Updated: no longer need help with permanently removing a Firefox extension [View all]

Last edited Sun Jul 2, 2017, 02:16 PM - Edit history (1)

Okay, here's the update:

I seem to have fixed the problem. I used canetoad's advice (reply #7) in my own special and probably unnecessarily complicated way.

I first reinstalled Firefox and tried the built-in fresh install option from the opening window, but that didn't work... still froze solid. So then I uninstalled it, installed the Revo Uninstaller, and ran that.

Then I thought "hmmm... what if I should uninstall it through Revo, instead of through the Firefox or Windows uninstall option?"

So I re-installed Firefox, THEN uninstalled (again) through Revo, and had Revo go through and find all the bits and pieces that were lingering.

Then I reinstalled it again and have been using it since. No issues... it worked!

So thank you everybody for the help. Now I'm back in Firefox and very happy.

I have already signed up with Firefox Sync, so I didn't need to use the backup stuff.

Thanks all,
Krispos42



Original post below:


Hi everybody,

Recently I took a step to try to increase my on-line security because, well, let's just say the Orange Idiot is less than reassuring.

I installed a Firefox extension that would force my browser to the secure version of a site's webpages, the ones that begin with https, even for "normal" browning. The idea is that my internet traffic to, say, DU, would be as secure as when I'm doing online banking.

It seemed to work okay, except for one teensie tiny problem... once or twice a week Firefox would freeze solid while I was using it. And if I tried to close Firefox, the entire computer would freeze. As in, not even the mouse cursor would move. I'd have to do a hard reboot by pressing and holding the power button.

After a couple of weeks of this, I uninstalled the extension, but it still happened. I uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox, but it still happened. So I uninstalled Firefox and installed Chrome. The problem went away.

I don't like Chrome. I like Firefox. I miss Firefox, and I want to go back to it. But I have to somehow purge every last binary digit of either Firefox or the extension off of my hard drive first.

Anybody have any ideas?

I'm running Windows 7 Pro, SP1. I have a SSD, if that matters.

I already tried running CCleaner.

Thanks in advance.