I soon realized I neglected to uninstall about a half-dozen Firefox add-ons I had tested several months ago and no longer used. Here are solutions to four other common Firefox glitches.Ĭonflicts with security software, outdated add-ons cause slow starts/no startsįirefox was starting so slowly on my test PC that I began to wonder whether I actually clicked the fox icon in my Quick Launch toolbar. With the phantom process gone, Firefox updated without a hitch.
I selected the rogue entry and chose End Process to close it. Sure enough, there was an entry for "firefox.exe *32," even though there were no Firefox windows open on the system. The Firefox error message instructed me to "make sure there are no other copies of Firefox running on your computer, and then restart Firefox to try again." I closed Firefox, opened the Windows Task Manager Processes list (press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, choose Start Task Manager, and click the Processes tab). Though this allowed me to upgrade the browser, the uninstall/reinstall process took far too long. (Instructions for installing Firefox are provided on the Firefox support site.)
The first few times this happened, I uninstalled the old version of Firefox and reinstalled the new version. Uninstall and reinstall your browser Some browsers, including Opera, offer a reset option-seen here at the bottom of the page.For several months, the Vista PC in my home office refused to upgrade Firefox. Clear Safari cookies via Privacy and Manage Website Data in Preferences. You can then open up the Develop menu and choose Empty Caches. Safari is a bit more involved: Open Preferences from the Safari menu, then click Advanced, and tick Show Develop menu in menu bar. On the Settings tab for Microsoft Edge, open Privacy and Services, then click Choose What to Clear. For Opera, open Settings, then Privacy & security, and Clear browsing data. In Firefox Preferences, you can find the setting under Privacy & Security and Clear Data. In Chrome, from Settings pick Clear browsing data. Usually, cookies are harmless and useful, but a regular purge will quickly get rid of any corrupt or unnecessary ones. Cookies are bits of data that websites link to your machine to identify who you are, where you’re from, your website preferences, and more. At the same time you clear your cache, most browsers let you clear cookies as well.
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