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Getting out of hand now, seem to have very frequent tab crashes, and a few Firefox has crashed. getting more and more frequent especially the tab crash.

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itsmarine
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Have Firefox open in first tab, try to go to fix crash as Firefox says. I opens ina second tab and before I can even read it I get the UGH the tab has crashed notice.

Have Firefox open in first tab, try to go to fix crash as Firefox says. I opens ina second tab and before I can even read it I get the UGH the tab has crashed notice.

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FredMcD
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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?

While still in Safe Mode,

In the address bar, type about:crashes<enter>. Note: If any reports do not have BP- in front of the numbers/letters, click it to submit them.

The crash report is several pages of data. We need the report numbers to see the whole report.

Using your mouse, mark the most recent 7 - 10 crash reports, and copy them. Now go to the reply box and paste them in.

aboutcrashesFx29

For more help on crash reports, see; https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-crashes-asking-support