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Space_Cowby
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Just today my Firefox would not work and windows suggested a chkdsk.
I did this as well as restarting, FF now worked but I had lost my plugins and all my bookmarks.
So then I did a system restore from yesterday when everything was fine but still I have no bookmarks, nor does the backward button work. The vertical scroll bar has also gone missing.
Any Ideas ?
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Madeline
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You could try uninstalling FF via Add or Remove Programs and reinstall it from the Setup file which you probably still have. If necessary you can re-import your bookmarks from IE and re-install your plug-ins. Also, you could go to the Firefox forums and post your problem there, they're the experts!
Madeline. 
To err is human; to foul things up totally, you need a computer.
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Space_Cowby
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According to the experts this is what you need to do, in summary.
1. Close Firefox; completely. Open the Task Manager and kill any firefox.exe processes, if still running.
2. Browse to your Profile Folder [in windowsXP under C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
randomname.default\ ] and delete the file parent.lock, if it exists.
3. Run the Profile Manager [in windows: Start | Run | type firefox.exe -p | ok] and choose the default profile.
If the Profile Manager does not appear, repeat without skipping step 2
Taken from here
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=261801
But it did not work for me. I have reimported my bookmarks from IE and I am in the process of starting again. I suppose though like most people I did not backup my bookmarks.
On the plus side spellbound now works, which after about 10 attempts before I could never get to work.
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Madeline
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Sounds as if you've more or less got it sorted, despite the complicated advice from the experts! I haven't backed up my Bookmarks either. Spellbound's always worked fine for me, I find it slightly better than ieSpell in IE. A couple of times I've had problems with FF and I've just uninstalled and reinstalled it and everything was still there, Bookmarks, extensions etc.
Madeline.
To err is human; to foul things up totally, you need a computer.
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