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Firefox hangs on startup (hangs in safe-mode too)

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dannycpan
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Firefox hangs on startup, hangs in safe-mode too. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling firefox, nothing works.

Firefox hangs on startup, hangs in safe-mode too. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling firefox, nothing works.

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bvidinli
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same problem here. this happened after updating today. $ firefox -v Mozilla Firefox 8.0

it uses a lot of cpu power while trying to start firefox. but, not starting.

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