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Firefox is dead on my win 10 1607 computer. Have reinstalled. Will not become active. Title bar says not responding

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Cannot get anything (menu or options, etc) to open up. Does not load any pages. Opens up then becomes inactive.

Cannot get anything (menu or options, etc) to open up. Does not load any pages. Opens up then becomes inactive.

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Some problems occur when your Internet security program was set to trust the previous version of Firefox, but no longer recognizes your updated version as trusted. Now how to fix the problem: To allow Firefox to connect to the Internet again;

  • Make sure your Internet security software is up-to-date (i.e. you are running the latest version).
  • Remove Firefox from your program's list of trusted or recognized programs. For detailed instructions, see

Configure firewalls so that Firefox can access the Internet. {web link}


Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options)
key, and then starting Firefox. A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh).

Is the problem still there?

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This did not change the problem. I can not get Firefox to start in Safe Mode.

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Let’s do a full clean re-install; Download Firefox For All languages And Systems {web link} Save the file. Then Close Firefox.

Using your file browser, open the Programs Folder on your computer.

Windows: C:\Program Files C:\Program Files (x86)

Mac: Open the "Applications" folder.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-download-and-install-firefox-mac

Linux: Check your user manual. If you installed Firefox with the distro-based package manager, you should use the same way to uninstall it - see Install Firefox on Linux. If you downloaded and installed the binary package from the Firefox download page, simply remove the folder Firefox in your home directory.

Do Not remove the profiles folder.

Look for, and rename any Mozilla or Firefox program folders by adding .old to them. Do not rename the Mozilla Thunderbird folder if there is one.

After rebooting the computer, run a registry scanner if you have one. Then run the installer. If all goes well, remove the OLD folders when you are done.


If there is a problem, start your Computer in safe mode and try again.

Starting The Computer In Safe Mode;
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Tried all of these suggestions without success. What I finally did was to turn off my password manager (Roboform) and I was then able to reinstall Firefox and get it to work. I have now reactivated the Roboform add-on and will see if this problem redevelops.

Thanks for your help.

Ken

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Once you are sure you are running properly,

That was very good work. Well done. Please flag your last post as Solved Problem so others will know.