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After the 43 update yesturday the browser keeps crashing after startup. Also unable to send the crash reports for some reason.

After the 43 update yesturday the browser keeps crashing after startup. Also unable to send the crash reports for some reason.

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Those crash reports weren’t sent to the Mozilla Servers.

Do you have nvidia's network access manager or forceware network manager software installed? Disable / remove it.

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options)
key, and then starting Firefox. Is the problem still there?

While still in Safe Mode,

In the address bar, type about:crashes<enter>. Note: If any reports do not have BP in front of the numbers/letters, click it and select Submit.

The crash report is several pages of data. We need the report numbers to see the whole report.

Using your mouse, mark the most resent 7 - 10 crash reports, and copy them. Now go to the reply box below and paste them in.

aboutcrashesFx29

If you can't get Firefox to open, you will have to do this the hard way. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/mozillacrashreporter Open the file browser / explorer on your computer. Note: You may have to enable Show Hidden Folders / Files. Enter this in the address bar;

Windows: %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted Win 7/Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted Win XP/2000: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted

Mac OS: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Crash Reports/submitted Linux: /home/<username>/.mozilla/firefox/Crash Reports/submitted

Copy the last 5-7 Recent File Names in the folder. Post the information in the reply box below.

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FredMcD said

The crash report is several pages of data.
We need the report numbers to see the whole report.
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Once i get to the crash reports folder and open it; I can only pick from an Events folder or a Pending folder, which are both empty. Once firefox crashes right after startup, I get the promt to restart and that it will send a report but it says the was a problem sending the error report. Appreciate the help so far

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Start your Computer in safe mode with networking. Then start Firefox. Try Safe web sites. Is the problem still there?

Starting The Computer In Safe Mode;
Free Online Encyclopedia

Then try to submit the crash reports.

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Finally got the browser to stay open long enough to grab the crash ids

ce1f5835-4f72-4da7-91c8-58a3e97f4910 12/22/2015 7:58 PM a21a625e-df9e-4611-abbc-777207b59109 12/22/2015 7:57 PM 95ff0bfe-74b3-4922-ad87-7fcd66c49905 12/22/2015 7:42 PM fe487ebc-c3ec-4db9-a7d2-5f2b529140a6 12/22/2015 7:30 PM 6e25d12f-0304-47c6-83f0-521d6c1c1033 12/21/2015 11:40 PM 39f868ea-f165-438b-a568-e9cf11c52a45 12/19/2015 1:11 AM 310221a2-bb91-4dee-8d78-6548567677a7 12/18/2015 1:47 PM ceeca940-c732-4d69-8cbd-1e49384713c7 12/18/2015 1:40 PM acc65541-a567-4bbb-882e-963ac653f186 12/18/2015 1:40 PM a6d4d2e8-69dd-46a5-b48e-4ea40cb21b35 12/18/2015 1:40 PM fde11039-d90b-415a-95de-73f1e51905f6 12/18/2015 12:18 PM 25a3f9b6-7b37-4c4a-9916-e385fc5cddf4 12/18/2015 12:09 PM

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Seçilmiş Həll

Those crash reports weren’t sent to the Mozilla Servers.

Do you have nvidia's network access manager or forceware network manager software installed? Disable / remove it.

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Thank you very much. That solved the problem.

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<strike>Note that Firefox 43.0.2 has been released that addresses this issue and blocks the NVIDIA driver.</strike>

(this block has been reverted)

Modified by cor-el

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Hello,

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