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Firefox will not load

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Firefox begins to load for a few seconds then stops. I did attempt to uninstall then reinstall a fresh copy, but the problem persists. I did add Firefox as a program permitted to access the Internet through the Windows firewall, but the problem persists. I did defragment my drive, but the problem persists. Please, what can be done?

Firefox begins to load for a few seconds then stops. I did attempt to uninstall then reinstall a fresh copy, but the problem persists. I did add Firefox as a program permitted to access the Internet through the Windows firewall, but the problem persists. I did defragment my drive, but the problem persists. Please, what can be done?

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If you have submitted crash reports then please post the IDs of one or more recent crash reports that have a "bp-" prefix:

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

You can find the Report ID of recent crash reports on the "Help > Troubleshooting Information" page (about:support).

  • Click the "All Crash Reports" button on this page to open the about:crashes page and see all crash reports.

If necessary then you can open about: pages via the location/address bar.

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If you can't open Firefox, see:

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Does Firefox start at all or are you just having trouble loading webpages?

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Sorry, Firefox does not start at all. It attempts to load for two seconds then stops.

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You can check if you can start Firefox in Safe Mode by holding down the Shift/Options key.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window

Boot the computer in Windows Safe Mode with network support (press F8 on the boot screen) as a test.

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OK, the default theme did not work, nor did a full restart. I am trying again to look at hardware acceleration. Had one add-on that was already flagged, but it was also blocked, so not there.

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Sadly, no, turning off accelerated hardware also did not solve the problem.

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Chosen Solution

If you have submitted crash reports then please post the IDs of one or more recent crash reports that have a "bp-" prefix:

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

You can find the Report ID of recent crash reports on the "Help > Troubleshooting Information" page (about:support).

  • Click the "All Crash Reports" button on this page to open the about:crashes page and see all crash reports.

If necessary then you can open about: pages via the location/address bar.

See:

If you can't open Firefox, see:

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Thank you! I'm keeping this for reference. Seems javascript was causing the headache.