My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
related program but Firefox works or did for me.

On Tue, 17 May 2005 11:35:41 -0700, nospambob wrote:
My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
related program but Firefox works or did for me.

What's it (not) doing? My email address is real if you want to do it
there.

Dave

nospambob wrote:
My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
related program but Firefox works or did for me.

If you have a utility such as System Suite 2000 that will allow you to
clean out and restore your registry, that would be my first step.

It is a broad axe technique but it usually works for me.

Delete the entire FireFox directory, then go back and clean up the
registry and get rid of all the broken links, etc.

After that, try downloading again.

HTH

Lew

Try Mozilla's counterpart newsreader/mail program - Thunderbird. I'll never open Outlook Express again!

nospambob wrote:
My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
related program but Firefox works or did for me.

In article , says...
Try Mozilla's counterpart newsreader/mail program - Thunderbird. I'll never open Outlook Express again!


I just updated from W95 to W98SE. Yes, I know I'm slow :-).

W98 has completely wiped out my address books and inbox/sent/trash folders. Even
restoring them from a CD backup doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?

Luckily it didn't destroy Gravity :-).

--
BNSF = Build Now, Seep Forever

On Tue, 17 May 2005 21:24:28 -0700, lgb wrote:

Luckily it didn't destroy Gravity :-).

Understood, completely.

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lgb wrote:

In article , says...
Try Mozilla's counterpart newsreader/mail program - Thunderbird. I'll
never open Outlook Express again!


I just updated from W95 to W98SE. Yes, I know I'm slow :-).

W98 has completely wiped out my address books and inbox/sent/trash folders.
Even
restoring them from a CD backup doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?

Luckily it didn't destroy Gravity :-).




that's a nasty upgrade. do yourself a favor and go buy another hard
drive and install the new OS on that. then mine your data off of the old
one.

"bridger" wrote in message
...
In article ,
lgb wrote:

In article , says...
Try Mozilla's counterpart newsreader/mail program - Thunderbird. I'll
never open Outlook Express again!


I just updated from W95 to W98SE. Yes, I know I'm slow :-).

W98 has completely wiped out my address books and inbox/sent/trash
folders.
Even
restoring them from a CD backup doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?

You're not slow, as you say, you're creating unnecessary problems for
yourself. What possible compelling reason
is there to be using Win anything but XP these days? There are so many
advantages to using a current operating system
over the fossil OS's you're electing to use. Why not upgrade to something
realistic? As MS now admits, Win98 SE and ME were
ly conceived ideas back then...and they garner no greater merit today.

-Mark

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says...
What possible compelling reason
is there to be using Win anything but XP these days? There are so many
advantages to using a current operating system
over the fossil OS's you're electing to use. Why not upgrade to something
realistic?

Well, let's see. I'm in the process of switching back to Linux, which I
used to use to develop Unix software before I retired. I've been using
W95 in the interim only for internet access and drawing model rr plans,
woodworking plans, etc..

After I complete the switch, Windows will be used almost only for
creating decals on an Alps printer. I wanted to upgrade to 98 because
the Alps driver is better. Otherwise, I would have stayed at 95.

And when you're retired on a low budget, W98SE for $30, with a 400MHZ
computer attached, looks like a pretty good deal :-).

I'm back to using Netscape (4.77, another oldie) to read my email as
well as visit websites until I get Linux running. I just wanted to fix
Thunderbird as an exersize in defeating M$ clobbering of it :-).

BTW, the fix I quoted in my last post didn't work either. I'm either
going to give up or download a newer release. I do have the old files
which are ASCII, so I can recover any missing addresses and emails I
want to keep.

Enough - back to woodworking.

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BNSF = Build Now, Seep Forever

Chances are that your files are still there somewhere. You'd get better results posting this question to one of the
Microsoft support groups.

For about the cost of the Win98 O/S dick, you can get a used or reburbished Dell with WinXP installed. The 20th century
is long over...get with the program!

lgb wrote:
In article , says...

