Re: [PCWorks] Installing 2 versions of FireFox, odd problems
- From: Peter Kaulback <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:27:07 -0400
Oops my mistake Clint. 2 years worth of emails in the sent folder?
My apologies :)
Happy dual browsing to you.
Peter Kaulback
On 4/27/2010 3:42 AM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
> I don't remember how I found it, (searching for something and
> it showed up on the results), but in my Sent folder I found an
> email of yours from 2 years ago discussing this, and found this
> link in it:
> http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=613873
> Here's the thread and post:
> //www.freelists.org/post/pcworks/PCWorks-FireFox-3x-info-Was-Re-Mozilla-Firefox-Unspecified-Code-Execution-Vulnerability,2
>
> That's no longer the case with two 3.x versions?
> -Clint
>
> God Bless,
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Kaulback"
>
>
> You can't use two different versions, the newest will always
> dominate.
> If you do need 2 separate versions then you will require either
> a
> virtual pc setup, or a usb key (I prefer this) or other media.
> This
> happens with most applications on windows. I can do this on
> Linux buts
> its a different can of worms.
>
> Portable Firefox http://portablefirefox.mozdev.org/ can help
> you do this.
>
> HTH Clint.
>
> Peter Kaulback
>
> On 4/26/2010 1:28 AM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote:
>
>> This is regarding and started with
>> //www.freelists.org/post/pcworks/How-do-you-go-back-to-a-previous-version-of-FireFox
>>
>> I installed http://www.mozbackup.org/ and did a backup of
>> everything in FF that it could.
>>
>> I found v3.5.2 at
>> http://www.oldversion.com/Mozilla-Firefox.html and I
>> installed
>> it in a NEW FOLDER, separate from v3.6.3 so I could have both
>> installed.
>>
>> I clicked to start v3.5.2, and to my shock, all of the
>> extensions FROM v3.6.3 were already installed and setup! How
>> is that possible? The 'Real Player Browser Record' plugin
>> was
>> back and working on v3.5.2, while it does show up at YouTube
>> for example, the YT jerks have found a way to still disable
>> it!
>> But at least it will work at other websites. (With FF at YT
>> one will just have to use another plugin like
>> "VideoDownloader").
>>
>> I closed v3.5.2 and opened 3.6.3, and both were still
>> installed, and working "independently" of each other, but I
>> don't know just how independently because of the extensions
>> mysteriously showing up installed and configured on v3.5.2.
>> Does the Mozilla installer look for setup files or Profile
>> folders from past installations and apply those to all
>> installs? (If so, shouldn't it ASK if that's what you want
>> to
>> do?) So it seems all is ok.
>>
>> So I shut my PC down for the day, restarted it today, went to
>> start v3.5.2 and for some reason this time there was a box
>> that
>> showed up saying something like or about "....checking add-on
>> compatibility....". I don't understand why that didn't
>> happen
>> yesterday when I first loaded it.
>>
>> Then I started v3.6.3 and it also did the same thing! Also,
>> it
>> somehow re-added 2 add-ons to the main browser bar at the top
>> that I had previously REMOVED. It also didn't go to my
>> default
>> FF page, it went to that Mozilla page saying something like
>> "Welcome to FF 3.6.3". Well, that's what I have been running
>> for several weeks now!
>>
>> Each time I open 3.6.3, still after a wait of MINUTES (AFTER
>> FIRST opening 3.5.2), the "Add-ons" panel immediately opens
>> up!
>> And it goes through that "....checking add-on
>> compatibility...." again! And it also says I have installed
>> 3
>> new extensions!! Oh really?? WHICH ONES??? It also keeps
>> RE-enabling one of the two I disabled! It also keeps going
>> back to the Mozilla default page saying I have 3.6.3
>> installed!
>>
>> If I open 3.6.3 again WITHOUT first opening 3.5.2, all is
>> normal! (Again, after a wait of 5+ minutes). Then if I go
>> to
>> open 3.5.2, then it goes through all that BS again described
>> above with 3.6.3! If it open 3.5.2 again, it's normal!
>>
>> It would seem two versions of FF cannot exist on the same
>> PC. ?? If they can, how do I stop this intolerable behavior?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Clint
>
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