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I can't open Firefox because it crashes at startup even in Safe Mode. How can I fix this?

Ross Marsden
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Here is the Crash ID: bp-fb854508-a42d-4a50-98a6-a30d02130306 I updated to the latest version of Ff V19 is it? I am on WinXP with AVG (8.5.455) antivirus. Both are fully uptodate. In AVG I have disabled "Link Scanner" and "Resident Shield" in case these were interfeering with Ff.

Google Chrome is behaving the same - crash report dialog appears immediatly on launch (and on PC start up).

Here is the Crash ID: bp-fb854508-a42d-4a50-98a6-a30d02130306 I updated to the latest version of Ff V19 is it? I am on WinXP with AVG (8.5.455) antivirus. Both are fully uptodate. In AVG I have disabled "Link Scanner" and "Resident Shield" in case these were interfeering with Ff. Google Chrome is behaving the same - crash report dialog appears immediatly on launch (and on PC start up).

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hello, do you have any toolbars, imesh, data manager or other similar suspicious programs installed on your pc? if so please remove them from your windows control panel - a component of those programs (datamngr.dll) is causing the crashes.

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hello, do you have any toolbars, imesh, data manager or other similar suspicious programs installed on your pc? if so please remove them from your windows control panel - a component of those programs (datamngr.dll) is causing the crashes.

Ross Marsden
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Thank you madperson for taking the time to answer my question.

I found two Toolbars; Searchqu and ALOT, and removed them both. I suspect Searchqu was the culprit because I saw "datamngr" flash by as the uninstaller was working away.

Thanks heaps, I i hope someone finds my answer useful as well.

RossM