# Strange Issue with FireFox

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by Eleni21 (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Wednesday, 23-Dec-2009 14:37:03

For awhile now, I've been using Firefox with NVDA and it's been working fine. But a few days ago, it started saying this every time I started the program.
"could not initialise the application's security component. The most likely cause is problems with files in your profile's directory. Please check that this directory has no read/write restrictions and your hard disk is not full or close to full. It is recommended that you exit the application and fix the problem. If you continue to use this session, you might see incorrect application behavior when accessing security features."
I tried rebooting but it only did the same thing. The drive doesn't appear to be full, though there's alot of stuff on this machine that I can now delete since it was given to me and is no longer used as the household pc. In any case, I didn't download any huge files and I have only a vague idea what my profile's directory is, let alone how to change settings there. It also works fine after giving me that message, but perhaps, I didn't run across any secure sites yet. Does anyone have a clue what's going on?

## Post 2 by rat (star trek rules!) on Wednesday, 23-Dec-2009 15:49:06

i'd reinstall the programs sometimes that can fix issues

## Post 3 by Eleni21 (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Wednesday, 23-Dec-2009 16:09:14

If it's not the Mac breaking on me it's Windows giving me a problem. *sigh*

## Post 4 by Eleni21 (I have proven to myself and the world that I need mental help) on Wednesday, 23-Dec-2009 17:40:25

When I started it up again, it completely crashed. So I uninstalled it but told it to keep my settings. When I reinstalled it, it it did the same thing. So I uninstalled it and it's settings this time and then reinstalled it and now it works. Hopefully, it won't start doing this again any time soon. It also slows down NVDA to the point where sometimes, I have to start JFW or switch browsers whenever possible to get anything done. Considering that I've got 4.5 on this computer, that's very sad. I originally downloaded it so that I could use Facebook, since my version of IE and WebbIE stopped working with it, but if this continues, I may just leave FB and find a more accessible mainstream social networking site. They keep changing it around too much anyway.