
Firefox crashes
Why do I have to jump through so many hoops and find all of these crash reports instead of getting real telephone or online support to help me fix the problem? At this point I'm considering dumping Firefox and moving to another browser.
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Hi tomsepull, sorry to hear about the crashes.
The reason we request you look up your crash report IDs and post them here is that they contain valuable technical information on the source of the crash. There are potentially thousands of reasons for crashes, and otherwise, where to start??
For reference: Firefox crashes - asking for support
Also and/or meanwhile, could you test in Firefox's Safe Mode? That temporarily deactivates extensions, hardware acceleration, and some other advanced features of Firefox that might make it more prone to crashing on some systems.
If Firefox is not running: On Windows, hold down the Shift key when starting Firefox. On Mac, hold down the option/alt key when starting Firefox.
If Firefox is running: You can restart Firefox in Safe Mode using either:
- "3-bar" menu button > "?" button > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
- Help menu > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
and OK the restart.
Both scenarios: A small dialog should appear. Click "Start in Safe Mode" (not Refresh).
Any less crashy?
If you have submitted crash reports then please post the IDs of one or more recent crash reports that start with "bp-".
- bp-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
You can find the report ID of recent crash reports "on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page".
- click the "All Crash Reports" button on this page to open the about:crashes page and see all crash reports.
Alternatively you can open about:crashes via the location/address bar.
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