Link on Portable Apps Start Menu Doesn't Launch Firefox
Firefox splash screen appears, then dissapears but the browser doesn't appear.
I reinstalled the Firefox portable app and it is still the same. I am currently running on a Windows XP PC and the portable app is on a portable hard drive. This previously worked fine on this PC and another (Vista) PC yeasterday using the same portable drive.
Portable Apps version is 1.5.2, Firefox 3.0.8
I had a number of Add-Ons in Firefox and these worked OK.
Other portable apps start and work as expected.
I hope someone can help me with this.
Thanks in advance
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Link on Portable Apps Start Menu Doesn't Launch Firefox
April 8, 2009 - 9:02am
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Link on Portable Apps Start Menu Doesn't Launch Firefox
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I am now connected to a Vista Laptop (that the same drive worked on yesterday) and now clcking on the link crashes Firefox instigating the Mozila Crash Reporter. Further the crash reporter says "There ws a problem submitting your report". As I wanted to use Firefox I tried clicking on the firefox.exe and this does run Firefox albeit with a reduced set of add-ons. I wonder now if I have caused some damage doing this? Can anyone please help or suggest a way round this problem? Thanks
This is nearly always due to partial corruption in the profile either due to an unsafe eject (never do that) or a faulty USB port. You can confirm it by installing a new copy next to the old and trying it.
You could try starting it in safe mode (from the command prompt run FirefoxPortable.exe -safe-mode) and seeing if maybe its just a corrupt extension. If not, you'll need to rebuild your profile by copying the pieces that work from the old install to a new one. Try the safe mode thing first, if it fails, I'll walk you through it.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
I did what you suggest, and can confirm a new copy works fine.
It seems this was cause by a corrupt sub directory called chache in G:\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\Data\profile . I cannot delete or fix this directory for some reason - so I just renamed the path. An new installation works fine and as I used Foxmarks to back up my favourites, and I only have a few add-ons, I can easily reinstall back to my favourite set-up. Many thanks for your help. Have a good weekend. Regards
Glad that worked. I'd suggest running a check for errors on the drive. After doing that and ejecting and reinserting the drive, you should be able to delete the corrupted directory.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!