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Simple Question About Portable Version Versus Regular

Submitted by joesmith07 on September 26, 2008 - 3:33am

I've been using Portable Firefox on my thumb drive for over a year now. I just got a new computer and was wondering if I even need to install Firefox on my computer or if I should just use the portable version on my thumb drive. Are there any benefits of using a regular version (or disadvantages to the portable version other than reducing the drives life)?

extensions not loading

Submitted by aaa111 on September 25, 2008 - 6:30pm

Extensions don't load on the college computer-they used to be to able load there and suddenly stopped. They load fine elsewhere and I think they don't here because of some restrictions. Tell me if I can make them load somehow.

bookmarks broken with 3.0.1/3.0.2

Submitted by Amalas on September 25, 2008 - 9:12am

I upgraded to 3.0.1, then nearly immediately to 3.0.2 and bookmarks appear to be broken. I cannot create any bookmarks and all my keyword searches are gone. When I open the bookmark manager, all the selections for "New Bookmark", "New Folder", etc are grayed out. I checked all the settings and I can't figure out what's up.

Semi-relatedly, my AwesomeBar does not pull up any saved webpages. Perhaps my profile data got lost somehow? That doesn't really explain why I can't create new bookmarks, though.

Portable Firefox Search Bar Problem

Submitted by Ecto on September 25, 2008 - 9:00am

I have been having a problem with the Search Box in the top right of Firefox Portable. After a period of use, sometimes weeks-sometimes days, the search box just stops working. I type in a search parameter and click the button (or press enter) and nothing happens.

After some troubleshooting, I have found that I can fix the problem by deleting the file "formhistory.sqlite-journal". Any ideas about what could be causing this?

I have searched for this problem on the forum but didn't see it, so if it is already out there and I missed it, I apologize.

Can not rid saved addresses from address bar

Submitted by Robintun on September 22, 2008 - 11:55pm

On the left of the address bar in v3 is a pull down arrow that lists 12 address sites for me. I think they are of sites that were directly typed into the bar but I am not sure, they might be frequently visited sites. No matter what I try and where I look I can not rid it of these addresses. I even have the privacy tab clearing all data each time I close FF and it is still there. I looked through every folder and expected to find a file in the profile subfolder, but I could not. How do I eliminate this from being saved all the time and how do I delete the ones there currently?

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