Try Mozilla's counterpart newsreader/mail program - Thunderbird. I'll never open Outlook Express again!



I just updated from W95 to W98SE. Yes, I know I'm slow :-).

W98 has completely wiped out my address books and inbox/sent/trash folders. Even
restoring them from a CD backup doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?

Luckily it didn't destroy Gravity :-).

lgb wrote in message on
Wednesday 18 May 2005 12:24 am:

In article , says...
Try Mozilla's counterpart newsreader/mail program - Thunderbird. I'll
never open Outlook Express again!


I just updated from W95 to W98SE. Yes, I know I'm slow :-).

W98 has completely wiped out my address books and inbox/sent/trash
folders. Even
restoring them from a CD backup doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?

Luckily it didn't destroy Gravity :-).


I don't use MSFT OS's anymore so DAMHIKT, but 'regclean.exe' is your friend.
Delete the Firefox directory and then apply regclean (Google for it ...
it's on a MSFT site somewhere.)

You should be done. Reinstall Firefox.

I just went from Fedora Core 2.0 Linux to Mandrake 10 Community Linux and
lost nothing. Nothing.

Bill

"Bill C." wrote:
I don't use MSFT OS's anymore so DAMHIKT, but 'regclean.exe' is your friend.
Delete the Firefox directory and then apply regclean (Google for it ...
it's on a MSFT site somewhere.)

You should be done. Reinstall Firefox.

I just went from Fedora Core 2.0 Linux to Mandrake 10 Community Linux and
lost nothing. Nothing.

Normally I'd agree with you about reloading Firefox, but it and
Mozilla have a major security problem at the moment. You'll have
to turn off Java, Javascript and about everrything that makes it
useful versus IE to stop the problem. Hopefully a fix will be in
the next version, the new one doesn't have a fix.

Dave in Fairfax
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http://www.Patinatools.org/

On Thu, 19 May 2005 00:31:14 GMT, Dave in Fairfax wrote:
"Bill C." wrote:
I don't use MSFT OS's anymore so DAMHIKT, but 'regclean.exe' is your friend.
Delete the Firefox directory and then apply regclean (Google for it ...
it's on a MSFT site somewhere.)

You should be done. Reinstall Firefox.

I just went from Fedora Core 2.0 Linux to Mandrake 10 Community Linux and
lost nothing. Nothing.

Normally I'd agree with you about reloading Firefox, but it and
Mozilla have a major security problem at the moment. You'll have
to turn off Java, Javascript and about everrything that makes it
useful versus IE to stop the problem. Hopefully a fix will be in
the next version, the new one doesn't have a fix.

Got a link? My sources don't seem to mention anything current. One of
us has newer information than the other...not sure who.

"Dave in Fairfax" wrote in message
...
"Bill C." wrote:
I don't use MSFT OS's anymore so DAMHIKT, but 'regclean.exe' is your
friend.
Delete the Firefox directory and then apply regclean (Google for it ...
it's on a MSFT site somewhere.)

You should be done. Reinstall Firefox.

I just went from Fedora Core 2.0 Linux to Mandrake 10 Community Linux and
lost nothing. Nothing.

Normally I'd agree with you about reloading Firefox, but it and
Mozilla have a major security problem at the moment. You'll have
to turn off Java, Javascript and about everrything that makes it
useful versus IE to stop the problem. Hopefully a fix will be in
the next version, the new one doesn't have a fix.

What ae the specifics of the security probelm you speak of with Firefox?

-Mark

nospambob wrote:
My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
related program but Firefox works or did for me.


Get a friend with a high speed connection to
download it to CD/DVD, then install from the CD.
Besides, if you have IE, just download another
copy.

On Tue, 17 May 2005 11:35:41 -0700, nospambob
wrote:

My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
related program but Firefox works or did for me.

uninstall then download it again,,., I Do use Firefox as a
browser...use Forte Agent as a newsreader... To be honest
never had a problem with either,,,, Both Free versions

Bob Griffiths

Bob G. wrote:

I Do use Firefox as a
browser...use Forte Agent as a newsreader... To be honest
never had a problem with either,,,,
Me, too. Great combination.
Both Free versions
Except that I paid for agnet to git the spel cehcker, beacuse without
ti, and with my speling and tpying skiills, my possts wouuld lokk like
this.
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Alex -- Replace "nospam" with "mail" to reply by email. Checked infrequently.

