Why does Firefox upgrade 3.6.10 load into "F" which is old "C" drive?
Windows XP, SP3, IE 8 rarely used. When I added ROM (I think, it looks like a comb) to this computer 5 years ago, changed "C" drive to "F" drive. Is it normal for new upgrades of Firefox to load into that damaged drive? I never noticed before and when I ask it to load into "C", it insists in loading into "F". Could this be the reason my computer keeps locking up and is slower than molasses?
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5 years ago the Firefox installer was different than what is being used now, so Firefox should have been installed to the C:\ drive at some point since then, unless you purposely installed it to a non-default location. Let's see where is is installed.
Right-click the shortcut icon you use to launch Firefox and select Properties.
Then copy the Target line using {Ctrl + C} on the keyboard, that line should already be highlighted so all you have to do is hit {Ctrl + C} - and Paste it into a Text program, like Notepad using {Ctrl + V}.
Is that file path - "C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox\firefox.exe" or is it "F:\something or other\Firefox\firefox.exe" - ??
That path is "F:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe."
You can do a custom install of Firefox if you want a different location.
Thank you, cor-el. Great tutorial, every question answered except: Do I uninstall Firefox before doing the custom install? If I do, do I leave all those Firefox things in "F" drive? Any conflict there? Because I can't seem to uninstall them. Appreciate any help with the process.
Decided to leap before I looked. Custom install of Firefox on "C" was successful and a search finds nothing on "F" drive related to Firefox save one lonely folder, which I've deleted. Thank you for solving this problem for me.