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Why did firefox and thunderbird both start in safe mode?

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Turned on my computer, ran firefox and thunderbird like I always do, and they both started in safe mode. They both showed a box before opening that said they are running in safe mode. Why would they do this?

Turned on my computer, ran firefox and thunderbird like I always do, and they both started in safe mode. They both showed a box before opening that said they are running in safe mode. Why would they do this?

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Hello, safe mode is getting triggered when the shift key is pressed during launch. Maybe you could have a closer look at your keyboard if some of the keys are stuck our misfiring or try it out with different hardware...

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philipp
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Hello, safe mode is getting triggered when the shift key is pressed during launch. Maybe you could have a closer look at your keyboard if some of the keys are stuck our misfiring or try it out with different hardware...

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My PC was lagging because I had just started it. I clicked on the icons and then went into a text editor before they finished loading and was pressing shift while doing some text editing lol. Thanks for solving the mystery, I never knew about shift clicking to start safe modes.