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Firefox crashes

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Firefox always crashes when trying to open it. If I select restart Firefox, it crashes again. I have to select Quit Firefox to break that cycle. After quiting Firefox, I am forced to always start up in Safe Mode. If I don't, I can not open the browser. I've uninstalled and reinstalled multiple times and this does not resolve the issue. I've tried to refresh Firefox, that does nothing to resolve the issue.

Firefox always crashes when trying to open it. If I select restart Firefox, it crashes again. I have to select Quit Firefox to break that cycle. After quiting Firefox, I am forced to always start up in Safe Mode. If I don't, I can not open the browser. I've uninstalled and reinstalled multiple times and this does not resolve the issue. I've tried to refresh Firefox, that does nothing to resolve the issue.

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac Options)
key, and then starting Firefox. Is the problem still there?

While still in Safe Mode,

In the address bar, type about:crashes<enter>. Note: If any reports do not have BP in front of the numbers/letters, click it and select Submit.

The crash report is several pages of data. We need the report numbers to see the whole report.

Using your mouse, mark the most resent 7 - 10 crash reports, and copy them. Now go to the reply box below and paste them in.

aboutcrashesFx29

If you can't get Firefox to open, you will have to do this the hard way. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/mozillacrashreporter Open the file browser / explorer on your computer. Note: You may have to enable Show Hidden Folders / Files. Enter this in the address bar;

Windows: %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted Win 7/Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted Win XP/2000: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted

Mac OS: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Crash Reports/submitted Linux: /home/<username>/.mozilla/firefox/Crash Reports/submitted

Copy the last 5-7 Recent File Names in the folder. Post the information in the reply box below.

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b1251df9-0217-447b-8cd1-12255c24d5dc 10/26/2015 1:58 PM 8316ca7f-89be-4634-a517-0afe0e926407 10/26/2015 1:52 PM 040c77d2-e26e-4e17-989a-67caa9ef6906 10/26/2015 1:52 PM ffe4d446-9927-4258-aafa-093c8b754d63 10/26/2015 1:52 PM 3d687c27-9ff9-4dd3-a32a-22b7e9941089 10/26/2015 1:17 PM 7e6bdab7-01a7-478c-8c13-d4249a282396 10/26/2015 1:12 PM 0cb3530b-4050-40c5-bb8c-12450ae8e2ee 10/26/2015 1:05 PM e415b22b-0c8f-4c40-a877-036fffcd2081 10/26/2015 1:04 PM 326653cb-e156-4739-8ff8-c1eb368a7def 10/26/2015 11:22 AM fe90b93f-0fa0-430f-8b8a-f21c5a11f17e 10/26/2015 11:21 AM

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Some of your crash reports weren’t sent to the Mozilla Servers.

In the address bar, type about:crashes<enter>. Note: If any reports do not have BP in front of the numbers/letters, click it and select Submit.

The crash report is several pages of data. We need the report numbers to see the whole report.

Using your mouse, mark the most resent 7 - 10 crash reports, and copy them. Now go to the reply box below and paste them in.

aboutcrashesFx29