Messed up FireFox

Started by Andrea-chan June 19th, 2005 11:00 AM
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Posted June 23rd, 2012
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Right now I'm using FireBird (to type this up, that's why "Arcanine" hasn't been on in days).
But when I try to get on FireFox the browser screen doesn't pop up. And it slows my computer down to a crawl. So when I shut the computer down it pops up saying "FireFox is still running" or whatever it says. So I click "End Now" (I think that's what I click, it's the button that shuts down whatever is running) and it shuts down. And yes I waited for the browser screen to pop up, I waited like 10 mins and it wouldn't come up.

Does anyone have any idea on how to fix it? Or what's making it screw up?
If not then is there a way I can get my bookmarks (if I could just get them I could try uninstalling it and then download and install it again) off of it and like save them so I can put them on a new FF?
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Posted February 2nd, 2010
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Run your virus scannner, spyware scanner, test against IE and if nothing do the uninstall like Kipkip recomendends. I have before had an error similar to what you describe, usualy happpens after a software installation and when I end the program using Control Alt Deleate it's ok then.

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Yeah, try using IE and then go here: http://housecall-beta.trendmicro.com/en/start_corp.asp?id=scan
There you can scan your computer for viruses, security and all. Try going there with IE and scan your computer. If a virus or security issue comes up, you can delete it so your computer has less problems. It might help.

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Age 34
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I'm fine with reinstalling FireFox (nothing wrong with FireBird, and I need a back up browser other then IE). But I really don't want to lose my bookmarks (since I can't even remember half of them. I'm almost sure FF is screwed up so I'll have to reinstall it (I done ran a virus scan on it and nothing came up). But is there anyway I can get my bookmarks off of it?
Or will it pop up asking if I want to import bookmarks when I install it again (when I first got FireFox it asked me if I wanted to import bookmarks from FireBird or IE)? And if so will I be able to get the ones off of my old FF?

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Posted June 9th, 2014
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You can back them up from the profiles folder just in case~


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"What science can there be more noble, more excellent, more useful for men, more admirably high and demonstrative than mathematics."
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"Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of paintings or music, yet sublimely pure and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show."
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Age 34
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Ok I'll make a back up of the bookmarks, thanks JA.

And thanks for your help everyone *Goes off to download FF*.

[Edit] Oh well. I uninstalled FireFox. Then I installed it again and I keep getting the same thing happening before. -_-;;
I guess I'll ask on the Mozilla message board. Unless you guys got something else in mind that might work.

[Edit2] Well I'm on FireFox right now. Somehow it got fixed. I'm not 100% sure but I think the reason why it wasn't loading is because some site I went to. This all started when I clicked that. So some how my cache got cleaned so I think that's what fixed it. I don't care how it got fixed as long as it's fixed and running good like it is now. XD

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Age 34
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I know the problem is fixed now but did you ever think of saving the addresses into Notepad?
If you mean my bookmarks then no.
I was thinking about sending a PM to myself with all the sites. But it really wouldn't help much if I couldn't get FireFox to work (I can't get stuck with FireBird, I know it's better then IE but it's just slow and "old" XD).

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You should have some kind of bookmarks.html page in your profile folder or something XD


"One reason why mathematics enjoys special esteem, above all other sciences, is that its laws are absolutely certain and indisputable, while those of other sciences are to some extent debatable and in constant danger of being overthrown by newly discovered facts."
Albert Einstein

"What science can there be more noble, more excellent, more useful for men, more admirably high and demonstrative than mathematics."
Benjamin Franklin

"Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty – a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of paintings or music, yet sublimely pure and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show."
Bertrand Russell

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ANNOY ME AT YOUR PERIL. I am becoming increasingly tired of the unmanly elitism and closed-mindedness of certain members who shall remain unnamed.

Arcanine

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Age 34
In your fridge eating your food o.o
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Posted October 31st, 2012
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You should have some kind of bookmarks.html page in your profile folder or something XD
Yea it was there. I made a copy of it before uninstalling FF.

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