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Unsatisfied:downgrading firefox
Published by roipatrick
02-18-2009
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Uninstall Firefox Windows: To uninstall Firefox on Windows, follow these steps:
1. Exit Firefox. From the menu at the top of the Firefox window, select File and then select the Exit menu item.

2. From the Start Menu in the Windows taskbar, select Control Panel. The Control Panel opens.

3. Open the Windows program listing. * (Windows Vista) Click Uninstall a program. * (Windows 2000/XP) Double-click Add or Remove Programs.

4. From the list of currently installed programs, select Mozilla Firefox

5. To begin the uninstall: * (Windows Vista) Click Uninstall. * (Windows 2000/XP) Click Remove.

6. In the Mozilla Firefox Uninstall Wizard that opens, click Next.

7. Click Uninstall. * If Firefox is still open, you must close Firefox to proceed with the uninstall. * (Firefox 3) If you want to remove your Firefox user data and settings, put a check mark in the box that says Remove my Firefox personal data. If you select this option, Firefox will not preserve your bookmarks, saved passwords, and other data if it is installed again. * To provide feedback on your Firefox experience to the development team, select Tell us what you thought of Firefox.

8. Click Finish.

9. To remove added plugins or other files and folders that may not be removed by the uninstall you must manually delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located here by default: C:\Program files\Mozilla Firefox Removing user data and settings Uninstalling Firefox with the default options does not remove your user profile, which includes personal information such as bookmarks, passwords and cookies. To do a clean uninstall, you should remove these files. Note: If you want to preserve your bookmarks, passwords, and cookies, see Backing up your information. Linux, Mac OS: * Locate and delete the profile folder - see How to find your profile Windows:

1. Enable viewing hidden files and folders in your Windows: * (Windows Vista) From the Start Menu in the Windows taskbar, type Folder Options in the Start Search box and click the Folder Options shortcut that appears. Click the View tab and select Show hidden files and folders. * (Windows 2000/XP) Open Windows Explorer (or My Computer). From the menu, click Tools, select Folder Options, click the View tab and select Show hidden files and folders.

2. Delete the Firefox profile folder. The default locations are: * (Windows 2000/XP) C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\ * (Windows Vista) C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\

3. Delete the folder(s) that contain temporary data. The default locations are: * (Windows 2000/XP) C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\ * (Windows Vista) C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\ and C:\Users\\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\ (if it exists) * (Windows XP/Vista) C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\FIREFOX* files.
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