CritterNYC - 8:05 pm on Nov 2, 2006 (gmt 0)

ByronM - When was the last time you tried Firefox? I mean a fresh install? Seriously. Try Firefox 2.0. And, since you said you had problems with your old copy, install it fresh...

[Warning: This is the totally manual/geeky way of repairing issues within Firefox, but it's the way I prefer to do it.]

Uninstall your old one. Now, delete your old profile by deleting the contents of:
C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox

You can save your bookmarks (bookmarks.html), cookies (cookies.txt), saved passwords (signons.txt and key3.db) or any other bits you choose from your old profile before deleting it if you like. Just copy em back in after running FF for the first time and then closing it.

That's another nice thing about having a browser that's not artificially tied to an operating system. You can uninstall and reinstall it. Even remove all traces of it and do a clean install (which is handy for testing lots of different things).

Or, if you're not the adventurous type, snag a copy of Firefox Portable. You can run it from a portable device (iPod, USB flash drive, CD) or right from a folder on your desktop with no installation and without impacting an existing copy of Firefox.