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Firefox would crash then I would have to open it again. Now it is in safe mode, it did that on its own and I don't know how to get it our of safe made. Help please

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RedRobinE
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For a while every now and again, firefox would crash. All I would do is click on it again, and it would be fine. The other day it never crashed, just opened up in safe mode. I can still use the internet, but not as conveniently as before. How do I get it out of safe mode, I tried "disable all add ons and restart. But, it still is in safe mode. I need help. Any suggestions.?

For a while every now and again, firefox would crash. All I would do is click on it again, and it would be fine. The other day it never crashed, just opened up in safe mode. I can still use the internet, but not as conveniently as before. How do I get it out of safe mode, I tried "disable all add ons and restart. But, it still is in safe mode. I need help. Any suggestions.?

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Do you get the Safe mode start window?

Make sure that you do not press the Shift key while starting Firefox.
You can also check the target line in the desktop shortcut to make sure that you do not have the -safe-mode switch appended.

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Swarnava Sengupta
Swarnava Sengupta
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Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.

See "Basic Troubleshooting: Make a new profile":

There may be extensions and plugins installed by default in a new profile, so check that in "Tools > Add-ons > Extensions & Plugins" in case there are still problems.

If that new profile works then you can transfer some files from the old profile to that new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.

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See:

If you have submitted Breakpad crash reports then post the IDs of one or more Breakpad crash reports (bp-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-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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cor-el
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Do you get the Safe mode start window?

Make sure that you do not press the Shift key while starting Firefox.
You can also check the target line in the desktop shortcut to make sure that you do not have the -safe-mode switch appended.

RedRobinE
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Thankyou to the one who tried to help but the problem resolved itself. Don't ask me how. I simply shut down my computer for a day, turned it back on, and it was fine.

Many thanks anyway.