I am running Firefox 52.0.2 under Windows 10 Pro. The PC has two user accounts, and Norton Security, Trusteer Rapport (and others!)
Up until a few days ago, everything wa… (閱讀更多)
I am running Firefox 52.0.2 under Windows 10 Pro. The PC has two user accounts, and Norton Security, Trusteer Rapport (and others!)
Up until a few days ago, everything was fine. A classic case of nothing had changed and then ….
I had a problem with the Rapport icon "going missing" on the standard user account, and checked the admin account where Firefox didn't launch.
After looking at the wealth of info/FAQ on this website (and trying lots of the options) I am in the position where after reinstalling Firefox (and deleting the profiles etc) it now stalls with “connecting” showing when first launched immediately after installation. If you then go to trouble shooting and Refresh Firefox it then works fine, and any other instances of Firefox launched with the first instance still open also work fine.
However, once these instances are all closed, when you next launch Firefox, it’s back to stalling with the timer going ad infinitum and showing “Connecting”. The close doesn’t work and you have to use the Menu Exit to close Firefox.
I have at various stages, and in multiple instances, uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox, having removed the two accounts profiles, and tried many combinations of restarting in Safe Mode with add-ons disabled (stalls) and Refresh ….. the latter being the only time it works.
Looking at the settings after Refresh, there are no active Extensions - just Logitech SetPoint and Norton Security Toolbar, both of which are disabled. The plug-ins I guess are required by Firefox being Shockwave Flash, Widevine Content Decryption and OpenH264 Video Codec. Appearance is the default theme. Opening the Profile Folder from the Troubleshooting page, shows no Extensions folder.
It’s very frustrating and even worse, although I am a massive fan of Firefox, I’ve had to install Chrome to continue working!
I’m really confused as to what changes between closing the “Refreshed” Firefox, which has set up a new profile, and then ten seconds later starting Firefox and it doesn’t work.
Any help would be much appreciated, as I am far from an expert on this!!! ..... and I want to uninstall Chrome at the earliest opportunity. Many thanks.