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Firefox painfully slow to open

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crocketbear
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Thinking of ditching Firefox it is repeatedly slow to open then i get 4 or more windows open by clicking on the Firefox icon compared to Opera which is faster .

Thinking of ditching Firefox it is repeatedly slow to open then i get 4 or more windows open by clicking on the Firefox icon compared to Opera which is faster .

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FredMcD
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crocketbear said

i get 4 or more windows open by clicking on the Firefox icon

Are those windows your choice as your Home Page? What are these pages? Any clips or pictures on them?

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox. A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh).

Is the problem still there?

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-slow-how-make-it-faster

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-many-cpu-resources-how-fix

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hangs-or-not-responding