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I want to uninstall ff5 and go back to ff4 which worked for my game.

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bold textI did not ask ff to update to ff5 , nor did I want it to update. I don't like it and want my ff4 back

'''bold text'''I did not ask ff to update to ff5 , nor did I want it to update. I don't like it and want my ff4 back

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Because Firefox 4 is no longer secure it is recommended that Firefox 3.6 or firefox 5 be used.

If the game is using an add on try installing and running compatability reporter

If it is the games website that is a problem

What is the game and gaming site that is causing a problem ?

I would also recommend that whilst on Firefox 5 you use the Feedback option to provide the URL of the problem site, at least that results in your feedback being drawn to the attention of Mozilla Firefox and its developers.

If you do need to tue Firefox 3.6 consider using the portable version, you can install that easily whilst continuing to use Firefox 5 for ordinary browsing. See http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable/localization#legacy36

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That answer doesnt answer the question posed

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Unfortunatley Firefox 4 is unsupported and is not secure. The Firefox staff are asking that we do not assist users in using firefox 4 but provide help in finding other solutions. You could look at other sites: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Go_back_to_an_old_version_of_Firefox

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If you find a Firefox 4.0 you better hang onto it. The development people seem totally unresponsive to real FF5 bugs and usage problems and released an apparently untested version on users. I say "untested" because many reported problems are immediately apparent on initial startup. Possibly it's just that available test platforms were very limited in HW/SW breadth.

I don't know what to do at this point. Firefox 5 is unusable because I can't use my bookmarks, FF4 is unavailable for reversion and said to be dangerously unsecure (actually it's out there -I found it; look around.)

Possible I'm excessively loyal to FOSS software and Mozilla because I haven't yet started to look around, still hoping for FF5 to magically fix itself.

I have to add that I've been very pleased with previous versions going back to the beginning.

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Keeping the original installers, or having a reversion strategy in the OS can help, and as you say Firefox 4 is relatively easy to find.

Firefox 5 generally should be better, and I see no reason Fx5 should give problems with bookmarks, if you start a new thread about that I am sure someone will help.