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pFF won't load

Submitted by daenyth on January 6, 2006 - 3:41pm

i've had this before, i run the launcher program, and firefox won't load. or, more accurately, when i check the task manager the process is running, but without a window. last time i had no clue why and eventually had to reinstall it to get it working again. this time it happened right after firefox crashed, so i think thats why it happened. im trying a few differant things right now, but does anyone know a way to fix this?

RSS Bookmarks broken with pff

Submitted by Seven Alive on January 6, 2006 - 3:19pm

I noticed that Portable Firefox breaks the Live bookmarks. Also there is another problem. I have gmail and i have the google personal page set 2 my homepage
when i startup Firefox it says sign in button, so i click it and my page shows (didn't prompt for username or password) or if i press homepage again my homepage displays properly. It only happens on pFf startup. If i press homepage toolbar button, my google personal page shows up (it does not say sign it).

It is probably a Ff issue but i only use PFf.

Extensions lost when drive letter

Submitted by rwald on January 5, 2006 - 8:32pm

When I installed all of Firefox's extensions, the drive letter of my thumb drive was E:. Now that I'm on a different machine and the drive letter is F:, all of my extensions don't run. They're still in the PortableFirefox\profile\extensions directory; it's just as though Firefox isn't reading the drive letter correctly. Is this a known problem, and what can I do to fix it?

Different kind of Portable Firefox...

Submitted by webwbr on January 5, 2006 - 10:04am

I seem to have one of those slow flash drives [4 BG Sandisk Cruiser Mini] so FireFox is really slow. I'm trying some of the tweaks mentioned in this forum (rebuild/reduce extensions/etc.) but I'm wondering if i can handle this in a different way:

Can I install only a profile on my flash drive so when I plug it into a PC with Firefox already on it I'm good to go, using the program on the PC and the profile on the flash drive?

If I can do this, and someone advises me how, then I'll just use my flash drive profile at the office and keep the program on the flash drive for "emergency uses when I'm at a PC without FireFox.

Automatic Search for Proxy / Connection Settings

Submitted by ReneL on January 4, 2006 - 6:35am

Hello and a happy new year,

it would be great if there would be an option for Portable Firefox to automatically apply the Internet Explorer connection settings when starting Portable Firefox on a new computer.

At home I have a direct internet connection, at work I have to use a proxy configuration url.

Keep up the good work,
René

Search is no longer working

Submitted by nissensp on January 4, 2006 - 3:20am

Hi,

First, I wish all of you (and your family) the best for 2006.

Since a few days, the standard search (next to the address bar in Portable Firefox) is no longer working.
I can type a query, I can press "Return" on the keyboard, but nothing happens.
The icon of the search (by default is Google), it no longer visible. And I cannot change to another search engine.

When I rename my profile, and work with the one that came with the installation of Portable Firefox, the search works. So something is wrong with my profile.
Does this mean I have to create a new profile? Or does someone know how to fix it?

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