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XP SP3 ff18 start only with a crahs-report NOT for the administor

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FF18 does not open. Only a crash-report appears without details.

FF18 does not open. Only a crash-report appears without details.

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Started in Safe Mode by holding down the shift key while starting Firefox. Clicked on Reset Firefox. Started in Safe mode. Everything OK. Shut down PC. Started PC. Firefox started without problems.

Cor-el and Tylerdowner thanks for your help.
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Hello Rolean,

Welcome and thank you for posting on Mozilla Support. We value and appreciate you as a user. Please rest assured that issue will be resolved as soon as possible.

Please provide us with crash ids;

1. Click the Windows Start button, and select Run... on Windows XP or press Windows Key + R on Windows Vista/7. Type in "%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted" including the quotation marks and click OK.

2. In the resulting folder will be a text file for each crash report you have submitted. Using the View menu, arrange them by date to find out which is the newest file; and double-click on it to open it.

3. Report back to us with the latest crash ids.


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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.

See also:

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16.01.2013 15:44 crash-ID bp-b9ae4a95-be09-4e01-99e0-ff54c2130116

The crashes occure for users NOT for the administrator.

Modified by Rolean

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So Firefox is crashing because of beid35cardlayer.dll, which is apparently a virus. Please read Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware

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beid35cardlayer.dll is a beidcardlayer of the Belgian Government and part of the beid35cardlayer.dll plug-in.

Modified by Rolean

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Alright, in that case please disable the plugin and contact whomever you received it from for an update.

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I received it from the Belgian Government.

May I remember, that the crashes ONLY occur by users, and NOT by the administrator.

There is no possiblility to start in safe-mode; because the first window of Firefox does not appear.

Modified by Rolean

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There is no possiblility to start in safe-mode; because the first window of Firefox does not appear.

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Hold down the shift key while you open Firefox, you can open Firefox in Safe Mode.

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Chosen Solution

Started in Safe Mode by holding down the shift key while starting Firefox. Clicked on Reset Firefox. Started in Safe mode. Everything OK. Shut down PC. Started PC. Firefox started without problems.

Cor-el and Tylerdowner thanks for your help.

Modified by Rolean