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If all these problems are caused by Mozilla how do I get a full refund on all the products I have? This is a crash 5 times or more per day! Love Firefox ,can I

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Hard to get firefox to start, when it quits, it's just a blank gray screen. It tells you it's crash after I restart computer! Love Firefox, would hate to lose it!

Hard to get firefox to start, when it quits, it's just a blank gray screen. It tells you it's crash after I restart computer! Love Firefox, would hate to lose it!

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If you paid for your Firefox, it is a pirate copy. Firefox is free from Mozilla.org and this forum is the free support.

Download Firefox Full Installer For All languages And Systemsv39 {web link}


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/letters, 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. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/mozillacrashreporter Open the file browser / explorer on your computer. Note: You may have to enable Show Hidden Folders / Files. Enter this in the address bar;

Windows: %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted Win 7/Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted Win XP/2000: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted

Mac OS: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Crash Reports/submitted Linux: /home/<username>/.mozilla/firefox/Crash Reports/submitted

Copy the last 5-7 Recent File Names in the folder. Post the information in the reply box below.