Comments on: Doing a clean re-install of Mozilla Firefox

By: TreeluvBurdpu

TreeluvBurdpu — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:42:38 +0000

Same result after reboot. “FireFox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing FireFox process, or restart your system.” So that might be one reason, Pandu, that someone might have a discussion about a clean reinstall. The only thing I haven’t tried in the above list is Revo Uninstaller. I will check that out.

By: TreeluvBurdpu

TreeluvBurdpu — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:23:29 +0000

Pandu, if you never have problems uninstalling and re-installing then _why_ are you reading this article? It is probably for people who have issues with the process. For instance, my Firefox won’t even start. Not even in safe mode with add-ons disabled. So I am going ahead and applying these suggestions. I also noticed that I had a FireFox profile under “C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\” as well as “C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\”. The second branch is under the “Local Settings” directory. And I just re-installed after doing all the above while typeing and… when I start FireFox is already running but not responding so I have to close it or reboot. It isn’t in the task manager so I will reboot. I suppose I will come back with results.

By: HiFi Guy

HiFi Guy — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:20:46 +0000

i think i should reinstall firefox, i run the firefox folders for about 3 years, each time i reinstall windows i back up my whole profile because i don’t want to forget something but these days firefox become to be unstable…

By: Pandu E Poluan

Pandu E Poluan — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:30:49 +0000

I sometimes reinstall Firefox, but I never had to hunt around for my extensions.

Why?

I use the wonderful FEBE extension: http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/2109

By: Fatgadget

Fatgadget — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:32:12 +0000

There is a great program you can use to backup firefox called ‘Mozbackup’ its free and will basically copy everything you need including passwords so you can re-install it exactly how you want it, or copy it over to another pc.

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:59:20 +0000

The first thing to do is start Firefox in safe mode to see if it’s your profile that’s F’d up or if something else is wrong. If it’s your profile, just use Firefox’s Profile Manager to make a new profile. All this extra work you did is unnecessary.

Trying for the 3rd time to post this comment. I don’t think Wordpress wants me to tell you how to start Firefox in safe mode, so I’ll spell it out. You use the command line and type the full path to firefox’s executable then type -safe-mode after it before you hit enter.

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:56:41 +0000

The first thing to do is start Firefox in safe mode (C;\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe -safe-mode) to see if it’s your profile that’s F’d up or if something else is wrong. If it’s your profile, just use Firefox’s Profile Manager to make a new profile. All this extra work you did is unnecessary.

By: Rounin

Rounin — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:38:11 +0000

I would recommend using Revo Uninstaller to take care of the last 4 bullet points all at once. An advanced uninstall of Firefox with Revo will run the regular Firefox uninstaller and then prompt you to seek out the leftover files/folders and registry keys. Very fast and efficient.

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By: jack

jack — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:37:49 +0000

often times i forget to back up bookmarks. i found the extensions Foxmarks to be a great way to be worry free of that. Foxmarks will keep a copy of your browser(firefox obviously) bookmarks and will update itself as you add more. you can also use it on other computers so those of you that have more than one computer can easily transfer all your bookmarks over.