Wings_of_Azrael
April 24th, 2003, 06:09 PM
Mozilla has a horrible bug in it that once again may force me to ditch it. The first time I ditched Mozilla was because of a bug with the bookmarks that caused Mozilla to flat out crash any time I tried to Manage or File bookmarks. That was on Windows ME, and I eventually found an obscure folder than contained Mozilla's settings, bookmarks, and whatnot. I'm on Win2000 now, and cannot find this folder anywhere. So, I figured I'd try to delete every trace of Mozilla from my system and reinstall, and just move in my backup bookmarks file and all would be well. However, this proved more difficult than I thought. After uninstalling Mozilla, deleting the Mozilla program folder, searching for and deleting all Mozilla files I could find with Windows file search, and cleaning every reference to "Mozilla" with jv16 registry cleaner; when I reinstall Mozilla, it still remembers my corrupted bookmark folder and settings. It seems as though they bury and hide this info deep in some obscurely located and obscurely named folder. Because of this, I can't use Mozilla as the bookmarks are corrupted. I'm sure as hell not gonna reformat so I can use a bug-infested browser. If I can't find out how to do a clean install, I'm just gonna switch back to IE.
BTW, I've had problems with this bug as far back as Mozilla 1.1, and probably earlier, but I can't remember. It always occurs when I put a folder called "Links" on the personal toolbar. It usually works fine for weeks and months even. Then, for some unknown reason, it screws up. I'm sure it's not a virus as I just scanned for viruses and trojans. If I get Mozilla back, I won't try making new folders on the personal toolbar, as Mozilla obviously can't handle such functions.
Ok, I just installed Phoenix on my system after not having it on here for months. It automatically imported my Mozilla bookmarks from seemingly nowhere, as I can't find a bookmarks.html file on my entire hard drive! Where and why are they hiding shit?
I asked about this months ago on the Mozilla forum after 1.2 was released and got no answers. All I want to know is how to completely and thoroughly cleanse my Win2K system of all files and folders installed by Mozilla.
BTW, I've had problems with this bug as far back as Mozilla 1.1, and probably earlier, but I can't remember. It always occurs when I put a folder called "Links" on the personal toolbar. It usually works fine for weeks and months even. Then, for some unknown reason, it screws up. I'm sure it's not a virus as I just scanned for viruses and trojans. If I get Mozilla back, I won't try making new folders on the personal toolbar, as Mozilla obviously can't handle such functions.
Ok, I just installed Phoenix on my system after not having it on here for months. It automatically imported my Mozilla bookmarks from seemingly nowhere, as I can't find a bookmarks.html file on my entire hard drive! Where and why are they hiding shit?
I asked about this months ago on the Mozilla forum after 1.2 was released and got no answers. All I want to know is how to completely and thoroughly cleanse my Win2K system of all files and folders installed by Mozilla.