Pop-up message when Launching Firefox Mozilla

Just updated Mozilla Firefox to 3.6.10 recently, and now every time when I launch Firefox. I will receive this message: "what happened:TypeError: this.installDir is null. " on a small window. click ok than the program will launched. Noted that this happen only when 1st time launching firefox onto the PC. I have even reinstall firefox but the same result message appear.

This is caused by an add-on, see [[troubleshooting extensions and themes]] to identify which one.
I see you have the Ask toolbar, that toolbar has caused this error message for some people.

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I always get the following message when launching firefox:

Unable to connect
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at www.yahoo.com.hk.
The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
I have reset firefox and reinstalled firefox, but still could not resolve the problem.

Do you ''want'' firefox to be going to that website when it starts? Are you able to visit other websites in firefox other than yahoo.com.uk? Are you able to visit the site from another computer on the same network? Can you browse the website from the same computer but from a different browser?
If you are able to browse other websites then it is not likely to be a problem with Firefox, but is more likely the website itself or a problem with the DNS resolution being used by your computer network.
If you cannot browse other websites this is most likely a networking problem rather than a Firefox problem.
If you can do what you are trying to do in another browser on the same system, but not in Firefox, then this is more interesting and you need help with Firefox, but please check and make sure it is a problem with Firefox first.

Followed the download and install for firefox into my linux home directory. When launching firefox got an error message about a mission shared object. Additional detail to follow.

When launching firefox got the following error: XPCOMGlueLoad error for file ~/firefox/libxpcom.so libxul.so cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Couldn't load XPCOM (but file libxul.so is there) what do I do???

Make sure that you meet the system requirements and have all required libraries installed.
*http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/8.0.1/releasenotes/
*http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.24/releasenotes/
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Installing_Firefox#Linux
You can find the latest Firefox releases here:
*Firefox 8.0.x: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
*Firefox 3.6.x: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

Error message when starting firefox

since I've installed the latest update (firefox 4.0.1) I get the following error message when starting firefox:
'''Type Error: Components.classes [TvPwm Component_CID] is undefined'''
I must then click on OK to get firefox to open => very annoying!
I'm using a ThinkPad laptop and the passwordvault which was perfectly available in the older version of firefox don't open in tools any longer, when forced via lenovo thinkpad tool, it daoesn't launch the asked for site either.
Thanks for helping me.
Claudia

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.
*Use "Disable all add-ons" on the [[Safe mode]] start window to disable all extensions.
* Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")

Error when launching Firefox

Hi; I’m experiencing a problem when launching Firefox . Receive the following message;
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at en-gb.start3.mozilla.com
I’ve removed and reloaded Firefox, but same problem.
The only thing I can think of that’s changed on the PC is that I’ve renewed & McAfe AntiVirus Plus (which also had to be removed then reloaded).
Any suggestions as to what’s the problem & how to fix?

I've tried checking the firewall issue; removed and reinstalled Firefox several time; run multiple anti-virus programs looking for issues; and it still doesn't work. However, today Google Chrome began working as my internet connection; and it works beautifully using Firefox (Go figure!). However, when I again reinstalled the actual Firefox program, it still does not work; so I have once again removed it. I find this very interesting.

Error message when starting Firefox 8 that says: TypeError: Components.classes[TvtPwmComponent_CID] is undefined

error message when starting Firefox 8 that says:
TypeError: Components.classes[TvtPwmComponent_CID] is undefined
I am using Window 7 64 bit

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.
*Use "Disable all add-ons" on the [[Safe mode]] start window to disable all extensions.
* Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")

Firefox does not open at all - error message when loading firefox 'The instruction "0x0000000" referenced memory at "0x0000000". The memory could not be "written". Click on OK to terminate the program in English

I cannot open firefox at all. I have removed and re-installed but it has made no differenct. I just get an error message when loading firefox - as follows - 'The instruction "0x0000000" referenced memory at "0x0000000". The memory could not be "written". Click on OK to terminate the program.
Can anyone help me sort this out? If I log in as someone else Firefox works?
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== the computer shut down unexpectedly ==
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; GTB6.4; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)

