Firefox blocks despite the creation of the new profile

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• problems after upgrading firefox. reset this is ugly. created the new profile, but can not recover data from old profile.

  I use firefox on a MacBook pro. Mac OS X version 10.7.5. There was an update of firefox on a day or 2 ago. Since this was done, I was getting 'syntax error' 5 times, each time that a page has been loaded. Some research has suggested that an application or a plug-in called "social fixer" might be the problem but I could not understand how to get rid of it so decided to try to reset Firefox. Minutes passed and a message was on the screen saying the old files of firefox have been been "cleaned" or something, but it seems to be 'stuck' because the progress bar was little jerky. Doesn't it usually doesn't. So I clicked on "Cancel". After that, I couldn't even firefox to start. Looks like my profile is unavailable or inaccessible. Following the instructions found on the support site, I created a new profile and I thought I copied the files from the previous firefox on the new profile, but when I run firefox, it's a blank slate. None of my bookmarks or passwords are there. It must be here somewhere, but I can't seem to understand.

  Looks like there was a problem with updating the profiles.ini file.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/profiles.ini_file

  You can try to remove the current profiles.ini file to force Firefox to create a new default profile where Firefox has not done that.
  You can check if there is a profile folder with a number of attached time stamp and in this case, you can set the location of a profile created in this folder.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Recovering_a_missing_profile
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

  If you need to recover data from an older profile, always in the default location, or as a folder of old data of Firefox on the desktop then see:

  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

• I created a new profile and copied the files from my old computer inside firefox. How do the new profile, just delete the old one?

  I am running windows 7, I had to recover my files on an external hard drive when my old computer crashed. I created a new profile as described in the Web site of firefox and copied all the files into it. I just need to know how to use the new profile when I open firefox, just delete the old profile? Or do I have to reinstall firefox.

  If you no longer have need or intention to use this older profile, then you can use the Profile Manager to delete this profile and delete the files.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup

• The progress of the installation is blocked on 'the new device is connected now' bar is just reload!

  The progress of the installation is blocked on 'the new device is connected now' bar is just reload! HP laserjet M1132 MFP

  Welcome @HELPMEPLSHSLOL,

  Thank you for your participation in the forums! I see that you are getting the error "new device is now connected" when you try to install the printer software. I'd love to help you.

  If you are using Windows and you're using a USB connection, try the steps in this document: HP Laserjet products - "Device setup has not completed" or the "Unknown device" Message appears in Windows during Installation of USB. If the printer will not be updated of the Manager of devices in the two Solution, make a right click and uninstall the print device. It may be listed as unknown device, USB or Laserjet M1132 print media. Disconnect, then reconnect the USB cable to see if it will continue the installation. If it is not that whatever it is listed for your printer, try another USB port directly on the computer or another USB cable.

  What operating system do you use? How to find the Windows Edition and the Version on your computer.

  How is the printer connected?

  Feel free to click on the 'accept as Solution' and the 'Thumbs Up' If this helped. Please let me know the results. Best regards

• the arrow buttons, page up/down buttons don't work in firefox 9 despite the function F7

  tried different settings in options/general. also tried on: config accessibility.warn_on_browsewithcaret without success.

  you provide the correct settings?

  Create a new profile as a test to see if your profile is the source of the problems.

  See "basic troubleshooting: a new profile:

  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/basic+troubleshooting#w_8-make-a-new-profile

  There may be extensions and plugins installed by default in a new profile, so check that in "tools > Modules > Extensions & Plugins" in case there are still problems.

  If this new profile works then you can transfer files from the old profile to the new profile, but make sure not to copy corrupted files.

  See:

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

• I copied the old file of passwords in the new profile, but do not see.

  Got a new laptop. Copied the content from the old profile to new profile. Most of the old information are there (bookmarks), but I do not see the passwords. I repeated copying the two files key3db and logins.json specifically, but even the passwords saved on my old profile are not there...

  Could you try again in a new profile and copy only the files logins.json and key3db?

  Create a new profile as a test to see if your profile is the source of the problem.

  See "create a profile":

  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/Profile-Manager-create-and-remove-Firefox-profiles
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues

  If the new profile works then you can transfer files from a profile already used in the new profile, but be careful not to copy files corrupted to avoid transporting more problems.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

• I need to move some messages (and nothing else) from an old profile of TB in the new profile. How?

  Windows 8.1

  New installation of Thunderbird on the new computer. I thought I had migrated correctly the user profile of the old computer, but when I opened TB, the old profile was not in place and 51 messages downloaded in the new default profile.

  I copied this profile regarding migration and set it aside. I have now the old computer profile up, and I need to integrate the messages downloaded in the meantime.

  What to do, what to do?

  Thank you.

  Install this add-on.
  https://addons.Mozilla.org/en-us/Thunderbird/addon/ImportExportTools/

  Then import the messages downloaded from the mail file in the new profile.

