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Firefox hangs does not access internet

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The Firefox page opens and hangs. the menu opens but clicking on anything does nothing.

The Firefox page opens and hangs. the menu opens but clicking on anything does nothing.

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Hi manbear07,

we received a number of similar reports about Firefox on Win10, running in a compatibility mode with win7. Can you check compatibility settings in firefox.exe properties?

See also https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/f2d5cu/nothing_will_load/

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Hi manbear07,

we received a number of similar reports about Firefox on Win10, running in a compatibility mode with win7. Can you check compatibility settings in firefox.exe properties?

See also https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/f2d5cu/nothing_will_load/

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Yes, unchecking the compatibility mode allows firefox to open normally.

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Looks like a widespread problem with Firefox 70s being incompatible with Win 7 Compatibility Mode or on Windows 7 system like mine.