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How to fix a "spinning wheel" problem - websites initially worked fine and then firefox suddenly showed "spinning wheel"

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Websites show a spinning wheel and never finish loading. Initially websites worked fine. Suddenly, the websites showed a spinning wheel and never finish loading. It happens only with firefox (e.g. Safari works fine). It happens to every website.

Websites show a spinning wheel and never finish loading. Initially websites worked fine. Suddenly, the websites showed a spinning wheel and never finish loading. It happens only with firefox (e.g. Safari works fine). It happens to every website.

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link}

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?