• Thunderbird does not work properly after copying old content profile in the new profile, what can I do

  My old laptop crashed, but fortunately I got the hard drive out, who now works as an external drive. I installed TB on my new laptop computer. I copied the contents of the old file to profile in the new profile file and start of TB. I have all my files of pace, but TB does nog works correctly. After that connection, it takes forever to load the new messages, when I leave a message to another, the first answer I get is "TB not responding' and after a few minutes, I finally get to the next message. Same story with 'reply' or 'delete '. I already tried to delete the index file and have tuberculosis still indexing message folders, but this did not help.

  I noticed that my old profile files seems to have a sort of double files in the subfolder Mail, old accounts. For example: pop.tele2.nl, pop.tele2 - 1.nl, pop.tele2 - 2.nl. I'm not sure what they are (they seem to hold different versions?) or is it relevant?

  When I search the AppData/Roaming/profiles I'll find it (on the old and the new hard disk as well) but I can not navigate on him (some parents of hidden file)? I checked the rights on the files of my account profile (Administrator rights). I don't know what to do more, so I hope to help.

  Re: for example: pop.tele2.nl, pop.tele2 - 1.nl, pop.tele2 - 2.nl.
  Here's the e-mail accounts for pop e-mail account. If you have several addresses on the same server, it will have the same name but an additional example:-1 appended to the name. If you got an e-mail account, it can also create and add the additional number. Why you have several, I can't say with certainty what caused them without knowing what you have done. The point being, you must have the directory Local pointing to one that is correct and has all your existing emails.

  Profile files are hidden files.
  http://KB.mozillazine.org/Show_hidden_files_and_folders

  Info on profile:
  http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Thunderbird

  What local directory is set to the e-mail account?
  "Tools" > "Account settings" > "Server settings" for the e-mail account
  bottom right under "Local Directory"
  It will say something like this:
  C:\Users\User account name\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\abc12345.default\Mail\pop.tele2.nl

  Copy paste the info on this issue, so I don't know which e-mail account you use.

  How many email accounts you listed in the left pane in the account settings? You have just the one pop email account and local folders?

  What antivirus do you use?
  If you McAfee please read;

  • https://wiki.Mozilla.org/Thunderbird: test: Antivirus_Related_Performance_Issues #McAfee

  How many emails you have in the Inbox folder?
  It is advisable to use the Inbox folder as a mailbox for incoming mail, and not as a general storage. Suggest you create folders and move all the emails in the Inbox in other appropriate folders, then right-click on Inbox and select "Compact".

  Good info explaining what is compaction and why it is important:

  • https://support.Mozilla.org/en-us/KB/compacting-folders?ESAB=a & s = Compacting & r = 0 & As = s

  It is also a good idea to Archive mail older than a few months.
  Implemented for archive by month and keep the structure of archive folders. These emails will still be visible by 'Archives' folder and in your profile, but check-in will reduce the size of files and therefore less memory use during their opening.
  Info on archiving Options:
  https://support.Mozilla.org/en-us/KB/archived-messages

• Why all the pop-up windows blocked, despite the option of popups block DO NOT checked?

  A few months previously, out of the blue, windows pop up never came on firefox.
  What I was doing was urgent, so I used IE (grrr!) instead.
  I still have this problem - despite the option 'block pop-up windows' is checked, work without popups.
  What can be wrong?
  Thanks for any help!

  Not related to your question, but your above posted system details see the several Console Java extensions.
  
  You can uninstall (remove) the Java Console extensions and disable the Java Quick Starter extension, you do not need to run Java applets.

  See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Java#Multiple_Java_Console_extensions

  See also http://www.java.com/en/download/help/quickstarter.xml - what is Java Quick Starter (JQS)? What is the advantage of running JQS? -6.0

  Disable the Java Quick Starter extension: Tools-> Addons-> Extensions
  
  Control Panel-> Java-> advanced-> various-> Java Quick Starter (disable)

• Firefox automatically opens the new tab, even when I don't want it. Need to stop this.

  In the Blackboard, I need not to open a new tab in Firefox. Before the last update, it was fine, but now when I click on a new choice (that is, the notebook) it always opens a new tab. The administrator of my Bb says it's a browser problem. I can right click to open a new tab, but there is no choice not to open a new tab.

  You can check some prefs on the topic: config page:

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow
  • 1: active tab; 2: new window; 3: new tab;

  For links opened via JavaScript, you can watch this pref:

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction

  You can open the topic: config page via the address bar.
  You can accept the warning and click on "I'll be careful" to continue.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/about:config

  Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/tools > Modules > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is the cause of the problem.

