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Firefox portable losing plugins directory

Submitted by Also on May 3, 2011 - 11:10am

I'm sure I've had this before but can't recall the fix.
FF4 was working fine with various plugins.
I ran auto-update and FF4.01 restarted- to show no Flash etc.

Now I turn on about:config to show full URL (set plugin.expose_full_path to true), go to about:plugins and ALL plugins are on C drive, it's not picked up those on the portable drive.

This happened before after an update but can't recall how I fixed it.
I have already tried reinstalling FF4.01 over the top incase the updater was broken.
I have already deleted "pluginreg" in \PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\Data\profile.

Custome Settings & Addons Missing or Resetting between Computers.

Submitted by itEPB on May 2, 2011 - 11:46am

Custome Settings & Addons Missing or Resetting between Computers.

Windows x64, Firefox 4.0.1
Over the weekend I added & deleted a few addons, customized my toolbars.
Closed normally, all is well.
Come to work, fire up FFP and all my changes are not there. All the 'old' addons I deleted are back, & none of the new addons or toolbar changes are there.
Kind of defeats the purpose of a portable app if it's not saving properly.

More details.
Firefox is not installed on either PC
I am the Admin of both PCs
Path on PC 1 is D:\FirefoxPortable

Firefox 4 Start-up Screen

Submitted by Maineguy01 on April 29, 2011 - 5:08pm

I upgraded my Firefox 3.6 portable to Firefox 4.0 and then 4.01. Unfortunately my Portable start-up screen still says version 3.6 when it starts, although 4.01 does start up and run. After it runs and I check "About Firefox" under help it shows the correct version. I thought this would correct itself when I went from 4.0 to 4.01 but it did not.

While I know this may be just a silly annoyance is there a way to fix it without losing my settings, bookmarks and add-on's?

Thanks.

Problem on restart.

Submitted by MrMan on April 25, 2011 - 9:30am

I recently updated to FF4 portable, and I am experiencing an error every time I restart.
On each restart lately I always get the Recover from Crash screen.
I close out my tabs and always shutdown on a blank tab.
I only use the red x to end the program, and give it enough time to shutdown before trying to eject the drive. (I check it in task manager)
This has happened on XP as well as 7 based machines.

I would like to figure out the source of my issue, is there any more information I can provide or troubleshooting steps I should attempt?

This URL kills my Firefox every time I try to access it

Submitted by fisherman505 on April 24, 2011 - 4:23pm

Every time I click on http://file.qip.ru/embed/111226964/dfc05946 and then hit the start button, down goes Firefox. I am using FF V3.6.16. I am not sure if I have a problem opening SWF files because this is the only one I've had this kind of a problem with. If I open this file with Chrome, it comes up fine. Would appreciate someone else trying it to see if it opens.

Cheers.....

homepage not read properly from prefs.js !!

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Submitted by Mr_Red on April 19, 2011 - 4:55am

FF4.0, XP/SP3 (usually) But Win7 seems to be the same. Corasir Flash Voyager GT.

I set my homepage to a specific file in the root of the memory stick.

This worked for a time, and did in FF3.6.13 etc.

However FF4.0 has suddenly decided to change the js file after startup so that the file address is something like:

user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "file:///EE:/MYHOME.HTM"););

if I load "file:///E:/MYHOME.HTM" and set it as the homepage and exit, the js file is saved correctly.

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