BTDT twice and both times get same error MSD, something about not
finding START.MOZILLA.ORG. I bought Agent for the support that has
been outstanding. Liked free Agent and decided to avoid problems.
Mozilla has a forum but you need a viable Mozilla browser to use it.
Appreciate the help from all!

On Wed, 18 May 2005 10:13:16 -0400, Bob G.
wrote:

On Tue, 17 May 2005 11:35:41 -0700, nospambob
wrote:

My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
related program but Firefox works or did for me.

uninstall then download it again,,., I Do use Firefox as a
browser...use Forte Agent as a newsreader... To be honest
never had a problem with either,,,, Both Free versions

Bob Griffiths

nospambob wrote:

BTDT twice and both times get same error MSD, something about not
finding START.MOZILLA.ORG.
I seem to remember a checkbox on install for "use firefox start for
home page" I always uncheck that. Sounds like what it was looking for.

Mozilla has a forum but you need a viable Mozilla browser to use it.

I had no problem opening http://forums.mozillazine.org/ in IE. I've
only used the forums from firefox, though. Where are you getting
stuck. I can't believe they would make it not work in ie, since they
want to be able to attract current IE users. And to support
Thunderbird for non-firfox users.
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In article ,
nospambob wrote:
My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
related program but Firefox works or did for me.

what are the symptoms?

does it load, the window open, and then just 'not work'?

AYUP to both.

On Wed, 18 May 2005 14:36:23 -0000,
(Robert Bonomi) wrote:

In article ,
nospambob wrote:
My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
related program but Firefox works or did for me.

what are the symptoms?

does it load, the window open, and then just 'not work'?

In article ,
nospambob wrote:
On Wed, 18 May 2005 14:36:23 -0000,
(Robert Bonomi) wrote:

In article ,
nospambob wrote:
My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
related program but Firefox works or did for me.

what are the symptoms?

does it load, the window open, and then just 'not work'?

AYUP to both.



If the 'just not work' includes "don't even get the I-beam cursor, when
clicking on the URL entry panel" then -- BINGO! I ran into the *exactly*
the same problem. Took some digging to get to the bottom of it, but the
culprit was "something" clobbered in the 'extensions' I'd selected. *AND*
'uninstalling' Firefox does *NOT* remove the extensions, thus a re-install
_automatically_ picked the problem child up again.

Here's the fix:


First, "uninstall" firefox, if you haven't already.

Next, do the following:
Start-Search-files and folders

Search for the name Mozilla

You should get several matches. One of them will be a folder
under "Application Data" (the exact path depends on the OS version,
and what 'username' you're using, if applicable)

Now, open Windows explorer (Start[right-click]-explore), and go to that
folder. In it there will be a folder named 'firefox', click on that.

In that folder, will be a folder named "profiles", click on _that_.

In _that_ folder will be a folder with a 'garbage' 8-character name, probably
the only thing in the folder. click on *that*.

In *that* will be a folder named "Extensions", click on THAT (hang in
there, we're almost done!

In THAT folder, click on 'Edit-Select All" from the menu bar. then
click on "file-delete" from the menu bar. confirm that you want to
send things to the recycle bin, if asked.

Close Windows Explorer.

"empty recycle bin".

Run the Firefox installer program again. It should be on your hard-disk
"somewhere". do a "start-search-files or folders" for
Firefox*setup*exe
and you should find it.

If not, and you cant get to the regular Firefox download site, there's a copy
of the 1.0.4 installer at
http://www.r-bonomi.com/firefox.exe

(If you're fool enough to trust an executable from a random web-site.