  • Put yourself in the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/tools > Modules > appearance
  • Do NOT click on the reset button on the startup window Mode safe
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/safe+mode
  • https://support.Mozilla.org/KB/troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

• Firefox does not sites or the load, but without the styles in the new profile

  I use Firefox 40 10 Windows pro. That's all started when I updated my firefox. After this mozila Web sites have no style and some http secure sites, I've got sec_error_bad_signature. I've tried safe mode, but this did not help. I also tried to create the new firefox profile was as useless, but when I restored my old profile everything worked like clockwork. Today, I tried to reinstall firefox and still had these errors. Other browsers work fine. Analysis antivirus showed nothing. Can someone help me with this?

  Hi, in case, you're an avast user, please try to disable https scanning in avast:

  1. Open the Avast dashboard on an affected system.
  2. Select settings in the left side menu.
  3. Adopt a Protection Active.
  4. Click on customize next to the Web Shield.
  5. Uncheck the option "Enable HTTPS analysis", and then click ok.

  http://www.gHacks.NET/2014/10/31/avasts-HTTPS-scanning-interferes-with-Firefox-and-other-programs/

• No menu or the toolbar at the top of the page, try screw up firefox and download the new version, still no menu or toolbar

  I have google as my default homepage on my Mac. This morning when I opened Firefox Google home page fills the entire page, there is no menu or toolbar at the top of the page. I tried to click on F11 but it fills just the search bar with an f. I tried right clicking and clicking on 'ESC' but which does nothing. I tried to screw up my version of Firefox and download a new version, but when I opened it, it opened to the Google home page and there's still once a menu or toolbar. I did not restart my computer once I downloaded the new version of Firefox. I'll try that right now.

  On Mac, command + shift + f should also switch between normal view and full screen.

  Another method that may work is to drag the pointer of the mouse completely to the top of the screen. If the tab slides to the bottom bar, you can right click (Ctrl + click?) an empty area of the top (or right click on the button '+') and you should get a context menu runs with the option for Mode full-screen output.

  Does it work?

• Firefox crashes very often on the new profile

  I had a problem with Firefox crash once or twice a day and tried a few solutions as in Safe Mode, reinstall and so on, but nothing has worked. Then I created a new profile and for a while it seemed to work but accidents are back today.
  Here are the IDs of the crash reports
  BP-3b02d4f7-64e7-4C69-ad28-94e682140819
  BP-d7713a53-1f58-4744-8806-2bd852140819
  BP-4f4931d5-b1bd-4B10-8F02-81c312140819

  Hello, due to the wide range of signatures of error, I would speculate that your material could be involved in the issue. You can test the integrity of your RAM with a tool like www.memtest.org?

• How to share tabs between my various Firefox installations using the new system of accounts of Firefox?

  I use Firefox Nightly (2014-02-18, 30.a1, x 64) on my laptop (Windows Pro 8.1 x 64) and I was using Firefox Beta on my Nexus 5 (Android 4.4.2). Recently, Mozilla announced the new system of accounts of Firefox (which replaces the old Firefox Sync account) and I created an account of Firefox for my computer laptop installation every night. Because the new account in Firefox does not work with the old Firefox Sync account, I replaced my installation Android of the beta version of Firefox with Firefox Nightly and signed account Firefox on my Android. However, when I try to send a tab of my Android installation to my installation of laptop using intend to 'Share for every night', every night asking me to implement a sync account, which is impossible to fill in my computer laptop system every night. I tried to replace my Android installation every night with an Android Aurora facility, but the same problem occurs.

  What's worse, is that even with my laptop and Android facilities signed on the same account in Firefox, I'm not all information is synchronized between 2 facilities. No story is shared, and I don't see the list of tabs opened from the other device. I can't move tabs between my phone and my laptop, which is something I've used every week I visited websites and read that my RSS FEED on my phone. Does anyone know how to share tabs using Firefox's new accounts? Does anyone know why Firefox accounts doesn't seem to be synchronization of data between my 2 installations?

  Hi gfactor:

  An update on this issue. I think that this (965811) was fixed in Firefox Beta 29.

  Please try beta if you have some time (just search for Firefox Beta on the google play and then install firefox beta) and let us know if Firefox 29 beta sendtab now works for you.
  

• Firefox crashes, impossible to create the new profile, reinstall does not work, can't get into safe mode

  Whenever I try to open Firefox, it only open the crash reporter. When I press "Restart Firefox", it just opened another journalist to crash. I use a PC.

  I tried all of the following characteristics, does not:

  1. reboot the computer
  2. system restore
  3. Uninstall and reinstall (done this several times)
  4 remove the Firefox installation folder
  5. try to create a new profile / use the Profile Manager using "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" - P, firefox.exe-p and firefox.exe - profilemanager - and all of this was, once again, open the crash reporter
  6 safe mode - literally impossible even to open Firefox so I don't know how I could do that

  I am at a loss. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  OK, if %AppData% does not lead you in the right place you can also manually navigate to the folder with incident reports (you may need to turn on the display of the first hidden files). It is located in C:\Users\ < your user name > \AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted...