Netscape Navigator 9 problem

BlueMak · Oct 14, 2007, 09:59 AM

I have a problem with Netscape Navigator 9.0RC1.
I had a previous version (few months old IIRC) and yesterday I decided to accept the prompt to update the program to this version.
All went fine till I rebooted the Navigator.
Now I have a box sitting underneath the Status Bar which is 4-5 times the height of the status bar and has big red letters in it with this in it:

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5313/navpy5.jpg

I am sorry for the lousy file but for the life of me I can't figure out how to save only that part to a file.

I tried all the menu items that I could think of, I tried customising the window, right clicking on the box etc, it just won't go away.

PangingJr · Oct 14, 2007, 10:27 AM

the old profile or some of config files values was not compatible with the newly installed program, or one or more of plugins, addons, now became obsolete for this version of the program.
it was then simply corrupted the program interface.
close the program, then clean out the files/folders in the profile, and then reopen the program so that i can create a new profile, cleanly.

BlueMak · Oct 14, 2007, 01:24 PM

Eh, any instuctions how to do that? Netscape Navigator is not my main browser (Opera is).

PangingJr · Oct 14, 2007, 01:34 PM

soory i can't remember where the netscape installs its profile at...
but try... unhide all the hidden files on your Windows first, and then looking for it at these areas...

\Docs and Settings\<Windows log in name>\Application Data\...
\Docs and Settings\all users\Application Data\...
\Docs and Settings\default\Application Data\...

BlueMak · Oct 16, 2007, 08:19 AM

I was ready to do this when system crashed due to a video file...anway. After reboot I run Netscape and got a new update message...to navigator 9.0...
I said why not, so after restarting navigator after the "new"? update, everthing seems to be working fine.
Thank you.

PangingJr · Oct 16, 2007, 08:22 AM

ah. that's better. and you're welcome.

Oct 14, 2007, 09:59 AM	#1
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,459 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Netscape Navigator 9 problem I have a problem with Netscape Navigator 9.0RC1. I had a previous version (few months old IIRC) and yesterday I decided to accept the prompt to update the program to this version. All went fine till I rebooted the Navigator. Now I have a box sitting underneath the Status Bar which is 4-5 times the height of the status bar and has big red letters in it with this in it: http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5313/navpy5.jpg I am sorry for the lousy file but for the life of me I can't figure out how to save only that part to a file. I tried all the menu items that I could think of, I tried customising the window, right clicking on the box etc, it just won't go away. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Oct 14, 2007, 01:24 PM	Thread Starter #3
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,459 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Eh, any instuctions how to do that? Netscape Navigator is not my main browser (Opera is). __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Oct 16, 2007, 08:19 AM	Thread Starter #5
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,459 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	I was ready to do this when system crashed due to a video file...anway. After reboot I run Netscape and got a new update message...to navigator 9.0... I said why not, so after restarting navigator after the "new"? update, everthing seems to be working fine. Thank you. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Oct 14, 2007, 10:27 AM	#2
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 70	the old profile or some of config files values was not compatible with the newly installed program, or one or more of plugins, addons, now became obsolete for this version of the program. it was then simply corrupted the program interface. close the program, then clean out the files/folders in the profile, and then reopen the program so that i can create a new profile, cleanly.

Oct 14, 2007, 01:34 PM	#4
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 70	soory i can't remember where the netscape installs its profile at... but try... unhide all the hidden files on your Windows first, and then looking for it at these areas... \Docs and Settings\<Windows log in name>\Application Data\... \Docs and Settings\all users\Application Data\... \Docs and Settings\default\Application Data\...

Oct 16, 2007, 08:22 AM	#6
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 70	ah. that's better. and you're welcome.