In article , says...
In article ,
nospambob wrote:
My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
related program but Firefox works or did for me.

what are the symptoms?

does it load, the window open, and then just 'not work'?

No, it works fine. But my previous mail, both sent and received, and my address book,
are empty. It had also lost my ISP info. In other words, it looked like I'd just
installed it. I reloaded the entire directories from a CD backup, but that seemed to
confuse it. Guess I'll have to uninstall and reinstall.

--
BNSF = Build Now, Seep Forever

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says...

I guess I didn't make it clear that I was talking about the standalone
Thunderbird, not Firefox.

And while I haven't tried it yet, I ran across the below in another
newsgroup. Sure sounds like my problem.

------------
5. I checked again, and restarted Thunderbird. Then I had a closer look
at the directory structure, and under Profiles\ a directory with varying
name (like 60fth4de.default\) contains the 'real' data. I copied Mail\
and ImapMail\ from my old directory there, as well as the collections of
files found there in the old directory, and voila! everything was
working
again! Even my addresses reappeared!
-------------------

--
BNSF = Build Now, Seep Forever

When all else fails, RTFM

lgb wrote:
In article ,
says...

I guess I didn't make it clear that I was talking about the standalone
Thunderbird, not Firefox.

And while I haven't tried it yet, I ran across the below in another
newsgroup. Sure sounds like my problem.

------------
5. I checked again, and restarted Thunderbird. Then I had a closer look
at the directory structure, and under Profiles\ a directory with varying
name (like 60fth4de.default\) contains the 'real' data. I copied Mail\
and ImapMail\ from my old directory there, as well as the collections of
files found there in the old directory, and voila! everything was
working
again! Even my addresses reappeared!
-------------------

lgb wrote:
In article ,
says...

I guess I didn't make it clear that I was talking about the standalone
Thunderbird, not Firefox.

And while I haven't tried it yet, I ran across the below in another
newsgroup. Sure sounds like my problem.

------------
5. I checked again, and restarted Thunderbird. Then I had a closer look
at the directory structure, and under Profiles\ a directory with varying
name (like 60fth4de.default\) contains the 'real' data. I copied Mail\
and ImapMail\ from my old directory there, as well as the collections of
files found there in the old directory, and voila! everything was
working
again! Even my addresses reappeared!
-------------------


I installed Firefox (1.0) and Thunderbird sometime
back and it sucked everything out of Netscape
(4.7) right into Firefox and Thunderbird--
bookmarks, history, all of my e-mail folders.
Didn't loose anything.

lgb wrote:

In article , says...
In article ,
nospambob wrote:
My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
related program but Firefox works or did for me.

what are the symptoms?

does it load, the window open, and then just 'not work'?

No, it works fine. But my previous mail, both sent and received, and my address book,
are empty. It had also lost my ISP info. In other words, it looked like I'd just
installed it. I reloaded the entire directories from a CD backup, but that seemed to
confuse it. Guess I'll have to uninstall and reinstall.

Are you talking about Firefox (per your note) or Thunderbird? Firefox
knows nothing about your mail or address book, unless there is an
extension I am not aware of.
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nospambob wrote:
My copy got corrupted and two downloads later I'm using Internet
Explorer and hating it. Can't get to Firefox Forums as reader is
broke. Is help out there and if so where? Have considered another
related program but Firefox works or did for me.

If you cannot successfully uninstall and reinstall Firefox to the
default location try a fresh install to an alternate location.

Windows is so insanely stupid that when you reinstall software it
will not overwrite files that are already there (except maybe for
your user data files) so that if you are doing a reinstall to correct
corrupt files it doesn't work. Windows was written to make it
very difficult to fix corrupted programs, whether on purpose or
through gross incompetence is anybody's guess.

--

FF

Try starting firefox from the command prompt with firefox
-profilemanager and create a new profile (it's usually a corrupt
profile that messes firefox up). You can then reimport your bookmarks
from the old profile which is in documents and
settings/usrname/application
data/mozilla/firefox/profiles/oldrandomprofilenamr/bookmarks.htm that
should do the trick.