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I can't close the far left tab.

AnonymousUser
AnonymousUser
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Issue

I have another kind of problem with Firefox

Description

I'm having an issue with Firefox, and I've had it for a few months/versions now.

Every now and then, the far left tab on my browser won't close. I hit the x, and nothing happens. I try to move it to another window, nothing happens. The only way to close it is by closing all other tabs. When I close the last other tab, the far left tab closes on its own. It's done this since late November, on both a mac running 10.4 and a PC running Vista.


This happened

A few times a week

No specific cause

Troubleshooting information

  Application Basics
        Name         Firefox
        Version         3.6.8
        Profile Directory
          Open Containing Folder
        Installed Plugins
          about:plugins
        Build Configuration
          about:buildconfig

  Extensions
        Name
        Version
        Enabled
        ID
        Gmail Notifier         0.6.4.1         true         {44d0a1b4-9c90-4f86-ac92-8680b5d6549e}
        Adblock Plus         1.2.1         true          
        Tab Mix Plus         0.3.8.4         true          
        SomethingAwful Last Read Enhancement         1.99.100724         true          
        tektek.org GaiaOnline Toolbar 2.1         2.1.20100701         true         {0df7b3bb-9581-44bb-835f-061a29ec8a46}
        Skype extension for Firefox         4.2.0.5198         true          
        ChaCha Guide App Toolbar         1.2         true         chachaguidebar@chacha.com
        Java Console         6.0.20         true          
        StumbleUpon         3.64         true          
        AVG Safe Search         9.0.0.845         true         {3f963a5b-e555-4543-90e2-c3908898db71}

  Modified Preferences
      Name
      Value
        accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar         0
        browser.history_expire_days.mirror         180
        browser.places.importBookmarksHTML         false
        browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion         2
        browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone         rv:1.9.2.8
        browser.tabs.warnOnClose         false
        extensions.lastAppVersion         3.6.8
        javascript.options.showInConsole         true
        network.cookie.prefsMigrated         true
        places.last_vacuum         1276391249
        print.print_printer         Microsoft XPS Document Writer
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_bgcolor         false
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_bgimages         false
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_command
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_downloadfonts         false
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_edge_bottom         0
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_edge_left         0
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_edge_right         0
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_edge_top         0
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_evenpages         true
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_footercenter
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_footerleft         &PT
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_footerright         &D
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_headercenter
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_headerleft         &T
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_headerright         &U
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_in_color         true
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_margin_bottom         0.5
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_margin_left         0.5
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_margin_right         0.5
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_margin_top         0.5
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_oddpages         true
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_orientation         0
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_pagedelay         500
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_paper_data         1
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_paper_height         11.00
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_paper_size_type         0
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_paper_size_unit         0
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_paper_width         8.50
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_reversed         false
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_scaling         1.00
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_shrink_to_fit         true
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_to_file         false
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom         0
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_unwriteable_margin_left         0
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_unwriteable_margin_right         0
        print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_unwriteable_margin_top         0
        privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs         true
        security.warn_viewing_mixed         false

Firefox version

3.6.8

Operating system

Windows Vista

User Agent

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8

Plugins installed

  • -Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape
  • The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
  • NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy
  • Default Plug-in
  • Unity Player 2.6.1f3
  • Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45
  • iTunes Detector Plug-in
  • Yahoo Application State Plugin version 1.0.0.7
  • 3.0.50106.0
  • Version 0.9.17, copyright 2008-2010 Veetle Inchttp://www.veetle.com/
  • Version 0.9.17, Copyright 2006-2009 Veetle Inchttp://www.veetle.com/
  • Version 0.9.17, copyright 2006-2010 Veetle Inchttp://www.veetle.com/
  • Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_20 for Mozilla browsers
== Issue == I have another kind of problem with Firefox == Description == I'm having an issue with Firefox, and I've had it for a few months/versions now. Every now and then, the far left tab on my browser won't close. I hit the x, and nothing happens. I try to move it to another window, nothing happens. The only way to close it is by closing all other tabs. When I close the last other tab, the far left tab closes on its own. It's done this since late November, on both a mac running 10.4 and a PC running Vista. == This happened == A few times a week == No specific cause == == Troubleshooting information == Application Basics Name Firefox Version 3.6.8 Profile Directory Open Containing Folder Installed Plugins about:plugins Build Configuration about:buildconfig Extensions Name Version Enabled ID Gmail Notifier 0.6.4.1 true {44d0a1b4-9c90-4f86-ac92-8680b5d6549e} Adblock Plus 1.2.1 true Tab Mix Plus 0.3.8.4 true SomethingAwful Last Read Enhancement 1.99.100724 true tektek.org GaiaOnline Toolbar 2.1 2.1.20100701 true {0df7b3bb-9581-44bb-835f-061a29ec8a46} Skype extension for Firefox 4.2.0.5198 true ChaCha Guide App Toolbar 1.2 true chachaguidebar@chacha.com Java Console 6.0.20 true StumbleUpon 3.64 true AVG Safe Search 9.0.0.845 true {3f963a5b-e555-4543-90e2-c3908898db71} Modified Preferences Name Value accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar 0 browser.history_expire_days.mirror 180 browser.places.importBookmarksHTML false browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion 2 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone rv:1.9.2.8 browser.tabs.warnOnClose false extensions.lastAppVersion 3.6.8 javascript.options.showInConsole true network.cookie.prefsMigrated true places.last_vacuum 1276391249 print.print_printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_bgcolor false print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_bgimages false print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_command print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_downloadfonts false print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_edge_bottom 0 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_edge_left 0 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_edge_right 0 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_edge_top 0 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_evenpages true print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_footercenter print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_footerleft &PT print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_footerright &D print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_headercenter print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_headerleft &T print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_headerright &U print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_in_color true print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_margin_bottom 0.5 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_margin_left 0.5 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_margin_right 0.5 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_margin_top 0.5 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_oddpages true print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_orientation 0 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_pagedelay 500 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_paper_data 1 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_paper_height 11.00 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_paper_size_type 0 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_paper_size_unit 0 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_paper_width 8.50 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_reversed false print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_scaling 1.00 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_shrink_to_fit true print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_to_file false print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom 0 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_unwriteable_margin_left 0 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_unwriteable_margin_right 0 print.printer_Microsoft_XPS_Document_Writer.print_unwriteable_margin_top 0 privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs true security.warn_viewing_mixed false == Firefox version == 3.6.8 == Operating system == Windows Vista == User Agent == Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8 == Plugins installed == *-Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape *The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site. *NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy *Default Plug-in *Unity Player 2.6.1f3 *Shockwave Flash 10.0 r45 *iTunes Detector Plug-in *Yahoo Application State Plugin version 1.0.0.7 *3.0.50106.0 *Version 0.9.17, copyright 2008-2010 Veetle Inchttp://www.veetle.com/ *Version 0.9.17, Copyright 2006-2009 Veetle Inchttp://www.veetle.com/ *Version 0.9.17, copyright 2006-2010 Veetle Inchttp://www.veetle.com/ *Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_20 for Mozilla browsers

All Replies (3)

MountainSage
MountainSage
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I have the same problem.

AnonymousUser
AnonymousUser Question owner
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Does anybody have any idea about what could cause this?

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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You need to figure out which extension you have installed is causing that to happen - something isn't fully compatible with Firefox 3.6.8, I would guess.

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+theme...