phunni Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 (edited) I've got an installation of firefox that I want to completely clear out and start again with. There are a few extensions that aren't working properly etc... Obviously I can simply uninstall firefox, but what do I need to delete in order to completely clear everything out? I'm installing from source not RPM if that makes a difference... Edited April 28, 2004 by phunni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 I think it's your ~/.mozilla that you should kill to remove personal settings. Plugins etc are usually in /usr/lib/mozilla/ but this is central for all instances of mozilla, so be careful. Of course, as you built from source it could technically be anywhere (just about) :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted April 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Deleted /usr/lib/mozilla - but this didn't remove any extensions There must be at least one more directory... any guesses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 (edited) rm -f ~/.phoenix or the phoenix inside ~/.mozilla oh, of course bkup the bkmrks :unsure: Edited April 28, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLA21 Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 rm -f ~/.phoenixor the phoenix inside ~/.mozilla oh, of course bkup the bkmrks :unsure: If you use the latest nightlies, the default settings folder renamed to ./firefox instead of ./phoenix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted April 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 OK - managed to re-install it and celan out the extensions which was the main purpose. I now have two issues with tabs (I installed the TabBrowser Extension): 1) pop up windows appear as tabs and I don;t really want them to 2) I would like that if I clicked on a link in another application - say, my email client or gaim, the link was opened in a new tab if firefox was already runng. I can't figure out how to get it working like this - any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunni Posted May 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 bump - any ideas anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 Well, for your first question: Go to the Tab menu -> Tabbrowser Extensions Preferences and configure it from there. You should be able to do what you want. Secondly, you will have to configure your mail client/gaim to use firefox. That's pretty easy (just do the manual browser command) Check here for a tip on getting firefox to open a new tab when it is opening a link from an external application. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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