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Need to fix bookmarks and history system as firefox keeps crashing

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fire fox crashes do to bookmarks and history system and occasionally a missing link to some temporary file storage file best I can do Im not a computer guy

fire fox crashes do to bookmarks and history system and occasionally a missing link to some temporary file storage file best I can do Im not a computer guy

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to me I think its a glitch caused by someone wanting me to drop fiirefox as my browser like maybe microsoft??

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Hi James, is this a message that displays in a tab, or in a Firefox popup message? Or is it a message from Windows (i.e., Windows is shutting down Firefox due to some kind of violation)? If there is a missing file, please make a note of the file name, if it's shown.

Bookmark/History Database Problems

First, if you haven't already, please do a normal shutdown and/or restart of your system. Restarting Windows can help by freeing up locked files, completing any deferred updates, and resolving temporary file permission issues.

Next, Firefox has a feature to clean up the bookmarks/history database. Could you let us know what you get when you run the "Verify Integrity" diagnosis and repair function. That's here:

Open Firefox's Troubleshooting Information page using any of these methods:

  • "3-bar" menu button > Help > More Troubleshooting Information
  • (menu bar or Alt+H) Help > More Troubleshooting Information
  • type or paste about:support in the address bar and press Enter

Near the bottom, there is a section titled Places Database -- that's the file which stores history and bookmarks. Click the button labeled Verify Integrity. There may be a 10-15 second delay before results appear.

If all is well, the report that appears below the button should start with:

> Task: checkIntegrity
+ The places.sqlite database is sane
+ The favicons.sqlite database is sane
> Task: invalidateCaches
+ The caches have been invalidated
> Task: checkCoherence
+ The database is coherent

Does yours say that, or something else? You can select and copy the report, and then paste it into a reply for review and comment.

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