360017 - firefox refuses to startup on a direct connection to the internet, always starts in manual proxy.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 350863

(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)

Description

[lee geraghty]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061010 Firefox/2.0

every time i start firefox i have to go to tools and click options, then advanced, then network and then settings so i can move the connection from "manual proxy" to "direct conection to the internet". I uninstalled 1.5 firefox and installed version 2 but the problem remains. all my pc settings for the internet are correct and the homenetwork is working well, all other pc's on the network are running fox without a hassle. I run ADSL2

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
there are no steps, it is just refusing to stay in the direct connection to the internet,

Actual Results:  
after changing the setting from manual to direct it works, but if i crash fox or i need to restart it for any reason the direct connection to the net is gone.

Expected Results:  
stay in "direct connection to the internet" mode not manual proxy.

Comment 1

[Nick Thomas [:nthomas] (UTC+12)]

Most likely this is due to HideIP Platinum, and this is a duplicate of bug 350683.

See bug 350863 comment #1 for how to fix this. Please report back.

Comment 2

[lee geraghty]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Most likely this is due to HideIP Platinum, and this is a duplicate of bug
> 350683.
> 
> See bug 350863 comment #1 for how to fix this. Please report back.
> hide Ip platinum is currenty off

Comment 3

[Nick Thomas [:nthomas] (UTC+12)]

(In reply to comment #2)
hide Ip platinum is currenty off

People have had problems even after uninstalling it, because it doesn't remove the user.js file from your profile. Firefox then reads that in each time you start it up and the proxy prefs are changed. 



*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 350683 ***

Comment 4

[Nick Thomas [:nthomas] (UTC+12)]

Oops, dupe to the right bug this time.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 350863 ***

Comment 5

[lee geraghty]

fixed it, user.js file was the problem, thank you for your help