normaali How do I roll back to FireFox prior to version 3?

Firefox version: 3.0.1 Operating system: Windows XP
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I've browsed the mozilla website, but have not located an answer to this. I'm particularly concerned that the RealPlayer media downloader doesn't work in 3.0.

Extensions installed:

Adblock Plus 0.7.5.5
Amazing media Browser 0.27
AutoSaveTextToCookie 1.29
AVG Safe Search 8.0
Better Gmail 2 0.5.2
Bookmark Duplicate Detector 0.6.4 - not compatible with FF 3.0.1 - currently disabled
BugMeNot 2.0
Cache Status 0.7.3 - not compatible with FF 3.0.1 - currently disabled
Clipmarks 3.5.0
Counterpixel 1.12
CSSViewer 1.0.3
Download Statusbar 0.9.6.3
DownThemAll! 1.0.3
DT Whois 1.6
Easy Job Application 1.4.0
Email This! Bookmarklet Extension 2.2.3
Exif Viewer 1.45
Extension Developer 0.3.0.20080526
Firebug 1.2.0b7
Flagfox 3.2.7
Forecastfox 0.9.7.7
FoxyTunes 3.0.4 - currently disabled
Freecorder Toolbar 1.5.41.0
Get File 1.3.1
Gmail Notifier 0.6.3.6
Graphing Calculator Toolbar 1.92 - currently disabled
Hyperwords(tm) 4.0.2
IE Tab 1.5.20090618
iMacros for Firefox 6.0.6.5
Image Zoom 0.3.1
ImageTweak 0.16
Interclue 1.5.6.1
JavaScript Debugger 0.9.87.4
Link Evaluator 0.9.9.6
MediaWrap 0.1.7.3
mid 0.8.9.3
More Tools Menu 1.1
No Squint 1.93.2.1
Page Info Button 0.1.3.3
PDF Download 2.0.0.0
POW 0.1.8 - currently disabled
RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin 1.0 — not compatible with FF 3.0.1, currently disabled
Rotate Image 0.1.3.1
Server Spy 0.1.6
Show Picture 1.3
Show the Image 0.5
StatusbarEx 0.2.17 - currently disabled
StyleSheet Chooser Plus 1.2.0
Tab Catalog 1.4.2008052701
Taboo 0.5.5
Unhide Passwords 1.2.3
Update Notifier 0.1.5.4
User Agent Switcher 0.6.11
ViewSourceWith 0.2
Web Developer 1.1.6
Yapta 1.3.0.10
YouPlayer 0.9.8

Plugins installed:


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Quarantine

There are a few steps to take due to potential problems with installing an older version.

1/ See Tietojen varmuuskopiointi - Always a good idea to back up your user information first.

2/ Download the latest version of Firefox 2 from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

3/ Uninstall Firefox, if you are using the Firefox 3 uninstaller when asked say no to "Remove my Firefox personal data and customizations"

4/ Make sure that there are no files left in the installation folder, default location C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox

5/ Go to your profile folder.

Firefox 3 would have converted your profile to the Firefox 3 format by creating some new files. You should delete these files along with some others to avoid having problems either now or when you decide to update to Firefox 3 at a later date.

Delete the following files:

  • content-prefs.sqlite
  • places.sqlite
  • downloads.sqlite
  • cookies.sqlite
  • permissions.sqlite
  • formhistory.sqlite
  • signons3.txt (if the profile folder does not contain a file called signons2.txt you can also remove key3.db)
  • urlcalssifier3.txt
  • extensions.cache
  • extensions.rdf
  • extensions.ini
  • I also recommend deleting localstore.rdf, you will need to reset your toolbar customizations.

6/ Install Firefox 2

As an alternative to step 5 you can, after installing Firefox 2, create a new profile, then copy important data to it.
See Creating a new Firefox profile on Windows - MozillaZine Knowledge Base
Once the new profile is created, see recovering important data from an old profile.



Thanks for the info. I am very unhappy with Firefox 3 because of severe problems I have had getting videos to play...and now I can't see my Yahoo Mail and Google Reader won't work with it. They are fine with Internet Exploder...so I will roll back to Firefox 2.

I have the same problem on three machines, my laptop, my desktop, and my machine at work.



My computer has started to act very weird since i installed Firefox 3 so i am rolling back as well.

Mozilla really should have done some more testing before releasing firefox 3.

Ruining their reputation.



Many websites I have been on have been going EXTREMELY slow with Firefox 3. I am rolling back also.



I can't stand the new auto-fill in the address bar, I'm rolling back.



I have having major problems too: scroll bar doesn't work, Craigslist and other websites don't work. I agree with everyone else on this post. Please do some QA before you do your next release.



I can't stand the 3.0.1 version!

Gimme back the old version that was so much better! The address bar makes little to no sense. That's what I hate the most. I really hate that address bar. It's distracting and slower than what I used to have, and it takes me LONGER to go to where I want. Ugh.

I'm very disappointed.

Will now try to roll back.



i hate 3.0... enough said. definitely rolling back.

i think they should have made that smart toolbar an add-on instead



I hate the smart location bar also. I have a real problem with not having my old address bar - all of my addresses are gone. Plus the address bar is getting clogged up with sites that are on my links bar. That never happened with the old address bar. Rolling back to an earlier version and learned my lesson about installing updated versions of the browser that I loved. This is almost enough to drive me back to Microsoft IE. Almost ....



Thanks for the instructions and for a great browser... I like version 2 better and 3 keeps crashing when I try to go to certain sites.

I will be rolling back also.



I would like to hear from anyone that had success in rolling back to an earlier version. I dread having to re-bookmark all of my sites so am waiting to hear if the above instructions helped or not.



Thanks to Quarantine for the comprehensive set of rollback instructions above. One further question, however:

Under the "Delete the following files:" rubric midway through your post is listed the file-name: " urlcalssifier3.txt"; should this, instead, read: "urlcalssifierkey3.txt"?



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