Help installing firefox 2

Use the latest version of another browser. If you are not satisfied with the current Firefox version or it simply is not working right now, there are alternative browsers that you can use to browse the web. Grow and share your expertise with others. Answer questions and improve our knowledge base. Search Support Search. Home Firefox Download, install and migration Install an older version of Firefox.

Warning: Firefox now includes downgrade protection to prevent corruption of user profile data. If you install an older version, you'll be prompted to create a new Firefox profile. Table of Contents 1 Installing a previous version doesn't fix most problems 2 I still want to downgrade — where can I get the previous version? I downloaded the file called [b] firefox Re: Installing Firefox 2? I have never compiled anything before so you list some commands started with "maybe" but I have no idea if that is the correct process or if anything else is needed?

Will this break my 1. Or must the old version be manually removed? Post by Lenard » Tue Oct 31, pm Yes, maybe This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help. I want to use one firefox installation as a normal browser which remembers all the tabs I opened, and another installation only for viewing html files. I would like this second installation not to open all the tabs from my previous session, not to load all the plugins and history from my main firefox installation, but only the html file i want to open.

I would do that by editing the profiles. When you're using Firefox as the default browser in Windows, it will only use the Profile labeled as the Default in the profiles. Of course, I brought that on myself by having too many versions of Firefox installed and having too many Profiles. EDIT: This new shortcut will always ask you which profile you want to use, but I think if you have the "Use selected profile without asking at startup" and use your original Firefox shortcut without the -P -no-remote , it will use the most recently opened profile.

If you are using Linux when viewing a article on sumo KB then it will default for Linux. You can manually change it to another OS and Firefox version under the Customize this article on left sidebar. For builds for other systems and languages not provided by Mozilla. Please note that installing Firefox 2 will overwrite your existing installation of Firefox. You won't lose any of your bookmarks or browsing history, but some of your extensions and other add-ons might not work until updates for them are made available.

Removing Firefox 2 won't remove your bookmarks, web browsing history, extensions or other add-ons. This data is stored in your profile folder , which is located in one of the following locations depending on your operating system:. Any version of Firefox that you install after removing Firefox 2 will continue to use the data from this profile folder.

Extensions installed under Firefox 1. Please report any issues to the maintainer of the extension. When you install Firefox 2 all of your Extensions and Themes will be disabled until Firefox 2 determines that either a they are compatible with the Firefox 2 release or b there are newer versions available that are compatible.

This list covers some of the known problems with Firefox 2. Please read this before reporting any new bugs. If you uninstall an extension that is installed with your user profile i. If you do not do this you may end up with a jammed entry in the Extensions list and will be unable to install the extension globally.

If you encounter strange problems relating to bookmarks, downloads, window placement, toolbars, history, or other settings, it is recommended that you try creating a new profile and attempting to reproduce the problem before filing bugs. Create a new profile by running Firefox with the -P command line argument, choose the "Manage Profiles" button and then choose "Create Profile Migrate your settings files Bookmarks, Saved Passwords, etc over one by one, checking each time to see if the problems resurface.

If you do find a particular profile data file is causing a problem, file a bug and attach the file. We need help from developers and the testing community to provide as much feedback as possible to make Firefox even better. You can also give us your feedback through this feedback form. Use the forums. The Firefox team reads them regularly. We all get a lot of email and your email may get lost. Extensions and Themes can be downloaded from Firefox Add-ons.

Lots of people. A tarball of the Firefox 2 source code is available for download. The latest development code can be obtained by cvs.

Please follow the build instructions.