Cant copy and paste in Firefox

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I downloaded and installed all the microsoft updates and it still won't work. x(
El-Rodente
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Post by El-Rodente »

i had adaware to start with, just trying

also, i have found it stops anything from opening in a new window, i can only open links into tabs now


how many of you have the "new tab homepage" plugin? as it is obviously a tabbed browsing problem
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Post by Guest »

El-Rodente,

Did you run adaware and fix the problem? I can open links in a new window, and I don't have the "new tab homepage" plugin.

-mutley (my registration link has not yet arrived in my email)
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aquilax
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Post by aquilax »

Maybe it's solved for me because of today's Windows updates. But had to restart the PC.
OS: XP SP2.
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aquilax wrote:Maybe it's solved for me because of today's Windows updates. But had to restart the PC.
OS: XP SP2.
Like I said before, my machine has all of Mr.Gates fixes and I've rebooted several times over the past couple days with no avail
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Post by Guest »

I just installed the beta version, and copy/paste is working in that version. I'll just use that until a fix can be found for this problem, because I need to be able to copy and paste. And I really really hate IE. Man, I downloaded those damn updates for nothing... Thanks everyone!

-mutley
El-Rodente
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Post by El-Rodente »

gah, i'm just gonna get deer park beta

i ran adaware when the problem first appeared, but nothing happened
i'll try uninstalling all my extensions
see if that works
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Post by Guest »

I have had this issue for about a week. I just tried upgrading to 1.5 Beta2 and it seems to have fixed the problem.
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Post by margaretj »

for the copy and paste fix--

besides getting the microsoft security updates-

I should have said I also installed the microsoft antivirus software, updated my norton anti virus, and ran spybot.
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Post by margaretj »

sorry- I meant "spyware doctor"
here:

http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/?ref=google_sd
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Post by jerseystar »

On the one hand I'm really happy I found this thread because I've been going crazy trying to figure out what I had down to my computer! On the other hand, I'm really depressed to find out this is a Firefox problem. I upgraded to 1.07 last week. Several days ago I got the copy & paste problem -- I can copy and paste as long as it's in the same tab. If it's a different tab -- nothing there to copy. I also copy things from Word and WordPerfect into e-mails -- I found that I need to use the pull-down menu "copy" rather than the right-click in order to copy. I did run SpyBot, haven't tried Adaware and I usually ignore the Microsoft updates -- but I'll go check the latest one out. Arggh!!
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Post by junglemom »

I, too, will have to quit using it if it isn't fixed by the end of this week.
I have already missed 3 days of school due to it!
Can't do school w/o cut and copy abilities!(school is online).

And I also did the update microsoft patch and that did nothing for me at all.
Still broken.

I did see on our local news computer corner that Netscape now has tabbed browsing and is working really well, so for those of us who have to switch until this is fixed- there is another tabbed browser option that is NOT IE(as I will NOT use IE, no matter what!). Then when they find out what can fix this, we can come back.

I am as a last resort- going to uninstall almost all of my extensions and see if that works. Let ya know if that works.

p.s. I have AVG , spyware blaster, spybot, and hijack this on win xp.
No sypware has been detected, nor any viruses.
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Post by Guest »

I think the problem is the paste action. I can work around it by copying and then pasting the linktext first into notepad and then copying from notepad and pasting the lnk into the firefox addrees box/google search box.
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Post by jfklives »

I'm throwing this out of left field but does anybody use Style XP? I was testing this application Sunday and after deciding it was of no real value to me, I uninstalled it. That's about the same time when my copy & paste problem started.

Again, I know it's a long shot but does anybody else having this problem use or have used StyleXP on their current XP installtion?
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