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Firefox 3.01 hangs

Started by lewhoo, 2008.08.24, 22:23:05

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Saijin_Naib

if you are using eCS, click on the eCS button, go to run. In the top entry field type "regedit2" with no quotes & OS/2 should find it in the path. Simply launch it. Next, delete the firefox.exe keys from the registry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE & HKEY_CURRENT_USER as shown in the attached image.

RobertM

If you are running earlier versions of FF as well, use Ben's method:

Rename the firefox.exe for FF3 (or any of the 3.1 alpha's) to firefox3.exe or (if you are like me and run the alphas and the final 3.01, you can name them something like firefox301.exe, firefox31a.exe, etc).

Basically, name it anything other than firefox.exe - this method will allow Innotek Font Rendering for versions 2.0.0.x and below, while disabling it for v3 and up.


Why would one want to run more than one version? Simple... (or, more accurately, here's my reasons):
- FF3 handles some CSS and form stuff differently than FF2... so I need to test on both.

- FF3 has support for the newest FireFTP plugin (FF2 only works with old ones)

- FF3.1 Alpha is faster than FF3.01, so I play with that one when I dont need FTP support

- FF2 has support for the UnPlug plugin (neither FF3 version does yet), so I use that when I am grabbing vids from websites.




Of course, your needs may not be the same as mine... but in case they are... you have two methods you can choose from to handle the font rendering "issue" thanks to Ben and Saijin_Naib.




If you are not running earlier versions of FF, use Saijin_Naib's method:
Remember, you can search for firefox.exe using the search option from the menu to find it... just ensure you are deleting the keys from the location he shows you in the screenshots (and not anywhere else).

For those of you who are commandline friendly/happy... opening an OS/2 window and typing regedit2 in it works as well (yeah, I'm still often a commandline type of guy...) ;)

Rob


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