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Firefox won't open
Name: Jersey Shore Date: August 8, 2006 at 15:45:07 Pacific OS: 98SE CPU/Ram: 550/160
Comment:
I just downloaded Firefox which was working fine. Then I downloaded Thunderbird and imported my mail. Now, Firefox will not open. Clicking on it only opens Thunderbird. Any ideas?
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: August 8, 2006 at 16:54:55 Pacific
Reply:
Have you tried getting to the browswer through Start Menu Programs?
Life is more painless for those who are brainless.
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Response Number 2
Name: Vivi (by Violet9) Date: August 9, 2006 at 17:41:24 Pacific
Reply:
Which browser have you set as your default? Firefox or Thunderbird? Maybe I'm wrong but I'm guessing you made Thunderbird your default and so now everytime you want to open a web browser it opens up Thunderbird because you set it as your default. Sometimes computers do that.
You need a good defence if a trojan barges into your territory.
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Response Number 3
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: August 10, 2006 at 17:21:22 Pacific
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Vi, Thunderbird is not a browser. It's an email client.
Life is more painless for those who are brainless.
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Response Number 4
Name: Coos Bay Lumber Date: August 10, 2006 at 17:31:53 Pacific
Reply:
There is a routine over at the Mozilla web site which is similar to your problem. It deals with bleeping out certain portions of items within your registry, then reinstalling. It is a big search there to locate such, but you will spend a good twenty minutes finding the routine and the file names needing to be bleeped out. If you do not bleep these out, essentially nothing will change.
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