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Firefox 4.0.1 crashes repeatedly; every 5 minutes or so regardless of what is opened...

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frustratedjeremy
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I've been browsing for the last couple of days using the latest release and going to common sites; GMail, FaceBook, Wells Fargo & Pandora Radio and Firefox refuses to stay open for longer than 5 minutes or so. After browsing the blogs, it seems that this has been an issue for each new Firefox build. I am running Vista SP2 and have experimented with different tabs, windows and sites including a re-install.

I've been browsing for the last couple of days using the latest release and going to common sites; GMail, FaceBook, Wells Fargo & Pandora Radio and Firefox refuses to stay open for longer than 5 minutes or so. After browsing the blogs, it seems that this has been an issue for each new Firefox build. I am running Vista SP2 and have experimented with different tabs, windows and sites including a re-install.

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brinda
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Hmm check this article out. It has solutions to various kinds of crash. - Troubleshoot Firefox crashes (closing or quitting unexpectedly)

boomer1
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i recently updated my OS to Mint 11 64-bit, which has FireFox 4.0.1, was plagued with annoying crashes for no apparent reason. today i seem to have discovered the problem, i hope. through the software manager i installed flashplugin-installer, after that i opened the browser, went to the add-ons section, disabled the Shockwave Flash 10.3 - d162, restart.

hasn't crashed since, crossing my fingers