Snowy Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 It suddenly won't open! Using windows 7, Firefox was working fine this morning, I shut it down, went to work and now it won't open again. No response at all from clicking on the desktop shortcuts, if I try to open it from an email link I get a pop up saying: "There was a problem sending the command to the programme" Am having to use IE8 and I really don't like it anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Something similar happened to me a while ago! I think I uninstalled it then downloaded it again using IE. Worked fine after that. I use Google Chrome now and really like it - there are some nice touches for using tabs etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Another Chrome fan here. I used Firefox for ages with no probs and really liked it, then all of a sudden it went wonky. Something to do with the add ons. It was OK if I fished about for the safe version, but I couldn't be bothered with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 Thanks. Still won't work this morning so I'll try downloading again and see what happens! Failing that it's Chrome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 OK, new problem I can't uninstall it or reinstall it as it keeps saying "Please close Firefox before you can proceed" Trouble is, it's not open. Or at least it's not open anywhere I can see it How do I force something to close? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 It kept doing that to me too........had to restart the computer each time to clear it. I changed to Chrome too,and am impressed so far.Its certainly faster and more stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 Right, I managed to close it using Task Manager (thanks Cookie for that tip) and have reinstalled it. It's now working fine, but next time it misbehaves its curtains! Thanks for the advice everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I had problems for about a month, after they did a new upgrade; the new version just wouldn't work properly, primarily with Hotmail. I upgraded to Google Chrome and am very happy with it. especially as it automatically imports all your bookmarks and easy access tabs. I can set it up to clear my history on closing too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Only quibble I have with Chrome is that its really long winded to add a bookmark,unless there is a quick & easy way that I haven't discovered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Only quibble I have with Chrome is that its really long winded to add a bookmark,unless there is a quick & easy way that I haven't discovered! There is! There is a star icon on the left of the address bar, click it to add a bookmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Only quibble I have with Chrome is that its really long winded to add a bookmark,unless there is a quick & easy way that I haven't discovered! There is! There is a star icon on the left of the address bar, click it to add a bookmark I do that Fred, but I find the bookmarks are nowhere to be seen. Not sure what I am doing wrong there So I click the star, and then add it to a new folder, just to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Press ctrl+shift+b the bookmarks manager should show up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Thanks Fred - would never have found that on my own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I like the bookmark synching facility - it means that I can synchronise my bookmarks and have the same ones on all my pooters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Cinnamon, do you have the "bookmarks bar" showing? I love it - I have Yahoo/Omlet/Farmville/FB/Scrabble all in a row just a click away and "other bookmarks" at the far right. Click the spanner & "always show bookmarks bar" (or CTRL B). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I do - its a real joy to have there Mine reads: eBay summary,Omlet,Facebook,Google Image,Google Calendar,Metcheck Henley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Press ctrl+shift+b the bookmarks manager should show up. Thank you Fred Almost caused a mischief though as I accidently deleted one of my bookmark folders during a spring clean Luckily looked up how to retrieve it, and it worked *phew* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
