Closed Bug 410142 Opened 18 years ago Closed 16 years ago

Firefox disappears from Taskbar, But is still present in Task Manager

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(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Version:
2.0 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
critical

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Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

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(Reporter: lucanos, Unassigned)

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Example of Firefox not showing in the taskbar
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Screenshots of Firefox disappeared from task bar
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Example firefox disappearing from taskbar
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Example firefox disappearing from taskbar
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Firefox back on taskbar after I select using Alt+Tab
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Firefox 3.5.3 disappear from task bar.
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Extension I have on 3.5.3
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Plugins I have on 3.5.3
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11 Affecting multiple versions of Firefox on WinXP & Vista. Not dependant on websites, nor on usage load. Intermittently, Firefox will disappear from the screen (almost as though it has been minimised), but is not visible in the Taskbar. Opening the Task Manager shows the firefox process continuing to run, as does hitting Alt-Tab until the Firefox application is selected, at which time it returns to the screen. This gives the user the impression that Firefox has crashes silently, when it has not so much crashed, but has instead disappeared. Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: There is no obvious pattern which will replicate this issue. Fault has been experienced on different versions of Firefox, including the General Firefox release, FrontMotion's version of Firefox and Firefox Portable. Has also affected Firefox running without any Extensions, as well as Firefox loaded with >20 Extensions. Actual Results: As above - Intermittently, Firefox will disappear from the screen (almost as though it has been minimised), but is not visible in the Taskbar. Opening the Task Manager shows the firefox process continuing to run, as does hitting Alt-Tab until the Firefox application is selected, at which time it returns to the screen. Expected Results: Continued as normal.
Version: unspecified → 2.0 Branch
I also encountered this. Firefox was shown in the taskbar initially, but it disappeared after a minute or so. Firefox did not stop responding.
I was using Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b3) Gecko/2008020514 Firefox/3.0b3.
Experiencing same problem on Firefox 2.0.0.14, Windows XP Home. No pattern observed, but it happens very regularly. (couple times a day) The description above is quite right to classify this as critical. Until I discovered I could get my windows back using Alt+Tab, I thought they were silently crashing. Only realized it was still there when I was playing streaming audio, and the audio continued although the window and taskbar icon had disappeared. Bugs 415868, 408631, and 292571 seem to be related or duplicate.
what extensions are you using?
At the moment, I am running: Application: Firefox 2.0.0.14 (2008040413) Operating System: WINNT (x86-msvc) - About This Site 1.1 - Adblock Plus 0.7.5.4 - Add N Edit Cookies 0.2.1.2 - All-in-One Gestures 0.18.0 - All-in-One Sidebar 0.7.5 - Better Gmail 1.1.1 (Disabled) - Better Gmail 2 0.3.5 (Disabled) - Better GReader 0.2.3 - ColorZilla 1.9 - DOM Inspector 1.8.1.14 - DownThemAll! 1.0.1 - English (Australian) Dictionary 2.1.1 - Extension List Dumper 1.13.1 - Fire Encrypter 3.0 - Firebug 1.05 - FireShot 0.45 - GButts 1.5.1 - Google Browser Sync 1.3.20070523.0 - Greasemonkey 0.7.20080121.0 - Live HTTP Headers 0.13.1 - McAfee SiteAdvisor 26.5 - MeasureIt 0.3.6 - Menu Editor 1.2.5 - PermaTabs 1.7.0 - PhProxy - InBasic 3.0.2B - PicLens 1.6.3.2361 - Server Switcher 0.4 - Session Manager 0.6.1.13 - Stylish 0.5.6 - Talkback 2.0.0.11 - Tamper Data 10.0.3 - TimeTracker 1.2.3 - Web Developer 1.1.5 (Disabled) - WorldClocks 0.8.8-2 - XPath Checker 0.4.1 - XPather 1.4 However, this problem has been encountered with a different mix of extensions, and different installs of FF (ie Portable FF also affected).
I am having a similar issue. Windows XP on a Pentium 4 machine with 512 megs of ram, Firefox 3 release candidate. Sometimes, some of the windows will disappear from the taskbar, while others will still be shown. The other day I had five windows up but only two had taskbar buttons. I had to use task manager to switch to the other windows and see them again. I have not been able to find a way to consistently reproduce it. From the about box: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008051206 Firefox/3.0 eMusic DLM/4.0_1.0.0.1
