Firefox 8 keeps downgrading to 3.6.24 every time.
I upgraded from Firefox 3.6.24 to 8 and everything went smoothly. I also use WOT, Adblock Plus and NoScript. With every reboot Firefox keeps downgrading to 3.6 no matter what I do and how I do it. I tired removing everything including the preferences and the folder in my Program (x86) folder and another in Owner\Appdata\Local. I tired a clean install of Firefox 8 into its own custom folder in Program folder did a reboot and I still had version 8. The next day I get a message asking to install Adblock and NoScript and version 3.6 is back again. Looking in my Program (x86) folder Firefox is in there. I had not put it in there, it was deleted, yet the install in the custom folder is still there. The exe in the (x86) folder is 1.9.2.4324 while the custom folder is 8.0.0.4325. Clicking on the second exe opens version 3.6. I am not the most computer skilled and some of the trouble shooting leaves me even more confused. I'm a wits end.
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Update - I deleted the Mozilla Firefox folder in the Program (x86) folder and clicked the exe in the the other folder and got Firefox 8 back, however all the tabs, the plugins, saved passwords, history were gone.
Trouble shooting info for 3.6
Application Basics
Name
Firefox
Version
3.6.24
Profile Directory
Open Containing Folder
Installed Plugins
about:plugins
Build Configuration
about:buildconfig
Extensions
Name
Version
Enabled
ID
Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant
0.0.0
true
{20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b}
Adblock Plus
1.3.10
true
{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}
NoScript
2.2
true
{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}
Modified Preferences
Name
Value
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion
2
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID
20111104165243
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone
rv:1.9.2.24
extensions.lastAppVersion
3.6.24
network.cookie.prefsMigrated
true
places.database.lastMaintenance
1321668247
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages
192932
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs
true
security.warn_viewing_mixed
false
Trouble shooting info for version 8 when I use the workaround above
Application Basics
Name
Firefox
Version
8.0
User Agent
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0
Profile Directory
Open Containing Folder
Enabled Plugins
about:plugins
Build Configuration
about:buildconfig
Crash Reports
about:crashes
Extensions
Name
Version
Enabled
ID
Adblock Plus
1.3.10
true
{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}
NoScript
2.2
true
{73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}
Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant
0.0.0
false
{20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b}
Modified Preferences
Name
Value
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion
2
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID
20111104165243
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone
rv:8.0
extensions.lastAppVersion
8.0
network.cookie.prefsMigrated
true
places.database.lastMaintenance
1321668247
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages
192932
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs
true
security.warn_viewing_mixed
false
Graphics
Adapter Description
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Vendor ID
1002
Device ID
9440
Adapter RAM
1024
Adapter Drivers
aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx32 aticfx32 aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64
Driver Version
8.881.0.0
Driver Date
7-28-2011
Adapter Description (GPU #2)
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Vendor ID (GPU #2)
1002
Device ID (GPU #2)
9440
Adapter RAM (GPU #2)
1024
Adapter Drivers (GPU #2)
aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx32 aticfx32 aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64
Driver Version (GPU #2)
8.881.0.0
Driver Date (GPU #2)
7-28-2011
Direct2D Enabled
true
DirectWrite Enabled
true (7.0.6002.18409)
ClearType Parameters
ClearType parameters not found
WebGL Renderer
Google Inc. -- ANGLE -- OpenGL ES 2.0 (ANGLE 0.0.0.686)
GPU Accelerated Windows
1/1 Direct3D 10
Finally I when Firefox upgraded to 10 I installed that and for a while everything seemed stable. I had added WebSearchPro search engines. Didn't cause any fuss for a few days. Now it just downgraded to 8! What the hell is wrong with this thing? Not one reply. This place is useless.