Re: Firefox stopped working after user agent switching update

On 04/12/05 11:31, Roland wrote:
> On 12-4-2005 14:43, PY wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> I have firefox version 1.0.2 installed on windows XP. I accepted an 
>> automatic update of an extension (user agent switching).
>> Firefox is now behaving very strangely : When I start it up, it loads 
>> up but does not get my home page. I can't
>> access the menus any more. The drop down menus appear all over the
>> screen and not right below the menus.
>> Basically Firefox does not respond to any clicks or keyboard shortcut.
>> The only icon that works is the "check for update" icon. But no update
>> is available.
>>
>> I have tried uninstalling, deleting the Mozilla Firefox directory,
>> reinstalling.
>> Still the same.
>> Thanks for your help.
>> PY
> 
> I experienced the same when upgrading UserAgent Switcher from 0.6.3 to 
> 0.6.4 (Win2000/FF1.0.2).
> 
> Start Firefox in safe mode using Windows menu Start -> Programs -> 
> Mozilla Firefox -> Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode). Then open Tools -> 
> Extensions and uninstall User Agent Switcher.
> 
> Restart and Firefox should be working again (hopefully).
> 
> If you have saved version 0.6.3 of the UserAgent Switcher XPI to your 
> hard disk, then you could reinstall that version again.

It worked for me to uninstall the old version (0.6.1) before installing 
the new one. You could try doing that instead of going back to 0.6.3.