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Why do I keep getting Firefox not responding when I try to do something?

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sstaxman
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Withing the past month I am getting a message that Firefox is not responding and the cursor is a spinning circle. I am also getting script messages that stop everything from working. Is it time to leave Firefox and go to Chrome?

Withing the past month I am getting a message that Firefox is not responding and the cursor is a spinning circle. I am also getting script messages that stop everything from working. Is it time to leave Firefox and go to Chrome?

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FredMcD
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'Not responding' normally means the computers CPU is being overworked.

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/kb/Firefox+is+already+running+but+is+not+responding

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