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Old 30th December 2004   #1
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I am using Mozilla 1.7.5 now and was using Mozilla 1.7.3 but could not access my Preferences by going to Edit-Preferences[nothing happens] when I un-installed 1.7.3 and installed 1.75 I could access it the first time it was loaded but can't now. Am running Win 98SE. I have deleted all my msf files in the mail & newsgroups and the history .dat and history .mab and the cache folder and the panacea.dat files to no avail. Any ideas. When I shut down Mozilla it looks closed but if I do a ctrl-alt-delete in it is still running and I have to close it by end task.

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I am using Mozilla 1.7.5 now and was using Mozilla 1.7.3 but could not access my Preferences by going to Edit-Preferences[nothing happens] when I un-installed 1.7.3 and installed 1.75 I could access it the first time it was loaded but can't now. Am running Win 98SE. I have deleted all my msf files in the mail & newsgroups and the history .dat and history .mab and the cache folder and the panacea.dat files to no avail. Any ideas. When I shut down Mozilla it looks closed but if I do a ctrl-alt-delete in it is still running and I have to close it by end task.

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From Husker to Husker, I have a very firm, I don't know, about deleting all that stuff. There is no reason to do it. Since you went after the .msf files, I wonder if you checked Edit|Preferences in Mail (there is also Mail and News Settings). If you use Quick Launch, uncheck it, (Edit|Advanced), or if you can't access at all your preferences, turn off the mozilla icon in the Systray. I don't use Quick Launch because it causes more harm than good, but I think that you can shut it off directly from the systray (right click?).
In my case, all the updates from 1.7 on gave me some problems, and I got fed up, and created another profile, expressly for 1.7.5, while runs like a well-oiled machine.

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I'm sure you back up frequently. Replace your existing prefs.js file with the most current backup of your prefs.js file.

Located here:
C:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Profiles\profilename\xxxxxxxx.slt

Rename the existing prefs.js file: Xprefs.js
Copy the backup prefs.js file, and paste it into the xxxxxxxx.slt folder

Quick Launch does indeed cause more problems than it's worth, so heed Westside's advice...

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P.S., if you don't backup frequently, then read this:
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I do not use quicklaunch and I will give the pref.js file a shot. Thanks--I did creat a new bland profile with no extensions or plugins but the same.????????

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You may be a candidate for uninstalling the program, and reinstalling. With a new or same download. Your profile will not be affected.
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I un-installed the Moz 1.7.5 and all folders and created a new profile and re- installed Moz 1.7.3 and am getting along fine but am starting to put my extension back on and I will see how that goes.
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