At Mozilla's suggestion I reverted to an earlier version of Firefox but it still shows 3.6.12 how do I know which verison I have?
I have filled out crash reports, I have scanned all the questions, I have answered emails from Mozilla, I have deleted almost every Add On--many of which I liked...but only yesterday did I see a notice advising if I was still having problems to revert to an earlier verison of Firefox. The listing only gave me one option--compatible with Windows XP Service Pack II (I am running Windows 7, Home Premium 32 bit). I chose that option and other than having to "Allow Firefox to make changes to this computer" box appearing each time I launch, nothing seems different. I checked under Troubleshooting and the screen form reads I am running 3.6.12 !! (my nemesis).
So what version am I running? Is it still 3.6.12 but set for compatibility with Service Pack II for XP? That doesn't make sense. But Sync won't work still, the same sites show only text, et. etc.I dislike the the format of IE8, but it doesn't crash and it shows all my sites correctly. Is it better to just use that? I was about to download Firefox to my Android, but I think I'll stay with Google
To check your installed version, open FF, go to "Help" and click on "About Mozilla Firefox." The panel that is displayed will show your version.
If it shows 3.6.12, instructions for going back to an older version can be found at
[[kb.mozillazine.org/Go_back_to_an_old_version_of_Firefox#Older_version]]
It will also give you links to two ftp sites with many older versions listed.
davewdan
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