I broke Firefox.

[RevolutionaryActs]

:cry:


It wouldn't open (a little box kept popped up saying it was already in use, and to close it. :wtf:), I finally got it to reload, but now I lost all of my bookmarks, and extensions. Sucky. ;(

[YellowRubberDuckie]

1. Dude!

Just restart when that stuff happens. There's no other way to fix it without screwing it up.
Duckie

[RevolutionaryActs]

5. I did that already silly

It was messed up Yesterday, I restarted, ran anti-virus programs. Finally got fed up and turned it off. Came back today, same thing happened. :shrug:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

16. It happened to me all the time on my old computer...

Here's a trick: Make two different profiles for Firefox. Make it to where you have to sign each time. Then when one is running the other one will be available.
Duckie

[RevolutionaryActs]

19. Ooooh, that's smart.

Thanks! :bounce:

[Wapsie B]

2. Oh Dear God No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:cry:

[RevolutionaryActs]

6. LOL!

Hush up. :P

[Wapsie B]

8. ..........

;-)

[RevolutionaryActs]

10. I haven't seen you in forever, btw. How ya been?

:hi:

[Wapsie B]

11. I've been good.

Damnit. Gotta stop that. ;-)

:hi:

[RevolutionaryActs]

12. Just keep posting here, we'll fix that.

:rofl:

[Wapsie B]

14. Oh dear god in heaven.

Make my dreams come true.

:rofl:

[RevolutionaryActs]

15. Maybe if you're good.

:evilgrin::rofl:

[Wapsie B]

18. Oh yes, I'm the consummate good boy.

:evilgrin:

:rofl:

[RevolutionaryActs]

21. Oh, I know.

You're as good... as...un.... flvegan. :rofl:

[Wapsie B]

23. Why yes I am.

We're two choirboys for sure. O8) O8) O8)

[TOhioLiberal]

3. try rebooting...

...and then see if your bookmarks are back.

[RevolutionaryActs]

7. Tried that.

Didn't work.

[flvegan]

4. Don't ride it so hard, then.

Jeez.

[RevolutionaryActs]

9. *snicker*

Perv. :P

[Omphaloskepsis]

13. I use this..

http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/browsersync/

Even if I get a new computer things in Firefox sync automagically. It has saved a ton of time. And it doesn't sync extensions. But that is the easiest part of getting things back to normal.


And yes, some people might not be happy with google having that much info. From the FAQ:

What's the point of encrypting my information?

By encrypting your information, it will be transmitted to and stored on Google's servers in a format that is nearly impossible to interpret without the PIN. That means that without the PIN, no one, not even Google, will be able to read your data. Therefore, it's important to choose a good PIN (at least 8 characters including both numbers and letters) that's hard to guess and to keep your PIN safe. Note that encrypting all of your browser settings may affect the performance of Google Browser Sync and Firefox.

[RevolutionaryActs]

22. That looks pretty nifty.

:D

[RoyGBiv]

17. You had a "runaway" process ...

When/if that happens again, kill it with the task manager, and it'll be fine.

Not knowing how you managed to get it working again, I can't be certain, but what you most likely did ended up generating a new profile, which is why your bookmarks "disappeared." They may still be there.

If you run Windows XP, the profiles are located:

Documents and Settings\<UserName>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox

This is a "hidden" directory, so if you haven't already, you'll have to tell Windows to let you see them.

Anyway, if you can get in there, check to see if more than one profile exists. The profiles are separated into directories named in ways that look like gibberish. If more than one is there, one of them is probably your current profile, another your old one. The bookmarks file is in there, and you can move the "old" file into the "new" profile to replace the new bookmarks file, thus retrieving your old bookmarks.

[RevolutionaryActs]

20. Ah ha!

Excellent, I shall try that. Thank you. :D

[Radical Activist]

24. You don't break firefox. Firefox breaks YOU!

Cause that's how you like it!

[RevolutionaryActs]

25. I need to know something.

Do I only know perverts, or do I just think everything is perverted? :rofl:

[Radical Activist]

26. you attract them.

and you like it. admit it. ;) :spank:

[RevolutionaryActs]

27. Possibly.

Or maybe I just like teasing them. ;)

[Radical Activist]

28. speaking

of perverts. Did you see my thread about rollergirls?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6094890&mesg_id=6094890

[RevolutionaryActs]

29. Oh just want you need.

More girls to dream about. :eyes: :P

[Little Wing]

30. Yes, it happened to me

and a few others here. Firefox LOVES to forget all your bookmarks, it pisses me off. The bookmark manager in FF 2.0 fucking blows.

You have to CTRL-ALT-DELETE to bring up the task manager, then select Processes, highlight it with a left click, then right-click and 'end processs' it.

I really hate this part of it, but it's still better then IE7

[SPKrazy]

31. Only You!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWsPJPEXJJw

It ain't what ya think!

I'm sorry about your firefox, I don't know why it did that.

I lurve firefox, so much better than that nasty IE, but geez, I hope you can restore your bookmarks

:pals:

[ironflange]

32. For God's sake, get the Foxmarks extension

It will automatically synchronize your bookmarks over multiple computers. Set it and forget it. I have three computers all sharing the same bookmark set, two Windoze, one Linux.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2410/