Re: Firefox can't start -- thinks it's Internet Exporer

On 23-1-2005 16:44, Stan Goodman wrote:
> I have Firefox v1.0 on Win2k/SP3. Among other extensions, it has UserAgent 
> Switcher, which is an indispensible weapon in dealing with websites which 
> demand a browser that claims to be Internet Explorer.
> 
> Unfortunately, after a session with such a website, I shut down the browser 
> while it was still spoofing IE. (Evidently, the checkbox that would return 
> to the default user agent had been deselected inadvertently.)
> 
> Now Firefox won't start. Instead, I got an announcement telling me that I 
> should not be using Netscape Java plugins with a Microsoft browser. That 
> happened once only; subsequent attempts to start Firefox produced a little 
> HD activity, but nothing more, not even the announcement. I can't open FF to
> fix the user agent; I am in Catch-22.
> 
> The question is: How can I change the user agent without opening the 
> browser? Alternatively, how can I override whatever it is that is preventing
> the browser from opening, so that I can fix the user agent? If the switch is
> in some file that I can remove termporarily, I would like to know which it 
> is.
> 
> Thanks in advance...
> 
It's a known issue (<http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/faqs/java.html>):
<quote>
Do not use Java with a spoofed useragent, as this may cause crashes (Bug 
83376 - a JRE issue).
</quote>

Bug 83376:
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83376>

To resolve follow this (it's an attachment to bug 83376):
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=167225>

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Regards,

Roland de Ruiter
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