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On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:09:34 -0500 |
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Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> Here's a workaround that seems to help in a lot of cases... |
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> 1) Shut down all instances of Firefox |
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> 2) rename your profile directory. It usually looks something like |
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> ~/.mozilla/firefox/<gobbledeygook> |
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> 3) Start Firefox again. It'll create a new profile. |
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> Firefox has occasional problems when the profile from an older |
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> version won't work for the new version. You should be able to copy |
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> or import the bookmarks file from the old format. But you'll have to |
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> do your settings all over again. |
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Walter, |
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Renaming the <gobbledeygook> directory didn't |
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help, but renaming ~/.mozilla did! |
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Next, there's the issue of saved passwords. Do you know which file |
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they're in? |
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Thanks for the tip. |
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Regards, |
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David |
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