HAY GUYS

seanne · 02:55 PM

So the computer crashes - and when I start it again and boot up firefox I notice that my bookmarks and everything in Tools->Options has been set back to default. God only knows why, but whatever.

I got most things back to normal, but there are still a few things I need help with.

1. Firefox doesn't seem to want to save any visual changes I make. Like customizing the toolbars or changing the size of the browser window. It's all back to default if I close->open.

2. Adding search engines isn't possible. They neither show up in the drop-down menu nor are they saved locally.

3. Also need help with getting rid of bookmark icons. I remember there was a way to do that somehow.[/strike]

Problem solved! =D

Jam it back in, in the dark.

seanne · Local time: Nov 22, 2006, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by niki

Import the backup using Bookmarks -> Organize -> File -> Import

Ah, so it was that simple. Thanks =)

And I reinstalled after noticing that it wouldn't save my customizations. Still won't though and I've tried rebooting afterwards as well.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

seanne · Local time: Nov 22, 2006, 05:18 PM

Another thing I just noticed is that when I start firefox, a file called parent.lock is created in the C:\Documents and Settings\*\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\default.gym folder. And when I close firefox it's deleted.

This might be completely normal, but it sure sounds a bit fishy to me.

Originally Posted by Arainach

Sounds to me that it's more of a Windows user profile than a Firefox profile - it's apparently unable to save its preferences to your directory for some reason or another.

I was thinking along those lines too. Now all that's left is to figure out what the hell it is

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

seanne · Local time: Nov 22, 2006, 07:05 PM

Yes! That solved it. I could kiss you for that, Gechmir =D

This only leaves the bookmark icons problem...

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

seanne · 02:56 PM

I just want to disable firefox from showing these icons (whatever they're called - the GFF one is a chocobo with GF on his head). There is a page on which you can change a lot of "expert stuff", but I can't remember what it was exactly. It's an about: page, like about:blank or about:mozilla.

edit: ok, I found out what it was (about:config).

I was speaking idiomatically.