Firefox stalls on "Connecting..." and won't load any pages whatsoever... but ONLY when launching from the executable or a shortcut to it.
I'm having an odd problem with Firefox.
When I click my shortcut in the Quick Launch bar, or run firefox.exe in the Program Files folder, or use a shortcut pointing to firefox.exe, Firefox starts up "okay," but won't load any pages. The tab label says "Connecting..." and doesn't generate an error message no matter how long I let it sit for. This happens regardless of which web page I'm trying to get to.
However, when I (for example) click on a link someone's sent me in Skype, Firefox starts up and loads the page with no problems, and essentially works fine for the rest of the session.
Additionally, it hangs when I try to close it - I have to kill the process manually and it opens the Windows Error Reporting Service every time.
Things I've tried to fix this, with no success: - Safe Mode - Refreshing Firefox - Examining firewalls/anti-malware/antivirus for interactions with Firefox - Checking my router for anything blocking Firefox - Reinstalling Firefox - Uninstalling the Flash plugin - Changing my homepage - Clearing cache / cookies - Running a virus scan (Malwarebytes)
Does anyone else have anything I can try?
Chosen solution
hi ModelHX, can you please see if uninstalling firefox 44 first and then installing the 64bit version from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ does solve this issue for you?
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Here's the Troubleshooting dump:
Application Basics
Name: Firefox Version: 44.0 Build ID: 20160123151951 Update Channel: release User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:44.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/44.0 Multiprocess Windows: 0/1 (default: false) Safe Mode: false
Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days
Report ID: bp-a080301b-c6b8-459b-8f55-bb9722160131 Submitted: 5 minutes ago
Report ID: bp-760c5563-ae72-43ba-a4be-c59a92160131 Submitted: 31 minutes ago
Report ID: bp-0ad67815-4937-4675-8453-e6e452160131 Submitted: 35 minutes ago
Report ID: bp-6e4ebd00-ceee-48eb-9424-63b172160131 Submitted: 10 hours ago
Report ID: bp-d45f85fe-4ed1-4950-b5fd-af17d2160131 Submitted: 12 hours ago
Report ID: bp-95d2f626-e7f6-4281-9c01-96cf22160131 Submitted: 12 hours ago
Report ID: bp-e60ac877-637d-49c3-bf9c-46c462160131 Submitted: 14 hours ago
Report ID: bp-a2956307-9b53-4483-919b-bd9732160130 Submitted: 1 day ago
Report ID: bp-bfc6c681-997f-4370-b296-775312160129 Submitted: 2 days ago
Report ID: bp-dd1720cd-9f00-46a9-a189-60c1e2160129 Submitted: 3 days ago
Report ID: bp-24d317b6-a591-4f39-9ad6-213e72160129 Submitted: 3 days ago
Report ID: bp-36dd864b-a729-4eaa-9413-c98fc2160129 Submitted: 3 days ago
All Crash Reports (including 26 pending crashes in the given time range)
Extensions
Name: uBlock Origin Version: 1.5.5 Enabled: true ID: uBlock0@raymondhill.net
Name: Logitech SetPoint Version: 6.5 Enabled: false ID: {F003DA68-8256-4b37-A6C4-350FA04494DF}
Graphics
Adapter Description: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Adapter Drivers: nvd3dumx,nvwgf2umx,nvwgf2umx nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um Adapter RAM: 2048 Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: none Device ID: 0x1187 DirectWrite Enabled: false (6.2.9200.17568) Driver Date: 1-22-2016 Driver Version: 10.18.13.6175 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 0/1 Basic (OMTC) Subsys ID: 098410de Supports Hardware H264 Decoding: No; Hardware video decoding disabled or blacklisted Vendor ID: 0x10de WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: true AzureCanvasBackend: skia AzureContentBackend: cairo AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0
Important Modified Preferences
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Important Locked Preferences
JavaScript
Incremental GC: true
Accessibility
Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0
Library Versions
NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.11 Version in use: 4.11
NSS Expected minimum version: 3.21 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.21 Basic ECC
NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.21 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.21 Basic ECC
NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.21 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.21 Basic ECC
NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.21 Version in use: 3.21
Experimental Features
Chosen Solution
hi ModelHX, can you please see if uninstalling firefox 44 first and then installing the 64bit version from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ does solve this issue for you?
Thanks philipp - that's solved the problem!