firefox 1.5 problem, won't start

[schmosef]

I just uninstalled firefox 1.07 and downloaded and installed 1.5.

For some reason firefox 1.5 won't start. I get an hour glass for a few seconds and then nothing.

I've tried rebooting. And I've tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it.

Anybody have any suggestions for things to try?

[schmosef]

Never mind.

I got it working by uninstalling, then manually deleting some folders that the uninstaller had left behind, then re-installing.

[lowlifecat]

Sledgehammer?

[VJ]

"Trust me, I know what I'm doing..."


Schmosef: occasionally (in rare cases), it is possible for (even) firefox to crash severly. Upon startup it then asks for a profile but says it is already running. Just use taskmanager to kill the process.


Jörg

[Tjalfe]

I am using firefox 1.5 at work, and I have it crash for me a good 5 times a day now. To the point where I am about to uninstall it and put on the older version, I think I still have saved somewhere. They really need to work on the stability of the browser

[GuchiGuh]

hmm works just dandy on my machine.
sometimes it just chews the memory thou

[Dr Mordrid]

VJ is correct: every now and then Firefox 1.5 will seem to quit, but when you check the task list you'll find it still running, which prevents a re-start of the program. Just kill the task and it'll run again.

Dr. Mordrid

[schmosef]

In my case there wasn't anything firefox related in task manager.

The first time it ran successfully for me it started with the import wizard.

I guess that it was the wizard that had been crashing or having a problem running.

After clearing out the directories that it didn't remove when I uninstalled the old version and then reinstalling the import wizard worked fine and now I'm able to launch firefox.