Firefox users: I have a question.

[Mutley]

I am having a problem copying and pasting (right click, copy, etc) in Firefox. This just started today, and I haven't made any changes in preferences that I know of. How can I get copy and paste to work again?

[DS1]

1. It's a bug

Firefox is far from perfect. You have to restart it.

[Mutley]

2. That didn't work.

Any other suggestions? Thanks for your help.

[miss_kitty]

3. You may have to restart your computer, or uninstall and reinstall

here's a forum
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38&sid=587a0a620e6659e7f3df515c74f15993

You might find a fix there or if you don't find this issue addressed, ask in the forum there.

[Mutley]

4. Thanks.

There's a thread in there with a lot of people having this problem in the last couple days. I would post the link, but of course I can't copy and paste. Thanks, I'll read the thread and hopefully I'll find an answer.

[miss_kitty]

6. I just saw that-it's got 5 pages

I can still copy and paste, but I'm glad you found it...:)

[Mutley]

7. Well, in case you start having problems

with copy and paste, two people said they downloaded and installed the latest microsoft updates and it started working again (grrrrr I hate microsoft). I just did it and now I have to restart my computer. When I do, I'll let you know if it worked.

edit: no. it didn't work. :banghead:

[miss_kitty]

8. Well I have SP1

I think people that it's happening to have SP2.

Some people got rid of the problem by finding spyware ("Hi,
I think the problem is not in Firefox but in spyware applications. My problems started after instaling Real One player and it installed some spyware apps. So today I tried MS AntiSpyware and it found and removed two spyware progs. Now copy/paste in Firefox 1.0.7 works fine.")

Others uninstalled and reinstalled and it DID NOT WORK What they did do was download the Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 and THAT worked.

It's not a profile problem either.

Bummer. Have you installed or updated any programs lately?

[Mutley]

9. nope.

other than the stupid microsoft ones I did a few minutes ago. Someone on there said something like "if you guys are comfortable with beta". Is beta difficult to use? Do you know if I will lose my bookmarks if I change to the beta version? This is really killing me.

[henslee]

10. Love yer avatar... mutley's always been my favorite.

[Mutley]

13. Thanks!

[Omphaloskepsis]

11. The Beta isn't much different.

One problem is that some Extensions will fail to work. Your Bookmarks should be OK. But, you should always back-up your profile before changing versions. Firefox tends to destroy profiles. And you should always back these things up. And by backing up I mean to just copy the profiles folder to the Desktop. Burning it to a CD would be a good idea too.

For instructions on this see:
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile#locate

[Mutley]

14. Okay, I'm going to give this a try.

Wish me luck.

[miss_kitty]

12. You can save your bookmarks on disk or in a folder

Go to Bookmarks>Bookmarks Manager>File>Export. I save mine in My Documents,

i doubt they'll be lost though. It's good to back them up now and again in case you're hit with the 'totally erased bookmarks bug' like I was a month or so ago.

Here's a link about the beta version
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/

I used the previous beta version and it was fine-it was what we use now, basically.

I would download the installer for the beta version (save to disk-it'll be on your desktop). Then close down everything and uninstall your firefox browser. Then open your beta installer and that will install your new version.

[Mutley]

15. Thanks.

I'm going to try this. Here's hoping...

[Mutley]

16. Okay.

I downloaded the beta version. I didn't lose my bookmarks, saved passwords, or history. And... I can copy and paste again! YAY! Thanks for your help, everyone!!

[miss_kitty]

17. Does it look cool?

[Mutley]

18. Sort of.

Mostly, it looks the same as the regular version. I'm trying to get into the extensions to see if I can find the same skin thingy I was using. I really liked that.

[matcom]

5. Add/Remove Programs....

uninstall