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Firefox crashes on History deletes

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dfoofnik
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Why does Firefox crash *every time* that I try to delete anything more than Today or Yesterday? I have tried deleting the History from the history page, in every conceivable fashion, and from the "delete all history" on the History tab. Invriably, this causes BOTH the History and Firefox to become NOT RESPONDING.

Why does Firefox crash *every time* that I try to delete anything more than Today or Yesterday? I have tried deleting the History from the history page, in every conceivable fashion, and from the "delete all history" on the History tab. Invriably, this causes BOTH the History and Firefox to become NOT RESPONDING.

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cor-el
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You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database file (bookmarks, history) in the Firefox profile folder.

If the Places Maintenance extension can't repair the places.sqlite database file then remove all places.sqlite file(s) in the Firefox profile folder to make Firefox rebuild the places.sqlite database file from the most recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.

FredMcD
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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.

The crash report is several pages of data. We need the report numbers to see the whole report.

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.

aboutcrashesFx29