-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firefox Revisited
- From: betty <nextcent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:02:01 -0500
I'd been digging around and being very productive. I just did as you
suggested,
and got the c:\program files\mozilla firefox, and zipped it, and since
there was
an option to zip and email, I thought that's what I would do. Does that
sound right
to you? I'll email it to myself, and it will be safely in my inbox until
I'm ready to
use it.
Or maybe I could do that and something else, too? Does it show that I'm
scared
silly to uninstall ALL of Mozilla and Firefox?
~OoO~ wrote:
>Ok... the toolbars you might just have to re-customize. Because, if I =
>understand you correctly, that's what you mean, right? Just the =
>customization of the toolbar above? It may be tedious in that you have =
>to do it again, but there's nothing really to lose that you can't =
>regain. Unless someone else can tell you how to save the settings.
>
>What you could try is this. Go to the installation folder. By default, =
>it should be c:\program files\mozilla firefox.
>
>Save that entire folder. But, save it in a way that when you remove it =
>you're not going to accidentally delete the copy. If you can zip it, zip =
>up the whole folder. Now... make sure you just backup the main =
>installation folder that I'm mentioning here. Do not backup the =
>additional Mozilla or Firefox folders created in your c:\documents and =
>settings\*user*\ directory.
>
>After you have that saved and tucked away, go ahead and uninstall =
>Firefox. Then, after its uninstalled, do a separate search, one for =
>FIREFOX and one for MOZILLA. Delete every instance of it (making sure =
>you do not delete that backup). By the way, on the Windows search =
>screen, make sure the options are set to search hidden files.
>
>After everything is removed, go ahead and take that backup and place it =
>right back in the program files directory. It'll basically be the =
>Firefox installation folder, but without the installation process. Now, =
>go and install Firefox the normal way, making sure that when asked the =
>installation folder is the same c:\program files\mozilla firefox. In =
>essence, you are reinstalling Firefox over itself.
>
>This MIGHT work on saving the settings and toolbars, but its not =
>guaranteed. Just a warning.
>
>Regarding the bookmarks... even if you can't get into the program to =
>EXPORT the bookmarks, you can actually go into the Windows explorer =
>window and dig up the bookmark folder that you normally would have been =
>creating. If Firefox is installed to the default locations, it should be =
>located here:
>C:\Documents and Settings\C. Ippolito\Application =
>Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ and somewhere in there keep following the =
>folder and eventually you will find a bookmarks.html file. THIS is the =
>backup of your bookmarks. Save this one. And, you can verify that these =
>are your bookmarks by just double-clicking the file. It'll open up in =
>your default browser. If the default browser is Firefox, then that's =
>obviously a problem. Instead, right-click the bookmarks.html file and =
>select OPEN WITH... Internet Explorer. You should now see your bookmarks =
>to verify this is the file you want.
>
>Regarding converting bookmarks from Firefox to Opera... I've never tried =
>this, but check out this thread on another forum. People with the same =
>issues discussing a few apps that can do this:
>http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=3D44938
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>---Troth
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