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File Upload Window Crashes Firefox (current version) Win 11

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whadawookie
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Hello, I have ran into issues with the file upload window in firefox locking the program. I am not quite sure if I have tried uploading anything since the last update a few days ago, but it happens regardless of the website I use. It basically just freezes up as soon as it opens the file explorer window. I tried on chrome with no issues so it doesn't seem to be a windows thing as far as I can tell. I restarted my pc to see if that would help, but with no luck. I opened up task manager when this was happening to check what was going on and firefox seemed to be stuck using almost all the ram on my system 15.7 out of 16gb.

Anyone have this issue occurring in the last few days? Any thoughts on how to fix?

Thanks for any help

Hello, I have ran into issues with the file upload window in firefox locking the program. I am not quite sure if I have tried uploading anything since the last update a few days ago, but it happens regardless of the website I use. It basically just freezes up as soon as it opens the file explorer window. I tried on chrome with no issues so it doesn't seem to be a windows thing as far as I can tell. I restarted my pc to see if that would help, but with no luck. I opened up task manager when this was happening to check what was going on and firefox seemed to be stuck using almost all the ram on my system 15.7 out of 16gb. Anyone have this issue occurring in the last few days? Any thoughts on how to fix? Thanks for any help

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t.r.ernst
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Will you try repeating the upload in troubleshoot mode to verify if the program still locks up while in that mode?

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whadawookie
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Hi thanks for the response. I just tried in troubleshoot mode, and it still was crashing. Interestingly though, it just force quits the upload window and gives an error message ribbon up above. I've attached screenshots.

Also, I am just realizing that the upload function works within this forum reply page. Which is odd because I tried 3 other different websites beforehand and they all had this issue.

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jonzn4SUSE
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What security software besides MS Defender are you running? Windows home or pro?

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