This just happened again, though I am now on FF3 RC2, so it's still not fixed. I have screenshots. Attaching a PDF of them. Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0 eMusic DLM/4.0_1.0.0.1
Screenshot taken right after I noticed the button gone from the taskbar. Brought up a second FF window. Then clicked on original FF window and got button back. PDF is zipped because it was a few kilobytes over the limit.
I too encountered the same error in firefox 3
...Contd from previous in Windows XP SP2
I am encountering this bug with Firefox 3.0.5, running on a Dell 420 laptop with MS Windows XP (SP2). For me the problem surfaced when I added a second monitor to my docking station. When I have Firefox on the second monitor, it intermittently disappears from the Windows taskbar. The windows taskmanager shows the process to be still running (I am using that right now to enter these comments), but is clearly not on the taskbar.
Any thoughts on this bug? The behavior described above has existed throughout all 3.0x FF releases.
This bug was reported using a version of Firefox that security and stability updates are no longer provided for. All users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to Firefox 3 by selecting 'Check for Updates' in the Help menu or by going to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html If you can no longer reproduce this bug using the latest Firefox 3.0.x version, please change the status of this bug to 'RESOLVED' 'WORKSFORME'. If you can still reproduce this bug, please provide additional details to help resolve this issue.
@Kurt: Comments above suggest that this behaviour still exists in v3. As such, I cannot, in good conscience, change the status to Resolved.
Yes, this issue is always reproducible for me on latest version 3.5. Initially it used to annoy me thinking I lost all my session. Now I know how to get back back the hidden Firefox, just Alt+Tab and select to get it. Thanks, Santosh (In reply to comment #13) > This bug was reported using a version of Firefox that security and stability > updates are no longer provided for. All users are strongly encouraged to > upgrade to Firefox 3 by selecting 'Check for Updates' in the Help menu or by > going to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html > > If you can no longer reproduce this bug using the latest Firefox 3.0.x version, > please change the status of this bug to 'RESOLVED' 'WORKSFORME'. > > If you can still reproduce this bug, please provide additional details to help > resolve this issue.
No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please reply if you can still reproduce this bug with Firefox 3.5.3 or later in a new profile with the latest plugins (flash, quicktime, java, etc.).
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
I'm using Firefox 3.5.3, haven't seen this issue on 3.5.3 so far. But it never was reproducible, it use to happen all of a sudden. I'll post if I see it again. Thanks, Santosh
Ok, we don't have to wait longer... it got reproduced with 3.5.3 See the images attached. Thanks, Santosh
Attached image Plugins I have on 3.5.3 —
Looks you guys are just hoping that issue somehow will gets resolved on its own, without actually putting an effort to fix it. I say this because I don't see any developer looking for any specific information from any user who reported the issue... lame. Thanks, Santosh
UM, have you tried a new profile?
(In reply to comment #26) > UM, have you tried a new profile? I don't know what is mean by new profile, can you please provide steps to try new profile? Thanks, Santosh
firs google result for new profile in firefox, http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profiles
Ok, no good. I created brand new profile and after an hour of usage firefox disappeared from taskbar. I'm sending this message from new profile. After creating new profile I did 4 changes. 1. Add proxy information 2. Disable asking for save passwords 3. add-on FoxClocks 4. add couple of bookmarks to bookmarks toolbar. Thanks, Santosh
My computer --> properties. System: Microsoft Windows XP, Professional, Version 2002, Service Pack 2 Computer: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU, E8400 @ 3.00GHz, 2.99 GHz. 3.21 GB of RAM.
The point of a new profile is that there are no user modification such as extensions. Please create another one with absolutely no changes. Possibly unrelated, but also update windows to service pack 3
I created another new profile, this time absolutely no changes. The issue occurred after approximately 20 hours of firefox uptime. However, I haven't updated windows to service pack 3.
Hello Developers, Don't you think you should change the status of this bug to UNRESOLVED? Let me know if you need any more information. I see the issue almost daily. Thanks, Santosh Yadawar
There is no UNRESOLVED. Have you updates your windows to the latest SP and updates?
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