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Not finding Extensions

Submitted by TalkL8 on April 8, 2006 - 1:18pm

Help!!

I installed the updates to firefox 1.5.0.1 when I received and upgrade notice. Now I don't have accessed to my extensions or themes. I can see them when I click on Tools->Extensions/Themes but they are ghosted out with a message that says I need to restart firefox. I've restarted FF several time but I still can't get the extensions or themes to become active.

What is the trick to fix this???

Thanks

Disable Flash Screen

Submitted by mdweaver7485 on April 7, 2006 - 10:57am

Im not sure if their is something I'm missing but I cannot seem to disable the splash screen for the Portable Apps. I have a series of applications of my Portable Drive but not of of them are from PortableApps and as such I would like to have consitency in not having splash screens. This is a copy of my config. I have DisableSplashScreen set to true but it seems to have no effect.

[PortableFirefox]
FirefoxDirectory=firefox
ProfileDirectory=profile
PluginsDirectory=plugins
UserProfileDirectory=userprofile
AdditionalParameters=true
AllowMultipleInstances=false
SkipChromeFix=false
SkipCompregFix=false

New Window

Submitted by colfrank on April 6, 2006 - 2:32pm

In my main FF window I have turned off the Bookmarks Toolbar.
If I go to a link and open it in a New Window the Bookmarks Toolbar is always there (taking up space).
How can I turn it off for all windows?

Problems

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on April 4, 2006 - 9:41pm

I have had firefox on my 128mb lexar jumpdrive 2.0 for a couple months now. It is a great program and i was not having any problems with it. Now just 2days ago, it started taking 5-10minutes to launch and when it did it was just the basic browser, all of my extensions and themes gone. SO i copied and pasted the file to my c:\ drive and it launches fine, all extensions intact. What's wrong?:(

launcher probs in W98SE

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on April 3, 2006 - 11:03pm

heres what it does when i open PortableFirefox.exe
firefox.exe was not found. Please check your configuration
seen here: http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4300/pfxprob5yy.jpg

i have tested this on two w98se computers, a desktop & a laptop (both have usb 1.1 so they load slower but thats not the prob) i can launch firefox using a .bat from them fine (just slow cuz of usb 1.1)
i've testing it on xp home sp2 & it works fine, the drive is a Sandisk Cruzer Micro 512mb (i tihnk its U3 compatible) & heres my config file & directory structure:
[PortableFirefox]
FirefoxDirectory=FF
ProfileDirectory=FF\profile

Why is there 2 executible ways of starting portable firefox

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on April 3, 2006 - 9:13am

In the portable firefox directory there is a portable firefox executible to start firefox. Also in there, I find a firefox directory and inside that folder is a firefoxe.exe executible. If I use the portable firefox executible to start fire fox and then later click on a internet link, the internet link uses the firefox executible instead of the portable firefox. Seems confusing having 2 different ways of starting the same program and then you have to duplicate the themes and extensions. I guess I am confused. Is there a solution to using just 1 of the executibles so I only have 1 set of t

Takes 1 to 2 minutes for firefox to start for the first time

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on April 3, 2006 - 7:56am

I have installed portable firefox on my usb chip and it was very slow starting. So I moved the program to the c drive. Still the first time I run a browser command it takes a minute to 2 minutes for firefox to start. My usb is a 1.1. I have windows xp pro installed with webroot spyware sweeper and bitdefender anti virus. Is there any way to speed this up? I did install fasterfox too, which did nothing for this first time starting problem. Sure would appreciate any input on this. Thanks In Advance

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