299763 - Cannot raise browser, even in safe mode

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Hank Cook]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

I just added the extension: NoScript and was testing it on the Yahoo site,
specifically, Mail.  I got a series of blocked javascripts which I activated and
the Yahoo site would not acknowledge; so, I closed the browser.  I tried to
restart and failed; I tried to bring up the browser in safe mode and failed.  I
had to restore the system to a safepoint; bring up the browser, un-install
NoScript to restore normal operation.  Now some of this may simply be a lack of
understanding about the NoScript functionality but it should NEVER stop bringing
up the Browser in safe mode.

Reproducible: Couldn't Reproduce



Expected Results:  
Nothing should interfer with bringing up the Browser in safe mode, NOTHING.

Comment 1

[Adam Guthrie]

Are you sure you were starting in safe-mode correctly? Did you have an instance
of firefox.exe running when you tried to start it in safe-mode.

Comment 2

[Adam Guthrie]

Comments from reporter in an e-mail:

"There were no instances of firefox.exe running at the time that the system was
showing."

...

"After thinking about this for a moment, even if there was a version of
firefox.exe still in execution, starting Safe Mode should have shut down all
instances which would block that IMPERATIVE."

Comment 3

[José Jeria]

In nightly builds  you get a message that firefox is already running if not mistaken

Comment 4

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

do you still see this problem? please update the bug with comment and/or close as appropriate.

(bug has no comment since 2007-01-01)

Comment 5

[Hank Cook]

This issue has disappeared with the latest version of Firefox.  Recommend closure.