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firefox not working properly after booting up

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hmilan97
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hello! when i boot up my pc and start firefox i can't click on the interface. for example i can type in the url youtube , it loads then i can't click on the videos. it's the same with pther websites. alt-tabbing helps. any idea what can cause this problem?

hello! when i boot up my pc and start firefox i can't click on the interface. for example i can type in the url youtube , it loads then i can't click on the videos. it's the same with pther websites. alt-tabbing helps. any idea what can cause this problem?

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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All computers during bootup are trying to load all of its system and other programs. This creates a 'bottleneck' that slows down the system until everything has been cleared.

Try waiting a few minutes before starting any programs.


Start Firefox using Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode {web link}

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?


https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firefox+is+already+running+but+is+not+responding

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-slow-how-make-it-faster

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-many-cpu-resources-how-fix

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-ram

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-hangs-or-not-responding