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Firefox crashes

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Firefox continually crashes, sometimes while working, sometimes while idle. Sometimes after 20 minutes, sometimes after 2 hours. I've disabled all add-ons, no change. No crash reports have been submitted. I appreciate any advice. Thanks

Firefox continually crashes, sometimes while working, sometimes while idle. Sometimes after 20 minutes, sometimes after 2 hours. I've disabled all add-ons, no change. No crash reports have been submitted. I appreciate any advice. Thanks

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift (Mac Options) > key, and then starting Firefox. 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, click it and select Submit.

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

If you can't get Firefox to open, you will have to do this the hard way. Open the file browser / explorer on your computer. Enter this;

%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted

Copy the last 5-7 Recent File Names in the folder, including the date and time created. Post all the information in the reply box below.