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FF Won't Start
We had a brief power interruption(maybe 20 seconds) awhile ago and now Firefox won't open. Any ideas as to a fix? I tried several times after the weather knocked out the computer, rebooted but it won't open.
We had a brief power interruption(maybe 20 seconds) awhile ago and now Firefox won't open. Any ideas as to a fix? I tried several times after the weather knocked out the computer, rebooted but it won't open.
Hi:
First, check the Windows task manager to see if it is running there. If it is, kill the process. Then try again.
If that doesn't work, I would start with the advice here:
Firefox Won't Start Up
Firefox won't start - find solutions
Please let us know how it goes.
Thanks,
MM
What I did while waiting on a suggestion was to go into IE last night and download a fresh copy of the latest version and install right over the existing one-it worked. This morning FF started right up.
Strange that happened as on my Vista computer, and both were on, that didn't happen-only on W7.
Hi:
Yep.
Most of the time, corruption occurs in the user profile, not in the program itself.
But the power outage may have corrupted the program data/program files.
I'm glad the on-top reinstall fixed the issue for you.
For the record, it's a good idea to perform periodic profile backups (especially bookmarks) , so that you are prepared for this sort of unexpected problem. There are many ways to accomplish this. Let us know if you need some tips.
Thanks for taking the time to post your follow-up.
Cheers,
I wasn't sure what I did would work but it did. That was a first-never had that happen before with FF. I had it happen with Windows Live Mail a couple times but just high lighted wlmail.exe and End Process and opened again and it started as usual.
Thanks for letting me know about the periodic backups. I never thought of doing that. The bookmarks aren't that important but the profile may be...I'll keep this in mind.
Hi:
Here are some suggestions about profile backup:
Firefox Profile Backup
Backing up and restoring bookmarks - Firefox
Back up and restore information in Firefox profiles
Export Firefox bookmarks to an HTML file to back up or transfer bookmarks
For me, reinstalling extensions and tweaking settings would be a pain, but losing 15+ years' worth of bookmarks would be a catastrophe.
But "your mileage may vary", of course.:)
Cheers,
My biggest worry is loosing years of saved email folders. That would be catastrophic.
It is about or was about FF but the bookmarks aren't as important as the emails.
True 'dat.
I agree that it would s*ck to lose one's email folders/messages.
And yes, it's important to back-up one's email folders/messages for that reason.
But my Geritol levels must be low today, or something.
I'm not sure how one's Firefox browser profile has anything to do with one's email folders/messages?
If one uses a webmail service, the email folders & messages would be stored on the provider's servers, not locally in one's Firefox profile. In order to save those messages on the computer locally, one would need an email client of some kind.
Ditto for an email client (such as Outlook or Thunderbird) with an IMAP set-up for ISP type accounts. Messages are stored on the server.
If one uses an email client (such as Outlook or Thunderbird) with a POP set-up, then the email folders & downloaded messages are stored locally in that email client, not in Firefox.
So this sort of seems like "apples and oranges"?????
Or else I am missing some crucial connection and someone will correct me.
<just asking>
Ennywho, Cheers!