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How do I get rid of this horrid 4.0 version of Firefox?

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Icons for functions I use all the time have disappeared. And there are too many items, too dark at the top of the page that I don't want. This version does not allow me to customize. If I could customize, I could fix some of those problems. I want the old version of Firefox back. I think it was 3.6.

Icons for functions I use all the time have disappeared. And there are too many items, too dark at the top of the page that I don't want. This version does not allow me to customize. If I could customize, I could fix some of those problems. I want the old version of Firefox back. I think it was 3.6.

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Firefox is highly customizable and you may be able to customize it to meet your needs.

If you do not like the new UI, you can make Firefox 4 look and behave more like Firefox 3.6, for details see http://www.computertechtips.net/64/make-firefox-4-look-like-ff-3-6


To downgrade to Firefox 3.6 first uninstall Firefox 4, but do not select the option to "Remove my Firefox personal data". If you select that option it will delete your bookmarks, passwords and other user data.

You can then install the latest version of Firefox 3.6 available from http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html - it will automatically use your current bookmarks, passwords etc.

To avoid possible problems with downgrading, I recommend going to your profile folder and deleting the following files if they exist - extensions.cache, extensions.rdf, extensions.ini, extensions.sqlite and localstore.rdf. Deleting these files will force Firefox to rebuild the list of installed extensions, checking their compatibility, and reset toolbar customizations.

For details of how to find your profile folder see https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Profiles

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I want to remove the new Firefox 4 that was put on my system this moringing . It has staken away all my signin's and my toolbar

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ljb55, see my first reply.