Firefox 3.6 update ..will not load - no surfing

[artinusa]

Hi, Windows 7 .. 64 bit I was updated to the new Firefox 3.6 and when it was installed no problem was identified... but when I tried to run it nothing happens does not go to the web .. goes away hourglass starts and then nothing..in the task manger I see the program but its sits doing nothing at 4200.00.kb.. Anyone experienced this yet..I uninstalled and reinstalled ..sill nothing....is the setup corrupted maybe..help please don't want to lose my bookmarks..smile I am running the portable 3.6 Firefox...as I type

 

[ridakash]

..is the setup corrupted maybe.

Dowload from Firefox website first !

 

[artinusa]

Hi ridakash As I pointed out I uninstalled then reinstalled from the exe file from Mozilla..nothing..

 

[karlsnooks]

Whenever I encounter unusual problems, I disconnect from the internet and run my anti-virus software.

Go into msconfig and disable all programs running at startup time except the absolutely essential programs. Reboot, reinstall, problem gone?

 

[ridakash]

Maybe the problem came from the Firewall because Outpost firewall causes crash for Firefox and IE!If you use it you must configure it again..

 

[Not Myself]

Hi, Windows 7 .. 64 bit I was updated to the new Firefox 3.6 and when it was installed no problem was identified... but when I tried to run it nothing happens does not go to the web .. goes away hourglass starts and then nothing..in the task manger I see the program but its sits doing nothing at 4200.00.kb.. Anyone experienced this yet..I uninstalled and reinstalled ..sill nothing....is the setup corrupted maybe..help please don't want to lose my bookmarks..smile I am running the portable 3.6 Firefox...as I type

Error loading websites - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

 

[artinusa]

firefox 3.6 not loading

Thanks posters.
Well I removed firefox and its profile reinstalled it and although I lost all my profile data I got the program working..now maybe I can find backups which I believe are in json type files used by sqlite I can get back my lists..anyone know how

 

[karlsnooks]

Glad to hear that Firefox is now working.

It's too late now, but you might want to take a look at the XMARKS add-on to minimize the pain if another disaster strikes (and also to sync your bookmarks and passwords between different computers and browsers).


I use the bookmark sync portiion thereof to keep my bookmarks synced between Firefox and IE which I'm occasionally forced to use by Microsoft. I was hoping with the european freedom of browser choice forced upon them by the European Union would bring us some relief here.

 

[Gildor]

Again, it won't help you recover what was lost, but the add-on FEBE will back up everything and allow you to restore FF to that configuration. Works with with profiles, passwords, bookmarks, pretty much everything. That's what I used when I recently went from XP to a new Win 7 machine. Worked like a charm.

 

[Phone Man]

Thanks posters.
Well I removed firefox and its profile reinstalled it and although I lost all my profile data I got the program working..now maybe I can find backups which I believe are in json type files used by sqlite I can get back my lists..anyone know how

The bookmarks are in json type file and if you can find any in your backups or maybe the Recycle Bin just do an import bookmarks and select the json file.

Jim

 

[artinusa]

Firefox 3.6

Thanks to the brilliant members of this group...I will log the information relating to prevention and regular backing up with addons ..this took me by surprise and the update for some reason totally corrupted the pref's and overwrote the backups..not sure why Thanks