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using 100% disk space slow crashing windows 10 when I close firefox goes back down

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DaintyDoll86
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I use to could have 100+ tabs open on firefox but now when I open it at all it causes my disk space to go up to 100% use I have Windows 10 I'm not sure why its doing this if i use any other browser it doesnt do that

I use to could have 100+ tabs open on firefox but now when I open it at all it causes my disk space to go up to 100% use I have Windows 10 I'm not sure why its doing this if i use any other browser it doesnt do that

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Shadow110
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Please try this : https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/update-firefox-latest-version to get to ver 57.0.1 which has a fix for the issue.

If it will not update : Go to the Firefox 3 Bar Menu --> Help ? --> Troubleshooting Information Page and take a look in the Accessibility section if accessibility is set to "true" there. if yes, go to the Firefox 3 Bar Menu --> Options --> Privacy & Security panel and under Permissions check the setting to Prevent Accessibility Services from accessing your browser. Restart Firefox

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

DaintyDoll86
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mine is updated to that version already so really no help

cor-el
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Appearance
  • do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window

Try to disable accessibility services in Firefox.

You can try to modify multi-process settings to see if this has effect.

  • set dom.ipc.processCount to 1 if it is currently set to a higher value (4)
  • disable multi-process windows in Firefox

You can disable multi-process windows in Firefox by setting these prefs to false on the about:config page.

  • browser.tabs.remote.autostart = false
  • browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2 = false

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.