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Firefox gets slower with every upgrade & now crashes every time I open a PDF, made worse when opening the next time, by reopening the PDF & crashing again

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Firefox gets slower with every upgrade & now crashes every time I open a PDF, made worse when opening the next time, by reopening the PDF & crashing again

Firefox gets slower with every upgrade & now crashes every time I open a PDF, made worse when opening the next time, by reopening the PDF & crashing again

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Please update to Firefox 19.0.2 Update Firefox to the latest release

Then try to Reset Firefox Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings

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If you have submitted crash reports then please post the IDs of one or more crash reports that have this format:

  • bp-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

You can find the IDs of the submitted crash reports on the about:crashes page.

  • You can open the about:crashes page via the location bar, like you open a website.

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