Add/Remove Programs can't remove Firefox 1.5.0.3

Mrsmith · Post by **Mrsmith** » May 19th, 2006, 5:38 pm

I had to uninstall Firefox 1.5.0.3 and Add/Remove Programs would NOT remove Firefox.

mattd7591 · Post by **mattd7591** » May 19th, 2006, 5:55 pm

did you try the uninstaller in the program files directory?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » May 19th, 2006, 7:00 pm

I can't uninstall with add/remove or the uninstall application from the mozilla uninstall folder. Why and what can I do?

old FatJohn · Post by **old FatJohn** » May 20th, 2006, 4:42 am

No idea why, but see this guide <a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_Firefox">Uninstalling Firefox</a>

Just ignore the add/remove part. What OS are you on? Service packs? Have you had other versions of Firefox?

Mrsmith · Post by **Mrsmith** » May 20th, 2006, 5:43 pm

I'm on an IBM Thinkpad running Windows Me on which the hard drive was erased and all software with updates re-installed. I started out using version 1.0.7, but that doesn't matter since I had just done a clean install with an update of all the software. I never had a reason to remove Firefox before so, I was suprised when Add/Remove programs would not remove it. I wondered if anyone else had a problem uninstalling version 1.5.0.3.

old FatJohn · Post by **old FatJohn** » May 20th, 2006, 6:53 pm

Well, there seem to be some people who are having problems uninstalling, especially on w98 (ME included).

L.A.R. Grizzly · Post by **L.A.R. Grizzly** » May 20th, 2006, 8:17 pm

How can something so basic get broken so easily? It hasn't been uninstalling on my system for some time now...yes I'm running Win98SE.

Alpal · Post by **Alpal** » May 20th, 2006, 11:29 pm

FatJohn wrote:Well, there seem to be some people who are having problems uninstalling, especially on w98 (ME included).

Ihave the same problem

Guest · Post by **Guest** » May 20th, 2006, 11:30 pm

There is another problem wiuth firefix on my machine.It does not show up as running on the task bar, but it is running.

L.A.R. Grizzly · Post by **L.A.R. Grizzly** » May 21st, 2006, 2:19 pm

To All Interested,

You can download Firefox and Thunderbird Uninstallers here:

FTP.Mozilla.Org Firefox 2.0

FTP.Mozilla.Org Firefox 1.5.x

FTP.Mozilla.Org Thunderbird 1.5.x

or

Direct Link to the Firefox 2.0 Uninstaller Zip File

Direct Link to the Firefox 1.5.x Uninstaller Zip File

Direct Link to the Thunderbird 1.5.x Uninstaller Zip File

old FatJohn · Post by **old FatJohn** » May 21st, 2006, 3:02 pm

Whoa, L.A.R. Grizzly, what's that thing? Is there some documentation around? Nice to hear it worked for you. (I might add a link to my KB article once I'll know what it's for.)

L.A.R. Grizzly · Post by **L.A.R. Grizzly** » May 21st, 2006, 3:12 pm

FatJohn,

I was just snooping around at the FTP site and found them both...

old FatJohn · Post by **old FatJohn** » May 21st, 2006, 3:25 pm

Hmmm, that does sound rather vague! But then again, it worked for you... To be or not to be... hmmm...

L.A.R. Grizzly · Post by **L.A.R. Grizzly** » May 21st, 2006, 3:36 pm

FatJohn,

I was downloading the latest Nightly and noticed a windows-xpi folder. Being the curious creature that I am, I investigated. Upon investigating, I found a folder containing the said Uninstaller Zip file. Being even more curious, I downloaded it and checked its size against the uninstall.exe in my Firefox installation directory. Since the sizes were different, I decided to give it a try. It uninstalled BonEcho leaving behind only the updates folder and my plugins folder in the install directory. By the way, when executed, it asked me if I wanted to uninstall Firefox 1.5. Of course, I went along with it! That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!

old FatJohn · Post by **old FatJohn** » May 21st, 2006, 3:46 pm

Thanks for all this info. I'll investigate further! Being the curious creature you are, go ahead, try Linux! :banana: