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Why does Firefox become unresponsive or crash frequently?

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gudkuk24
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The Firefox becomes "unresponsive" very frequently( at least 4 to 5 times a week). This is very irritating,especially when working on my blog the entire screen freezes and on top of the page against the webpage it says Firefox unresponsive.

Please help Thanks

Preeti G

The Firefox becomes "unresponsive" very frequently( at least 4 to 5 times a week). This is very irritating,especially when working on my blog the entire screen freezes and on top of the page against the webpage it says Firefox unresponsive. Please help Thanks Preeti G

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cor-el
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If you have submitted crash reports then please post the IDs of one or more recent crash reports that have a "bp-" prefix:

  • bp-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

You can find the Report ID of recent crash reports on the "Help > Troubleshooting Information" page (about:support).

  • Click the "All Crash Reports" button on this page to open the about:crashes page and see all crash reports.

If necessary then you can open about: pages via the location/address bar.

See:

Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problem.

See "Creating a profile":

If the new profile works then you can transfer files from a previously used profile to the new profile, but be cautious not to copy corrupted files to avoid carrying over problems.