Mozilla Firefox shows all the programming code on files. How do I stop that?

Any time I download an email or a site, and then open the file either from the hard drive or a cd, the programming codes fill the page and it is diffeicult the read the message. Is this a virus from Firefox? How can I stop this problem? It is a big aggrevation. Can I get rid of Firefox and still keep all the bookmarked pages?

Mozilla Firefox shows all the programming code on files. How do I stop that?
That is because your computer does not have the software to open these files so it is using your default browser to open these files. The files might be corrupt or you might need to get the software that will open them correctly for you.
Reply:Sure, you can save your Firefox bookmarks at any time - do "Manage Bookmarks" command and then tell it to "Export" them.





No idea what you are talking about with programming codes. Not sure how you are downloading a "web site". An email downloaded into a file, like .eml file format, has a bunch of header info and stuff on it - that would look like "programming codes" to you, perhaps. Though it is data, not programming.





I should point out here, that Firefox is not an email client - it is a web page browser.





Thunderbird is the sister program of Firefox, which is used for reading email. Perhaps you should check it out today, after you get your browser or OS problems sorted out. Thunderbird seems to do a pretty good job as: email composer/reader, Newsgroup reader, Newsfeed reader, email organizer, etc.





You might have simply gotten your Encoding/Language settings set wrong in Firefox. Check your Firefox preferences.





You might have also gotten your MIME type and/or file suffix settings set wrong, or deleted an application that you currently have set as the viewer for them, in which case the OS might default to opening them as text files (which they clearly are not) in the default system text editor.





Be careful what kind of whacky stuff you are trying to "download" from email or websites. You can really mess up your computer by grabbing the wrong thing. Some of it is like picking up broken glass.





You can uninstall Firefox just like any other application problem. On the Macintosh, simply drag it to the Trash and do an Empty Trash command in Finder. On MS-Windows, it is a bit more complicated: you must click "Start" button (the one you use to shut down your computer), then "Settings", then "Control Panels", then "Add/Remove Programs" (whew!) - and then finally you can pick Firefox and click the "Uninstall" program.





You did not mention which OS you are running, but with all the confusion that is occurring, I am guessing Windows. Mac users never ask if they can get rid of a free application they downloaded - they just do it.





In case some of your problems are caused by your operating system settings or whatever, I am including a link to the Annoyances.org website.





Personally, it does not sound like Firefox is the cause of your problems. It sounds like simple confusion and/or messed up OS or browser settings, probably the former.





Check the file format (via filename suffix or MIME type) of the file you are trying to read. I am providing reference links so you can see what they are, and if Firefox supports them. It supports virtually anything, so I suspect you are trying to look at something that you simply do not have a viewer for.





Make sure you have the latest version of Firefox too. The current one is 1.5.0.3 as I write this.