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Firefox will not close, change or open tabs for any website

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The problem I have is when I open a page from either from the address bar or from my bookmarks, it take Firefox a good by my guess 10 to 20seconds. Also when I change tabs it will take a good by my guess 30secnond minimum & who knows for the maximum time. This issue really depends what website I am trying to load but even the basic websites this problem happens to me. Also I when I try to do anything that has do with flash like YouTube this problem will happen.

The problem I have is when I open a page from either from the address bar or from my bookmarks, it take Firefox a good by my guess 10 to 20seconds. Also when I change tabs it will take a good by my guess 30secnond minimum & who knows for the maximum time. This issue really depends what website I am trying to load but even the basic websites this problem happens to me. Also I when I try to do anything that has do with flash like YouTube this problem will happen.

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Speedy, backup your profile folder, un-install Firefox, then re-install Firefox and link it back to your profile.

Backup profile folder

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Does anybody know how to solve this problem because it has been 3 weeks since I ask this, & I would like to solve this problem for good?

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Hey speedy,

Sorry to hear you are having problems. Have you tried upgrading to Firefox 6? Does the issue still occur when you upgrade?

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yes dipen it does happen even after I upgrade to Firefox 6 which I just did & the problem still exist.

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Have you tried using Firefox with all add-ons disabled?

It might be caused by one of your add-ons.

The following link should help:

Firefox Safe Mode

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well I do have DivX HQ 2.1.1.94, DivX Plus Web Player HTML5, DivX Web Player 2.0.2.039, Java Console 6.0.23, Java Console 6.026, and Lilium 1.2 that is incompatible with Firefox 6, so my question how can I make them compatible for Firefox 6?

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Have you tried Firefox with them disabled?

To force add-ons to work try the following:

Add-on Compatibility Reporter

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I just did & going to restart Firefox, & it didn't work at all.

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Hi speedy,

Have a look at troubleshooting Firefox:

Firefox hangs

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well I look at that without any results, so I don't know what to do right now.

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Speedy, backup your profile folder, un-install Firefox, then re-install Firefox and link it back to your profile.

Backup profile folder

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ok well thanks for your help!

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No problem :)

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well I load Spybot Search & Destory & did the recommend to disable immunize for Firefox & now I will check if this help or not, & so far it work for now but I will continue to test it. Ok I think it could be that I have 5 addons that is not compatibility with Firefox 6.01. So I uninstall Firefox 6.01 & reinstall Firefox 6.01.

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