]

Hi my name is sniffio and I used to be a FF user till last year.
Now I'm pure saffari user and happy with the choice of letting things be itself.

[Jeniffer Mills]

Hi my name is sniffio and I used to be a FF user till last year.
Now I'm pure saffari user and happy with the choice of letting things be itself.

Hi Sniffi! Using safari will still not prevent your fans from going "oooooohhhhhhhhhh"...:)

[sniffio]

Hi Sniffi! Using safari will still not prevent your fans from going "oooooohhhhhhhhhh"...:)


but it doesn't crash like FF does !

[penciLneck]

but it doesn't crash like FF does !

are you looking for a flaming? safari is a buggy POS.

[spoon]

camino is the best mac browser i reckon.

[penciLneck]

agreed.

[sniffio]

are you looking for a flaming? safari is a buggy POS.



WAHT lol

oooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[penciLneck]

:)