
Firefox crashes on start up
Firefox keeps crashing upon start up. Was lagging, shut it off and turned it back on and even after a reboot, I keep getting crashes. I have seen it mentioned that the Norton Toolbar seems to be the cause of it all. How do I fix this issue so I can boot my Firefox back up?
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thanks for providing the crash report id. we have seen quite a number of similar reports about this issue in the last hours and this issue is likely caused by your symantec security software that is hooking into firefox (probably through a program/signature update done by them). other users reported that updating firefox in this situation helped with the crashes. you can download & install the latest firefox from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
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We're sorry to hear that your Firefox seems to be crashing when you open it. Please perform the following steps to give us a crash report ID that helps us find out more about the cause of the crash.
- On the keyboard, press [Windows]
+ [R]. This should bring up a Run window that contains a text field.
- In that text field, type %APPDATA% and press Enter. An explorer window should open.
- From that explorer window, double-click on the Mozilla folder, then double-click on Firefox and then on Crash reports. Double-click on submitted.
- Now, you should see a list of files that contain reports. Go to View > Arrange Icons by > Modified to get the most recent files at the top of the window.
- Open the most recent 5 files with a text editor and copy the IDs.
- Paste each ID with bp- into the reply window on the forums.
Thanks in advance!
You can find more information and troubleshooting steps in the Firefox crashes - Troubleshoot, prevent and get help fixing crashes article.
Well, this may screw me over in the end on this one but I don't typically submit crash reports. Should I submit one now just to get it to pop up?
Crash ID: bp-abf2bbcc-f44d-4732-a5e2-33ff42160913
Okay, it did work.
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thanks for providing the crash report id. we have seen quite a number of similar reports about this issue in the last hours and this issue is likely caused by your symantec security software that is hooking into firefox (probably through a program/signature update done by them). other users reported that updating firefox in this situation helped with the crashes. you can download & install the latest firefox from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
Alright, downloading it now so let's see if this works.
It seems to be working now! Thank you!