mozilla uninstall

Complexuser · 10-20-2009, 07:36 AM

I can't uninstall Mozilla

**koala** · 10-20-2009, 08:35 AM

Do you mean Firefox or the old discontinued Mozilla/Navigator suite?

If Firefox is running, close it. Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up the Task Manager. If firefox.exe is in the list, right-click it and select End Process. Then go to Start > Add/Remove Programs and uninstall Firefox from there.

Complexuser · 10-21-2009, 07:52 AM

Actually it is Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3. It was suggested that I try Mozilla (to get away from m/s) however I am having additional problems (I cannot install updates - up to about 54 now that try every time I shut down but do not take) So I thought I would delete Mozilla Firefox and go back to i/e to work things out.

As to your suggestion - When I close Mozilla it no longer remains in the task list so there is nothing to 'end process' on. I go through to the control panel to uninstall and it proceeds to the point where it asks me permission to continue and then nothing.

**koala** · 10-21-2009, 07:53 AM

Are you logged into Vista with full admin rights?

Complexuser · 10-22-2009, 09:05 AM

Yes, my user profile has full admin rights, there is only one user set up on this computer. But when I look there are 2 other profiles - one is guest (which is off) and the other is ASP.NET Machine Account

Dadashi_Hatake · 10-23-2009, 01:59 PM

Not to interrupt, but, do you by any chance have a firewall besides the regular Windows Firewall, installed? I noticed with the one I use (Comodo) it made some installs and uninstalls hang a bit. It would ask 5 - 10 times to block and or allow this or that operation, etc... And I had to click through all of those just to get the programs to install/uninstall.

10-20-2009, 07:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
Complexuser Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Vista home	mozilla uninstall I can't uninstall Mozilla

10-20-2009, 08:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,307 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Re: mozilla uninstall Do you mean Firefox or the old discontinued Mozilla/Navigator suite? If Firefox is running, close it. Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up the Task Manager. If firefox.exe is in the list, right-click it and select End Process. Then go to Start > Add/Remove Programs and uninstall Firefox from there. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

10-21-2009, 07:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
Complexuser Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Vista home	Re: mozilla uninstall Actually it is Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3. It was suggested that I try Mozilla (to get away from m/s) however I am having additional problems (I cannot install updates - up to about 54 now that try every time I shut down but do not take) So I thought I would delete Mozilla Firefox and go back to i/e to work things out. As to your suggestion - When I close Mozilla it no longer remains in the task list so there is nothing to 'end process' on. I go through to the control panel to uninstall and it proceeds to the point where it asks me permission to continue and then nothing.

10-21-2009, 07:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,307 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Re: mozilla uninstall Are you logged into Vista with full admin rights? __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

10-22-2009, 09:05 AM	#5 (permalink)
Complexuser Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Vista home	Re: mozilla uninstall Yes, my user profile has full admin rights, there is only one user set up on this computer. But when I look there are 2 other profiles - one is guest (which is off) and the other is ASP.NET Machine Account

10-23-2009, 01:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
Dadashi_Hatake Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohio (U.S.A) Posts: 121 OS: Vista SP1	Re: mozilla uninstall Not to interrupt, but, do you by any chance have a firewall besides the regular Windows Firewall, installed? I noticed with the one I use (Comodo) it made some installs and uninstalls hang a bit. It would ask 5 - 10 times to block and or allow this or that operation, etc... And I had to click through all of those just to get the programs to install/uninstall.