For future reference it is possible to recover settings from the "Old Firefox Data" folder on the desktop:

• Recovering important data from an old profile

Please consider these troubleshooting steps:

• Quick fixes if your Firefox slows down

Some added toolbar and anti-virus add-ons are known to cause Firefox issues. Disable All of them.

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

FredMcD said

Some added toolbar and anti-virus add-ons are known to cause Firefox issues. Disable All of them.

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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?

When I opened Firefox in safe mode took 1min15sec to open. Didn't help unfortunately.

Not really. If the issue goes away in Firefox Safe Mode, then the problem is somewhere in Firefox. If the issue s still there, the problem may be another program on your computer.

Start your Computer in safe mode with networking. Then start Firefox. Try Safe web sites. Is the problem still there?

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Still the same, no change have removed all add on's and ran intense maintenance on system along with scans for malware and virus scans.

You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database file in the Firefox profile folder.

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file

• Places Maintenance: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/places-maintenance/

Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problem.

See "Creating a profile":

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues

If the new profile works then you can transfer files from a previously used profile to the new profile, but be cautious not to copy corrupted files to avoid carrying over problems.

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

guigs2 said

For future reference it is possible to recover settings from the "Old Firefox Data" folder on the desktop:

• Recovering important data from an old profile

Please consider these troubleshooting steps:

• Quick fixes if your Firefox slows down

Okay finally reset the browser, but now I am having a really hard time getting back my passwords- not the sharpest when it comes to this stuff. Was able to get back old bookmarks from old profile.

guigs2 said

For future reference it is possible to recover settings from the "Old Firefox Data" folder on the desktop:

• Recovering important data from an old profile

Please consider these troubleshooting steps:

• Quick fixes if your Firefox slows down

Had a devil of a time getting bookmarks/ passwords back, but did it. Seems to be going a little bit faster after reset. Thanks for the help.