Can't login on firefox anymore. - by sNeaksieGarrett
sNeaksieGarrett on 18/5/2009 at 04:38
I can't log in on firefox anymore. Everytime I log in I get booted. I can only log in on internet exploder browser. (yes, it sounds like a cookies problem, but I used to be able to log in fine! Also, I've checked and cookies are enabled.)
nickie on 18/5/2009 at 19:56
It's probably of no help at all (but no-one else has answered yet), but the same thing happened to me unless I ticked the 'remember me' box. After a day or so it righted itself without any further action from me.
bikerdude on 18/5/2009 at 21:00
Quote Posted by sNeaksieGarrett
I can't log in on firefox anymore. Everytime I log in I get booted. I can only log in on internet exploder browser. (yes, it sounds like a cookies problem, but I used to be able to log in fine! Also, I've checked and cookies are enabled.)
SG, you need to locate and rename your firefox profile, then start FF, it will then create a fresh profile and work.
First doa search for bookmarks.html on your c:\ drive, when you find it copy it to your desktop - this contains all your favorites.
Xp:
* C:\documents and settings\-your user name-\Application Data\Mozilla\
* C:\documents and settings\-your user name-\local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\
Vista/W7:
* C:\Users\-your user name-\App data\Roaming\Mozilla\
* C:\Users\-your user name-\App data\Local\Mozilla\
There will be a directory called 'firefox' in each location - delete it.
Restart firefox and then click file>import and click on the 'bookmarks.html' on yer desktop
David on 18/5/2009 at 21:05
I'd actually suggest starting Firefox with the -p command line argument (eg firefox.exe -p from a command prompt) to start Firefox with the profile manager open so that you can test to see if a new profile fixes the problem before you nuke your existing profile and spend ages getting all your extensions and preferences set up again.
bikerdude on 18/5/2009 at 21:20
Quote Posted by David
I'd actually suggest starting Firefox with the -p command line argument (eg
firefox.exe -p from a command prompt) to start Firefox with the profile manager open so that you can test to see if a new profile fixes the problem before you nuke your existing profile and spend ages getting all your extensions and preferences set up again.
I didnt know about that one, another one you could try is clicking on the "firefox" safe mode icon from the start menu, that sometimes works.
sNeaksieGarrett on 18/5/2009 at 21:27
Thanks.
David, I tried it. That works! Though I'd rather not have to redo my whole firefox. Then again, having to switch profiles everytime i want to post on TTLG would get annoying too, so...
bikerdude on 19/5/2009 at 00:00
Quote Posted by sNeaksieGarrett
Thanks.
David, I tried it. That works! Though I'd rather not have to redo my whole firefox. Then again, having to switch profiles everytime i want to post on TTLG would get annoying too, so...
once you get FF working, you can use 'mozbackup', to backup your config, extension, bookmarks, cache etc - so if FF screws up like it does from time to time, you can simply restore.
Muzman on 19/5/2009 at 01:34
This happened to me a couple of times. I'm not sure if it's precisely the same thing but to fix it I went into tools->options->privacy tab->show cookies and found the ttlg folder, then deleted all the cookies inside.
Worked a treat.
sNeaksieGarrett on 19/5/2009 at 02:14
lol:laff:
Thanks muzzman, I'll try that before I go the extreme route.