You can o a malware check with a few malware scan programs. 
You need to use all programs because each detects different malware. 
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of the database before doing a scan. 
* http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
* http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware
* http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy
* http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free
* http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page
See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked and [[Searches are redirected to another site]]

The operation can not be completed because of an internal failure. A secure network communication has not been cleaned up correctly ... Iget this message when closing firefox. It obviously has been a problem in the past but I'm using FF 6

'''"The operation can not be completed because of an internal failure. A secure network communication has not been cleaned up correctly ... '''"Iget this message when closing firefox. It obviously has been a problem in the past for others but it has only happened to me since updating to firefox6'''

Try to clear the "Active Logins" via Clear Recent History
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Clear+Recent+History
You can also try to delete the file secmode.db in the Firefox Profile Folder
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder

When launching Firefox(5.0) there are always two TABS that open.

When launching Firefox(5.0) there are always two TABS that open, one with "What's new in Firefox" and other my homepage. Can't it be adjusted to open only one TAB (Homepage) and not the other one?

See these articles for some suggestions:
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+has+just+updated+tab+shows+each+time+you+start+Firefox
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page - Firefox supports multiple home pages separated by '|' symbols
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved

Oops! Error msg when launching Firefox

Just installed Firefox 3.6 on my sister's computer. When launching Firefox a msg box pops up ( on what appears to be a Google page ) that says Oops! Firefox could not find www.download-services.net
Did not even try to access this site, but Firefox automatically does.
Couple of things we already tried were:
Completely Uninstalling a very old version of Firefox she already had
Uninstalling the Google toolbar using Add/Remove programs ( but it's still there? )
Uninstalled and re-installed Firefox 3.6 two times
Still get this msg box.
Also, tried to set AOL as homepage and it will not take
Please advise. Thanking you in advance!

I've tried checking the firewall issue; removed and reinstalled Firefox several time; run multiple anti-virus programs looking for issues; and it still doesn't work. However, today Google Chrome began working as my internet connection; and it works beautifully using Firefox (Go figure!). However, when I again reinstalled the actual Firefox program, it still does not work; so I have once again removed it. I find this very interesting.

Get this message when starting Firefox 5.0: procedure entry point CERT_FindSubjectKeyIDExtension could not be located in the dynamic link library nss3.dll

get this message when starting Firefox 5.0: procedure entry point CERT_FindSubjectKeyIDExtension could not be located in the dynamic link library nss3.dll

Hi,
You can try to install the latest version over the current one: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Suppress add-on dialog when launching Firefox

When launching Firefox with new extensions installed, it comes up with a dialog box telling of the new extensions. I'd like a way to completely suppress this for our users, as we (in IT dept) already know it was installed and don't need our users to see anything about it.
Is there a way to completely suppress the add-on dialog so it doesn't come up at all? Maybe a command-line switch, javascript extension, or setting in an ini file?
Target is Debian and Ubuntu Linux with Firefox 3.6.
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This is stupid. Not only is the way to install plugins now basically a hack (unzipping an xpi file into a dir? really?), but getting rid of the notification is as well. I came up with three ways around this problem: a) install all plugins right after a fresh install, before any profile dirs are created, b) remove all profile directories, or c) edit the prefs.js file for the desired profile. Option "a" is obviously easiest but not always doable.
to fully automate on linux for option b (assuming kioskfox-0.4-fx.xpi is your extension file):
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unzip kioskfox-0.4-fx.xpi -d kf/
sudo mv kf /usr/lib/firefox-addons/extensions/`cat kf/install.rdf |grep em:id|head -1 | cut -d '>' -f 2|cut -d '<' -f 1`
rm -rf /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*default
alternate to an rm -rf for option c (if firefox has been started already, and this line appears in the prefs.js):
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cat /home/<user>/.mozilla/firefox/*default/prefs.js.orig | grep -v "extensions.newAddons" > /home/<user>/.mozilla/firefox/*default/prefs.js
dork around with it a bit to understand what I'm doing, to make sure you don't mess yourself up. obviously if you don't use the default profile, change *default to whatever the profile is named.
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Uninstalled Old PS Versions - Now Get "One Or More File. . .etc" Error Message When Launching PS CC

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When launching firefox, it no longer goes to my homepage. It goes to the last page visited while on line! Help??

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