Problem With Firefox and Win XP Install

[Peter D]

I've been running Firefox for months on a Win98SE system. No problems.
Really like it. Used HomeTabs. Really nice product.

I updated to Win XP and now Firefox opens but doesn't work. The status bar
shows the name of the web page in the first tab. The Firefox update button
works (I uninstalled and then installed the latest version). The top menu
choices don't work. You cnqa't see them, click on them, or see their
tooltips.

Any ideas? (Other than ditching XP. Not an option.)

 

[Ðave]

I've been running Firefox for months on a Win98SE system. No problems.
Really like it. Used HomeTabs. Really nice product.

I updated to Win XP and now Firefox opens but doesn't work. The status bar
shows the name of the web page in the first tab. The Firefox update button
works (I uninstalled and then installed the latest version). The top menu
choices don't work. You cnqa't see them, click on them, or see their
tooltips.

Any ideas? (Other than ditching XP. Not an option.)

Have you tried removing all the information from the registries & deleting
all firefox folders & files off your comp before reinstalling it?

Failing that, you could try downloading 'Tuneup Utilities 2004'. Its got a
30 day trial and managed to get my norton protected recycle bin working
after a couple of months of just acting as a normal recycle bin.
http://www.tune-up.com/

HTH

Dave

 

[Rosco]

Try running Firefox safe mode from the start menu. Then, if you can get
in there, try changing the home page.

You can also try the suggestions at:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser_will_not_start_up

under "How to make Firefox/Mozilla Suite start"

Hope that works.

Rosco

 

[news]

just download the latest version of firefox off the site and install it it
works just fine

 

[Rosco]

Peter D mentioned that "(I uninstalled and then installed the latest
version)"