Firefox hangs on startup
There are no crash reports. Error console is jibberish to me and is absolutely HUGE, so no point in pasting anything from it here. Currently running 3.6.4.
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This happens in Windows 7 x86 and x64 as well as in Server 2008. I removed all new plugins, etc. Lastpass used to cause this problem all the time, but they swear they fixed it LOL. Do you see any that might also cause the issue:
Application: Firefox 3.6.4 (20100611143157) Operating System: WINNT (x86-msvc)
- Adblock Plus 1.2.2 - BlockSite 0.7.1.1 - DownThemAll! 1.1.10 - DownThemAll! AntiContainer 0.8.4 - Easy Youtube Video Downloader 3.5 - Extension List Dumper 1.14.8 - Fast Translation 1.07 - LastPass 1.69.1 - Lazarus: Form Recovery 2.0.5 - Linkification 1.3.8 - NoScript 2.0.3 - OpenDownload 2.1.5 - OptimizeGoogle 0.78.1 - SmoothWheel (AMO) 0.45.6.20100202.1 - Snap Links Plus 1.0.8 - Tab Mix Plus 0.3.8.4 - TinEye Reverse Image Search 1.0 - URL Fixer 1.7 - Vacuum Places Improved 1.1 - Xmarks 3.8.6
Oh, found the Windows crash info:
Description:
A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: AppHangB1 Application Name: firefox.exe Application Version: 1.9.2.3814 Application Timestamp: 4c12b3eb Hang Signature: 2089 Hang Type: 0 OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.400.8 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Hang Signature 1: 2089cfddc267ee59161ab821e4f79bac Additional Hang Signature 2: 6162 Additional Hang Signature 3: 6162510edf3986e975b709a29bb089a5 Additional Hang Signature 4: 2089 Additional Hang Signature 5: 2089cfddc267ee59161ab821e4f79bac Additional Hang Signature 6: 6162 Additional Hang Signature 7: 6162510edf3986e975b709a29bb089a5
I've narrowed this down to having multiple Google accounts. This is the behavior I see and my situation:
1) I have 4 google accounts and generally stay logged in to at least 2 of them at all times. 2) my home page is iGoogle 3) periodically FF will hang when I try to navigate to any google site. 4) I kill FF and it hangs on startup since it's trying to access iGoogle as my home page.
Generally FF will stay hung until I:
1) reboot 2) Kill FF and wait until I can get it to give me the startup error screen when it recognizes that it stopped incorrectly. Then I can start it w/out going to any Google site and it will run fine till I visit Google. 3) wait a number of hours (not sure how long) and then restart FF
On the latter one, I'm guessing Google accounts eventually timeout somehow and then I can get to Google w/out rebooting. I'm sure it's a cookie thing too.