Can someone clue me in? Today, I tried to install the latest Firefox update 1.5.0.3. Everything seemed all right during the download and installation. But, when I tried to launch Firefox, it just didn’t want to come up. I tried rebooting a few times, to no avail. I even uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox with the hope that it will sort itself out that way. Still, nothing.
Now, I’m stuck.
So, here I am, back to IE browsing. Ugh. Not really something I like. Especially since I have all my bookmarks and other tools/plugins installed on Firefox. And, IE’s just sooooo slow.
Anyone else have any ideas on how to get Firefox to reappear? I’m using Win ME.
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Hi Shai,
This happens to me sometimes with firefox and thunderbird both. It seems the system process gets hung up for some reason. What I do is go into Widows Task Manager (ctrl+alt+del) under the process tab and find the “firefox.exe” (its usually still running) I select it and click the “end process” button.
Firefox starts right up after I do this. Again, not sure if this is the problem you’re having but it might be worth trying. Hope it helps!
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Brad: Thanks for the tip. I tried it – but Firefox still wouldn’t come up for me.
However, when logging in using another profile (not the Admin one I’m currently using), it seems to come up without a problem. So, I don’t really know what’s up. Ack.
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The problem sounds like it could be with your Firefox profile. I’d try exporting your settings from the user profile that does work, then reinstalling from scratch.
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Richard: Thanks. Yes, that’s exactly what I’ve been trying to do the past week or so. Not a fun endeavour, though. Lots of stuff to import and to re-do. Lots of my work lost, as well.
Anyway, I like using Mozilla Firefox enough to think that it’s worth re-building a new profile.
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Update: Google’s Browser Sync for Firefox could be just what you’ve been looking for.
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