Firefox problem

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I downloaded and installed Firefox 1.0.4 over 1.0.3 this morning and now I
can't get Firefox to run properly. Let me explain:

Firefox loads okay, but I can't see anything on the page. Not even the
drop-down menus. I can see File, Edit, View, etc., but not the drop-down
menus. If I right-click on the blank page and select "View Page Source" it
shows my current/correct Start Page. All the buttons on the toolbar work,
but if I click on "New Tab", the new page opens, but I can't see the new tab
(I know it's there because when I exit Firefox, it asks if I want to close
multiple tabs).

I've tried reinstalling 1.0.4 twice and even tried reinstalling 1.0.3 (which
had been working flawlessly), but nothing changes -- the menus and pages are
blank (even though they are there). I really don't want to uninstall FF
before reinstalling it because then I'll have to reinstall all of the
extensions.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

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Kendall F. Stratton III
Fort Fairfield, Maine USA
k3@(86_THE_SPAM)maine.rr.com
http://home.maine.rr.com/k3

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I downloaded and installed Firefox 1.0.4 over 1.0.3 this morning
and now I can't get Firefox to run properly. Let me explain:

Firefox loads okay, but I can't see anything on the page. Not
even the drop-down menus. I can see File, Edit, View, etc., but
not the drop-down menus. If I right-click on the blank page and
select "View Page Source" it shows my current/correct Start Page.
All the buttons on the toolbar work, but if I click on "New Tab",
the new page opens, but I can't see the new tab (I know it's there
because when I exit Firefox, it asks if I want to close multiple
tabs).

I've tried reinstalling 1.0.4 twice and even tried reinstalling
1.0.3 (which had been working flawlessly), but nothing changes --
the menus and pages are blank (even though they are there). I
really don't want to uninstall FF before reinstalling it because
then I'll have to reinstall all of the extensions.

Any suggestions?
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I think the first thing to try is running it in safe mode,
<http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_mode>. If it works in safe mode, I'd
try re-enabling the extensions one at a time to see if one of them is
causing a problem.
 
I downloaded and installed Firefox 1.0.4 over 1.0.3 this morning and now I
can't get Firefox to run properly. Let me explain:

Firefox loads okay, but I can't see anything on the page. Not even the
drop-down menus. I can see File, Edit, View, etc., but not the drop-down
menus. If I right-click on the blank page and select "View Page Source" it
shows my current/correct Start Page. All the buttons on the toolbar work,
but if I click on "New Tab", the new page opens, but I can't see the new tab
(I know it's there because when I exit Firefox, it asks if I want to close
multiple tabs).

I've tried reinstalling 1.0.4 twice and even tried reinstalling 1.0.3 (which
had been working flawlessly), but nothing changes -- the menus and pages are
blank (even though they are there). I really don't want to uninstall FF
before reinstalling it because then I'll have to reinstall all of the
extensions.
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No you won't.

I uninstalled 1.03 before installing 1.04, and the extensions stayed.

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No you won't.

I uninstalled 1.03 before installing 1.04, and the extensions
stayed.
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If the profile is now hosed, which is very likely the case given what
he's posted, he may well have to start with a fresh one and reinstall
all the extensions.
 
K3 said:
I downloaded and installed Firefox 1.0.4 over 1.0.3 this morning and
now I can't get Firefox to run properly. Let me explain:
<snip>
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Whew! Finally got it running. I uninstalled Firefox, leaving the folder
intact and reinstalled Firefox, but it still wouldn't run. So I
uninstalled Firefox and renamed the old folder and let the next installation
create a new folder. Rebooted after installation and it works fine (even
the extensions are still there).

Thanks Dan and >>Q<< !

--
Kendall F. Stratton III
Fort Fairfield, Maine USA
k3@(86_THE_SPAM)maine.rr.com
http://home.maine.rr.com/k3

"Support bacteria -- it's the only culture some people have!"
 
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