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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Maverick on July 27, 2007, 10:15:22 AM

Title: Firefox question
Post by: Maverick on July 27, 2007, 10:15:22 AM

Has anyone had problems upgrading to the 2.0 verion of firefox?

This is getting frustrating to me. I had an older version of firefox, the 1.05 with updates and it was working fine. I received a notice that there was a newer version instead of an update so I went and updated. The update to 2.0 indicated the older version had to be deleted prior to installation of the newer one so I did that. The new version installs but on starting, the program locks the system up hard. I have had to do a hard reboot after the lock up on about half of the times I tried and other times I could get firefox to eventually close but it never functioned. I've done a delete and reload of a clean download of the program and also did a defrag after deleting the program to get a new install. No help.

I haven't been able to find a download of the older 1.5 version to go back to it.

Anyone have any ideas.

I'm running XP on my system and no other programs are having a problem.

Title: Firefox question
Post by: Auger on July 27, 2007, 11:03:59 AM

1. Is XP current on patches?  It shouldn't make a difference, but it can.

2. Is the old Firefox completely removed?  Nothing in Add/Remove Programs, no files on the drive, all references to Firefox removed from the registry?

3. Have you used an up-to-date anti-spyware program recently?  There may be something installed that you don't know about that is conflicting with the new version.  Spybot Search & Destroy or Ad-aware will clean most of them.

4. Did you remove your personal Mozilla folder in Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla, or at least rename it?  There may be a plug-in/add-on that worked fine with 1.x that absolutely chokes 2.0.x.

Title: Firefox question
Post by: Fulmar on July 27, 2007, 03:56:45 PM

The 2.0 version is worth the update.  If by chance you want to stick with an older version you can use this site.  http://www.findfiles.com

http://www.findfiles.com/list.php?db=Both&string=Firefox+1.5

There's some mirrors for Firefox 1.5

Title: Firefox question
Post by: Roidrage on July 27, 2007, 04:38:16 PM

Don't listen to Fulmar, hes a little loopy.

Title: Firefox question
Post by: Maverick on July 27, 2007, 04:49:41 PM

Auger,

It seems that the number 2 idea you listed was the culprit. In doing the uninstall it left behind multiple files and folders. I guess at least one of those caused the program to puke.

I went back and did a search for all folder named mozilla and firefox. After deleting them and downloading the program again it's functioning fine now.

Thanks much for the help it is very much appreciated.