[wallijonn]

First you'll want to view hidden files & folders. Tools -> Folder Options -> View (tab) -> Show Hidden files and folders.

Open up My Documents and then go up 1 or 2 levels. Otherwise open up My Computer, C: drive, Documents and Settings, your username, Application Data directory.

You should see a Mozilla folder. Inside is a Fire Fox folder. In side that is your default profile folder.

Close all instances of Firefox, then click Start>Run and type:
firefox.exe -p
to start the profile Manager.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtm...Profile_Folder :
Quote:

What do I do if my profile's corrupted? Sometimes, rogue extensions can corrupt Mozilla's profile. Assuming it works OK, you can copy over the "bookmarks.html" file from the old profile into the new one to get your bookmarks. Same goes for: * cookies.txt * cookperm.txt * userContent.css * userChrome.css If you don't want to go though all that though, there are a few things you can do that might save the old profile. For example, deleting xul.mfl from the old profile can help [see link]. You can also copy "pref.js", but it contains absolute paths, so you'll need to manually update it to the new profile location.

See the link for the full instructions.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtm...ile_In_Use_Bug :
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The Profile Manager/Profile In Use Bug If you are getting the "default profile is in use" error, delete the parent.lock file (also known as lock or .parentlock) in your profile folder. If it does not let you delete the file, then either Mozilla is still running or another program is using it. Start "Task Manager" and kill the process "firefox.exe" to free up the lock file.

Quote:

Firefox only: If you can run Firefox in safe mode, then the source of your problem is your extensions.

profiles.ini :
default=1 indicates the profile Firefox will use when "Don't ask at Startup" is enabled in the Profile Manager (StartWithLastProfile=1 in profiles.ini)

 

[Bunnyears]

Thanks, Wally! I will do this asap!

 

[isp]

Thanks,

I found some cool stuff just looking in about:config.

 

[wallijonn]

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips

 

[wallijonn]

about:config

network.dns.ipv4OnlyDomains

Ever wonder why is set to doubleclick.net?

http://www.rokop-security.de/board/l...php?t5583.html :

The network.dns.ipv4OnlyDomains setting is used to list domains that should use only IPv4.

The setting is added because ads served by doubleclick.net can cause webpages to hang when the browser is set to use IPv6. Apparently, AAAA DNS requests get 'black holed' whenever doubleclick in involved.

Now, if you have IPv6 disabled, and you http://www.doubleclick.com/us/corpor...asp_object_1=&
and then add doubleclick.net to your hosts file ...

 

[wallijonn]

about:config

network.dns.ipv4OnlyDomains

Ever wonder why it is set to doubleclick.net?

http://www.rokop-security.de/board/l...php?t5583.html :

Quote:

The network.dns.ipv4OnlyDomains setting is used to list domains that should use only IPv4. The setting is added because ads served by doubleclick.net can cause webpages to hang when the browser is set to use IPv6. Apparently, AAAA DNS requests get 'black holed' whenever doubleclick in involved.

Now, if you have IPv6 disabled, and you http://www.doubleclick.com/us/corpor...asp_object_1=&
(OPT-OUT Cookie; make sure you protect it) and then add doubleclick.net to your hosts file ...

Actually, now that I think about it, if you have IPv6 set and you have FireFox Ipv6 to use doubleclick.net as your dns IPv4 server and you have doubleclick.net in your hosts file you should see a major slow down in Firefox.

So if it is really slow, you now know what to look for.

 

[frankcent]

I have problems with viewing videos on either mtv.com or yahoo launch. the website always prompts that I dont have the neccessary media player installed, which is most likely to be referred to media player since I can play videos by real player on mtv.com. right now, when I need to see the videos, I just use IEview to switch to IE but thats only a temprary solution. Can someone help? Thanks.

 

[mekanoplastik]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bunnyears I have firefox, but today a strange thing happened. suddenly the default user wouldn't connect to the internet, it asked me to set up a new profile (which i did) and now I've lost all of my bookmarks, and I can't find the old profile at all! If any of you can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Also, they finally have come out with the google toolbar for version 1.0. available under extensions, search category.

very rarely i get a default profile thingy pop up....and this is what i do:

close firefox then do control+alt+delete -> check the processes running..and look for one called firefox or something simillar (sorry i am not using my home computer to write this and i dont remember how it is called)...kill the process..and then open firefox as you usually do...does it work now????.. if this doesnt fix it..then i am as lost as you

edit// this is explained earlier in the thread...sorry...

 

[wallijonn]

I believe it is looking for Media Player 9 or their codecs. Now since you have both IE and Firefox Installed...

https://addons.update.mozilla.org/plugins/

Just install the Windows Media Player plug-ins.

http://gemal.dk/blog/2003/08/07/use_..._9_in_mozilla/

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/central.html

 

[wallijonn]

http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1034

about:config, locate the key image.animation_mode. set its value to ‘none’ to stop all animated gifs !

 

[taylor]

Any way to make Ctrl+N open a copy of the current page instead of the homepage? The nerds all tell me to get an extension, but my swift rebuttal of "Why would I track down an extension to do something IE does normally?" make sthem go "ARRRGGGGGHHHH I am vanquished by logic!" and their head explodes.

But seriously, the nerds at my school won't get off my case, I need to find an extension to fix ctrl+n!

 

[wallijonn]

I don't htink so. You may have to write a Java Script to do that.

For those that are interested, this the keyboard shortcut map: http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/keyboard

 

[wallijonn]

If you have Broadband,

about:config
network.quest.max-start-delay 0

will start rendering the page without delay.

 

[electic]

i just got a hp zd8000 media center notebook and i installed firefox on it. when i get to a website that uses windows media on it and i try to download the plugin, firefox says that "no plugin was found". i dont have this problem on any of my other computers. can any1 help me?

 

[Stephonovich]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallijonn If you have Broadband, about:config network.quest.max-start-delay 0 will start rendering the page without delay.

I believe the entry you're referring to is 'network.http.request.max-start-delay'. That being said, I'm not a huge fan of it. Unless you have really fast broadband, I guess. My 1.5/256 isn't instant; usually takes 2-5 seconds to load most pages. And with that enabled, the screen goes wonky for a little bit before loading content.