My FireFox 2.0 windows won't close themselves!

[CyberPitz]

Windows like, say, the download one. Where you hit open/save as/whatever, it is supposed to close itself after you hit OK. Well, these just stay up until I close them. The download will have started and everything, but the window won't close. This happens everywhere, with any window that is supposed to close itself. It just hangs there. Anybody else having this problem?

 

[Asus]

Does it have a check box in the window to auto close itself?
Try downloading something in Internet Explorer and mess with the check box there. They might be related. /shrug

Do you have it setup in options to always save in a specific location or to ask you where each time?

 

[CyberPitz]

Well, the windows other than the "save file" box auto-close themselves...it's not a setting anywhere. Like you click a link, add some text, and hit save, and it adds it to the original window, right? Well, the new window will go all white, then just not close..but the information was transferred/saved. I don't want to open IE, because I've had a bad run in with a trojan that attached itself to IE.

 

[Hazar]

you tried reinstalling it?

it could be a profile issue as well

 

[CyberPitz]

This all started happening when I started going through major trojan virus cleaning things. Running all sorts of removal tools/scanning software/etc. Maybe reinstalling would help, but I was just hoping mainly for some option that was f'd up.

 

[Hazar]

hmmm,

try backing up your bookmarks etc, and delete your profile.

 

[Asus]

There is a downloads.rdf file in C: Documents and settings\ "username" \ application data \mozilla\firefox\profiles\"profile name"
that you could try deleting. It makes another automatically. But it deals with downloads and holds download history. Might not do anything though because I think it just deals with Downloads window. I once had an issue with the Downloads window and that fixed my issue.

 

[The Brick]

I'm posting this for our dear beloved friend Cyberpitz. His firefox now won't open and this error appears:

"Firefox is running, and isn't responding. Please end the program or restart the machine"

He's uninstalled, restarted, reinstalled; same error.

This happened right after he deleted the profile folder.

 

[Asus]

I'm assuming he doesn't have the data from the old profiles folder so he can't just restore it or edit the profiles.ini file to redirect it to the new location of the old data.

Look for a profiles.ini file and delete it. Supposedly a new default profile should be created the next time you start Firefox. If you don't have a profiles.ini file or you don't have a firefox installed to restart...i don't know what to do. D:

 

[CyberPitz]

Asus, you freaking genius! I'm back on my FireFox! Good thing my home PC works fine...this workstation I'm at has the worst luck. My first computer, my HDD died, then the next one the motherboard blew...D:

 

[VirusType2]

Glad to have you back.

Have you still got hanging windows or did the new install fix that?

I know that in the options menu, you can have the download window hidden, and you can have things open in a new window or in a new tab, and you can have tabs stay open, etc.

Make sure you scrutinize the options menu and make sure everything is set up the way you want it.

 

[CyberPitz]

New install DID NOT fix the hanging windows problem. I think it's just some glitch. Because you know when a window locks up, the contents are just a bare white? Well, that's what these windows do when they are trying to close. It looks like they start, then just...stop. And them I'm forced to close them manually. Nothing locks up, just the windows don't close.

It's the strangest thing ever.

 

[Shakermaker]

Is it possibly a Vista machine? Because sometimes I have the same problem with Firefox.

 

[CyberPitz]

Is it possibly a Vista machine? Because sometimes I have the same problem with Firefox.

No sir. XP. I refuse to use Vista
My dad is as confused, then again, he didn't understand what I was saying, so I'm just going to ask, do you guys know what I'm talking about? The windows that won't close themselves?

 

[Xendance]

No.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Sorry if I'm stating the obvious, but have you tried going through tools --> options --> main and ticking "close when all downloads are finished"? I might be misinterpreting the question...

Also, I used to get that "Firefox is running, and isn't responding" thing all the time. If you ctrl+alt+del and go into processes there should be a copy of firefox running there. If you end that it should let you in again (no idea what causes that).