Obviously, it doesn't want to go. It's alive! Did you find Mozilla folders in two places in Documents and settings? One is in C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Application Data\Mozilla and the other is in C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla. Make sure they are both gone when you uninstall.
I'll do some more looking, Harold. I really had ignored it since uninstalling always works for fine here. I did notice that the Firefox uninstall doesn't clean up after itself very well. When you reinstall do you let Firefox import your IE settings? Next time you reinstall say no to that dialog. You can import that stuff from the File/import menu in Firefox. Keep pushing that rock up the hill. Ben -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harold B. Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 1:18 AM To: PC Works_LIST Subject: PCWorks: Re: Firefox and EverNote >> Original problem ... <snip> Unable to remove EverNote from Firefox, and can't locate the configuration files for Firefox. --- Harold > Harold I had the path to that profile folder wrong. It's C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla. XP home may be a little different, I don't know. --- Ben Ben, I also like Firefox and will appreciate your assist in setting me up with the best extensions and add-ons. Now this is what I then did. Again I tried to do a complete uninstall of Firefox and then re-install it from scratch as follows: 1. Add/Remove ... removed Firefox 1.5.0.6 (approx 15MB) 2. Removed Mozilla Firefox folder from Program Files 3. Removed Mozilla from C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\Local Settings\Application Data (Note that Local Setting is by default a hidden folder so I missed it last time). 4. At the same time, I removed "My EverNote Files" from C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents (seems I missed that last time). I never think of looking in C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\ for anything being so accustomed to the Program Files folder. 5. Using Search ... Removed "Firefox setup exe" and "Firefox.exe" from C:\Windows\Prefetch (no idea what prefetch means) 6. Using RegSeeker ... Removed all references to Firefox and Mozilla in registry 7. With no references to either Firefox or Mozilla (except my shortcuts in the Start menu and the setup file in my flash drive), I did a full reboot. 8. Downloaded another setup file for Firefox (still version 1.5.0.6 but wasn't taking any chances) 9. Installed this newer version of Firefox, still 1.5.0.6 (with the Google toolbar which I disable since there is already a googls search to the right of the address bar). And my bookmarks are still listed, EverNote button is to the right of the Homepage button, and "Add to EverNote" line is still on bottom of the right-click context menu. How could this be? Has to be that I am doing something wrong. My Firefox configurations have to be somewhere on the computer. Or this is the mystery of mysteries and I'll wait for the next time I do a complete re-install of the system (which I do maybe once a year just for the fun of seeing a fresh brand new install). I won't do it now since everything is working just fine (and fast probably because at least 100 worthless pre-installed programs and files have been safely deleted. Counting those wild games that Compaq includes, and unnecessary fonts and registry keys, easily triples that amount.). It took a lot of trial and error, lot of backing up, lot of "holdings" in a "Hold" folder I keep on the desktop waiting to see what happens, and in the next system restore (when necessary) it'll be a lot easier. And maybe it's a personality matter but this is the way I know the computer is mine. This is what I did when I had Windows 98, and when I finally became "master of my domain" (and expression used in one of the Seinfeld episodes but in a different sense), I upgraded to Windows XP and started all over again, giving Sisyphus has a chance to tell stories about another endless task --- Harold. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
