tismehi Posted March 27, 2011 Posted March 27, 2011 hp compaq 610 120gb hdd 2gb ram centrino dual windows 7 (32) i feel really disturbed. i installed firefox 4 a few days ago and after i days use it went crazy on me. i tried to unistall it and revert back to version 3. mozilla help advized to download version 3.5 and then 4 could be deleted and 3 would work. not so. if fact now each time i try to use firefox, the laptop says i must restart. which i do and then this repeats so i'm getting nowhere. i am now using internet explorer and i never ever use it so everything is alien to me. also years of favourites and recent sites i was working with have now gone from me. i would love to be able to get rid of version 4 of firefox and have 3.5 or 3.6 working again. i tried a system restore but only the most recent is listed and is of no use. Quote
Plastic Nev Posted March 27, 2011 Posted March 27, 2011 Hi Tismehi, do you know at the moment which version you have installed, is it 3.5 or 4? I would go for a full uninstall of Firefox, but using Revo rather than the Windows own, set to the full removal so all traces are gone, then try to reinstall it. Sorry but a full removal will probably remove your bookmarks as well, but I feel there may be something corrupted causing the issue. Nev. Quote Need help with your computer problems? Then why not join Free PC Help. Register here. If Free PC Help has helped you then please consider a donation. Click here We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs. -------------------------------------------------------------------- I have installed Windows, now how do I install the curtains? 😄
tismehi Posted March 27, 2011 Author Posted March 27, 2011 hi nev, i have 3.6.16 and also back up 1.4.10. is there any folder anywhere that my bookmarks may be and i could make a list from? cheers. joe. Quote
RandyL Posted March 27, 2011 Posted March 27, 2011 On the system restore point try this. Choose a different restore point. Then Show more restore points. This should give you older restore points. It might be slightly different on your Vista then my 7 but it's similar. I used to have Vista. Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.Get help with computer problems. Join Free PC Help here Donations are welcome. Read Here
RandyL Posted March 27, 2011 Posted March 27, 2011 For Firefox bookmarks you can backup or even export them to as a HTML file. http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Backing%20up%20and%20restoring%20bookmarks http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Exporting%20bookmarks%20to%20an%20HTML%20file Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs.Get help with computer problems. Join Free PC Help here Donations are welcome. Read Here
tismehi Posted March 27, 2011 Author Posted March 27, 2011 i'm running 7 and not vista and when i try restore, only 2 points are listed. it makes no difference when i select show more points. i will give the back up suggestion a try. thanks. Quote
tismehi Posted March 30, 2011 Author Posted March 30, 2011 revo did the job and whats more all of my bookmarks are in order. thanks for your help. Quote
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