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Firefox 47 on Windows 8 keeps shutting down when left unattended

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There is no message after this happens. It works fine as long as I'm on it, but when I step away for any length of time, it shuts itself down. I'm on a laptop, and I do not close the top, but when I do so at night with FF open, it is shut down when I reopen it in the morning, which has never been the case before v. 47. Since I usually keep about 30 tabs open at all times, it's most annoying, because it takes so long to start back up. It also does this in safe mode.

I refreshed FF not long ago, and it's been nothing but problems ever since. Will doing a complete uninstall and deleting all profiles help? I used FEBE to restore my profile and add-ons before, but wasn't really satisfied with it. Seems FF has not been notifying me of available add-on updates or updating automatically, so I had to completely reinstall a few, since the old version didn't work with the FF version.

TIA for any help you can give me.

There is no message after this happens. It works fine as long as I'm on it, but when I step away for any length of time, it shuts itself down. I'm on a laptop, and I do not close the top, but when I do so at night with FF open, it is shut down when I reopen it in the morning, which has never been the case before v. 47. Since I usually keep about 30 tabs open at all times, it's most annoying, because it takes so long to start back up. It also does this in safe mode. I refreshed FF not long ago, and it's been nothing but problems ever since. Will doing a complete uninstall and deleting all profiles help? I used FEBE to restore my profile and add-ons before, but wasn't really satisfied with it. Seems FF has not been notifying me of available add-on updates or updating automatically, so I had to completely reinstall a few, since the old version didn't work with the FF version. TIA for any help you can give me.

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Tonight, when you go to bed; Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options)
key, and then starting Firefox. A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh).

Is the problem still there?

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You must not have read my message, because I said the same thing happens in safe mode. What is the difference in simply restarting in safe mode and this?

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Sorry, I did not see that. Start your Computer in safe mode with networking. Then start Firefox. Try Safe websites. Is the problem still there?

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