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Firefox crashes on start. Profile manager also crashes. Already reset.

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Firefox crashes before it even fully starts. I tried to do the profile manager trick but profile manager crashes, too. I started in safe mode and did the reset Firefox thing, that didn't help.

I deleted the cache while in safe mode.

I even uninstalled and reinstalled, twice. I tried all the options in the safe mode dialog (disable addons, Reset Toolbars, etc).

Screenshots of the crashes: http://lukes.pbworks.com/w/file/57925648/firefox%20crashes.png http://lukes.pbworks.com/w/file/57925649/firefox%20profile%20manager%20crashes.png

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Firefox crashes before it even fully starts. I tried to do the profile manager trick but profile manager crashes, too. I started in safe mode and did the reset Firefox thing, that didn't help. I deleted the cache while in safe mode. I even uninstalled and reinstalled, twice. I tried all the options in the safe mode dialog (disable addons, Reset Toolbars, etc). Screenshots of the crashes: http://lukes.pbworks.com/w/file/57925648/firefox%20crashes.png http://lukes.pbworks.com/w/file/57925649/firefox%20profile%20manager%20crashes.png about: support page: Application Basics Name Firefox Version 14.0.1 User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/14.0.1 Profile Folder Show Folder Enabled Plugins about:plugins Build Configuration about:buildconfig Crash Reports about:crashes Memory Use about:memory Extensions Name Version Enabled ID Brief 1.7a1 false brief@mozdev.org FireGestures 1.6.16 false firegestures@xuldev.org Important Modified Preferences Name Value browser.cache.disk.capacity 1048576 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run false browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value 1048576 browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion 4 browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID 20120713134347 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone 14.0.1 extensions.lastAppVersion 14.0.1 network.cookie.prefsMigrated true places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages 104858 privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs true privacy.sanitize.timeSpan 0 security.warn_viewing_mixed false toolkit.startup.recent_crashes 3 Graphics Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Vendor ID 0x10de Device ID 0x1200 Adapter RAM 1023 Adapter Drivers nvd3dumx,nvwgf2umx,nvwgf2umx nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um Driver Version 8.17.13.142 Driver Date 5-15-2012 Direct2D Enabled false DirectWrite Enabled false (6.1.7601.17789) ClearType Parameters Gamma: 2200 Pixel Structure: RGB ClearType Level: 100 Enhanced Contrast: 200 WebGL Renderer Google Inc. -- ANGLE (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti ) -- OpenGL ES 2.0 (ANGLE 1.0.0.1041) GPU Accelerated Windows 0 JavaScript Incremental GC 1 Library Versions Expected minimum version Version in use NSPR 4.9 4.9 NSS 3.13.5.0 Basic ECC 3.13.5.0 Basic ECC NSS Util 3.13.5.0 3.13.5.0 NSS SSL 3.13.5.0 Basic ECC 3.13.5.0 Basic ECC NSS S/MIME 3.13.5.0 Basic ECC 3.13.5.0 Basic ECC

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If you disable Hardware Acceleration, does Firefox start normally? Turning off hardware acceleration?

Also, can you give some crash id's? type about:crashes into your address bar, and copy and paste the numbers there (they start with bp-)

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I didn't enter crash ID's cause there aren't any. :( Last crash ID was from early July before I started having this problem.

Oh, you've got to be kidding me. The hardware acceleration thing worked.

OH NO! Exactly what I hoped wouldn't happen happened. :( I lost all my RSS feeds.

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Oh carp. Pardon my rudeness.

Much thanks! Thank you for that tip.