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Firefox locking up on opening. Have refreshed, no help

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A few seconds after opening Firefox it locks up. Eventually a Shockwave Flash error message comes up. Clicking either the continue or close plug inbuttons does not help. After a few minutes Firefox will operate normally until I reopen it. I have refreshed, updated Shockwave to no avail. I have the latest version of Firefox and am running Win 10.

A few seconds after opening Firefox it locks up. Eventually a Shockwave Flash error message comes up. Clicking either the continue or close plug inbuttons does not help. After a few minutes Firefox will operate normally until I reopen it. I have refreshed, updated Shockwave to no avail. I have the latest version of Firefox and am running Win 10.

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You can check for problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions and hardware acceleration in Firefox and try this:

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What are you using as the homepage?

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options)
key, and then starting Firefox. Is the problem still there?

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The problem seems to go away.

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The problem does go away in safe mode. Changing homepage did not cure the problem, If I wait a couple of minutes it starts operating normally. Annoying

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Chosen Solution

You can check for problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions and hardware acceleration in Firefox and try this:

See also:

Modified by cor-el

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I updated Adobe Flash again (updated earlier today) and this seemed to cure the problem. Maybe there was a Flash issue that was corrected?

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It seems I was premature in declaring the problem solved. This morning it has returned. Is anyone else having this problem?