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Louis
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      06-25-2006
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:12:20 -0500, Alan Moorman <>
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>On 11 Jun 2006 10:42:46 -0700, wrote:
>
>>
>>Alan Moorman wrote:
>>> Today, when I clicked on the Firefox icon, I got an error message
>>> which said it was running but was not responding.
>>>
>>> It said I would have to close it, or reboot.
>>>
>>> Can't find ANY evidence of it in order to close it, so I guess I'll
>>> reboot.
>>>
>>> I just received an update for Firefox, yesterday, and it has been
>>> behaving oddly ever since. Sometimes when I open it, it appears in a
>>> tiny box in the upper left of my desktop, instead of full screen.
>>>
>>> Any ideas? Has this been happening, lately, to anyone?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alan

>>
>>It's a profile problem, if you profile has been permanently damaged,
>>you will not be able to open firefox even if you reboot your machine or
>>reinstall your firefox, you can either get a new profile or delete the
>>old profile from your Application Data (I choose the later), then
>>reinstall the firefox, the problem will go away.

>
>Rebooting fixed it.......
>
>
>Thanks,
> Alan


CTL+ALT+DEL to bring up task manager. Find Firefox and use end task.
No need to reboot.

Lewis


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      06-25-2006
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:12:20 -0500, Alan Moorman <>
wrote:

>On 11 Jun 2006 10:42:46 -0700, wrote:
>
>>
>>Alan Moorman wrote:
>>> Today, when I clicked on the Firefox icon, I got an error message
>>> which said it was running but was not responding.
>>>
>>> It said I would have to close it, or reboot.
>>>
>>> Can't find ANY evidence of it in order to close it, so I guess I'll
>>> reboot.
>>>
>>> I just received an update for Firefox, yesterday, and it has been
>>> behaving oddly ever since. Sometimes when I open it, it appears in a
>>> tiny box in the upper left of my desktop, instead of full screen.
>>>
>>> Any ideas? Has this been happening, lately, to anyone?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alan

>>
>>It's a profile problem, if you profile has been permanently damaged,
>>you will not be able to open firefox even if you reboot your machine or
>>reinstall your firefox, you can either get a new profile or delete the
>>old profile from your Application Data (I choose the later), then
>>reinstall the firefox, the problem will go away.

>
>Rebooting fixed it.......
>
>
>Thanks,
> Alan


CTL+ALT+DEL to bring up task manager. Find Firefox and use end task.
No need to reboot.

Lewis


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