Firefox won't start, can't work out why
Having some trouble with Firefox and I'm at my wits end on how to fix it. Clicking the Firefox icon in Windows 10 (whether that's in the Start menu, the taskbar or the ap… (funda kabanzi)
Having some trouble with Firefox and I'm at my wits end on how to fix it. Clicking the Firefox icon in Windows 10 (whether that's in the Start menu, the taskbar or the app itself in Program Files) won't launch Firefox. The blue loading spinner appears briefly next to the pointer, then disappears. Sometimes a Firefox process appears in Task Manager then instantly disappears, but sometimes it doesn't. Here's what I've tried so far:
- Restarting - Reinstalling - Deleting my Firefox profile and all Firefox app files - Launching in safe mode by holding shift - Launching in safe mode by adding the "-safe-mode" comment - Running as administrator - Checking it's not being blocked by antivirus - Loading the Firefox profile manager by typing "firefox.exe -P" in the run dialog box. This does the same as trying to load Firefox - nothing happens
I can't think what else to do. It may be a coincidence, but my primary monitor died, I restarted the PC and then Firefox wouldn't work. I can't see how it could be related, but who knows.
Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated!
I-Firefox
unable to start firefox
Hello! For the last few days my Firefox browser is unable to start. I have tried reinstalling it, turning off antivirus/firewall and cleaning up the registry but it is st… (funda kabanzi)
Hello!
For the last few days my Firefox browser is unable to start. I have tried reinstalling it, turning off antivirus/firewall and cleaning up the registry but it is still the same results every time.
When looking into the event viewer this is what it says:
Faulting application name: firefox.exe, version: 71.0.0.7275, time stamp: 0x5de4f320 Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x00007ff9134c012a Faulting process id: 0x2c10 Faulting application start time: 0x01d5ab45c9a82230 Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe Faulting module path: unknown Report Id: faf0ebdb-aa0c-4fd3-890c-f15dd9482c76 Faulting package full name:
When started it briefly shows up in the task manager but quickly vanishes and I am unable to start it in any way, even in safe mode.
Appreciate any help concerning this matter! /Jenny
Delay before starting network connection immediately after startup
Any time I open Firefox and then immediately try to navigate to any webpage, nothing happens for a few seconds. I'd guess 6+ seconds? The loading icon on the tab will m… (funda kabanzi)
Any time I open Firefox and then immediately try to navigate to any webpage, nothing happens for a few seconds. I'd guess 6+ seconds? The loading icon on the tab will move, but there is no network activity indicated at the bottom of the window nor in the Network Monitor (ctrl+shift+e) until after a few seconds. Once this delay period has passed, all pages load as normal. It does this every time, without fail, even in safe mode. I am using the 64-bit version but also had a 32-bit version still installed, so I decided to launch that version instead, since it still uses my profile and so everything should otherwise be the same. This version did not have the delay. I was able to load a webpage immediately. I have deleted this 32-bit version, thinking it may be interfering somehow (perhaps because using the same profile? idk), but it changed nothing. I can't imagine how the 64-bit version would perform worse than the 32-bit, so I don't just assume switch over. I'd like to continue with the 64-bit version, as I have sufficient RAM to make use of it. I've tried a good handful of solutions, but nothing. Any ideas? I've included troubleshooting info, in case that's useful at all.
Is it possible to change automatic word search?
Is it possible to disable automatic "word search"? every time i'm on a page and hit some letter key mozila opens the automatic "search keyword" without my wanting it. I w… (funda kabanzi)
Is it possible to disable automatic "word search"? every time i'm on a page and hit some letter key mozila opens the automatic "search keyword" without my wanting it. I want to open the "search keyword" only when I press crtl + f and never, never in automatic. it also hinders to play browser games, I can not play games because any key that I press the mozila opens the "search word"
Firefox crashes
I am running a recently refreshed version of Firefox 71.0 (64 bit). My Firefox is closing completely whenever I try to browse to locate a file. This happens on multiple s… (funda kabanzi)
I am running a recently refreshed version of Firefox 71.0 (64 bit). My Firefox is closing completely whenever I try to browse to locate a file. This happens on multiple sites, but as an example, I went to https://send.firefox.com/ and tried to browse out for a file. The file explorer window opens, but then Firefox freezes and shuts down. There are no crash reports generated when this happens. This also happens when I run Firefox in safe mode. This has been happening for a few days and was also happening in Firefox 70.0.1.
I tried the same process using Microsoft Edge, and I am able to browse out for the file without issue.
Thank You
Persistent scroll problem on one site following a post-crash session restore
I don't normally save and restore sessions, but do have firefox set to restore the previous session in the event of a crash. Recently, following a power cut, such a sessi… (funda kabanzi)
I don't normally save and restore sessions, but do have firefox set to restore the previous session in the event of a crash.
Recently, following a power cut, such a session restore occurred, correctly restoring all the pages I had open at the time (not many), and the scroll position within the page.
Since this happened, any page I open on one particular site (https://www.theguardian.com) now always scrolls to the end of the page, and I have to manually scroll back up to the top. Once loaded, you can scroll the page normally, but F5 refresh will reload the page and scroll to the end again. This effect is persistent across restarts, and I've not found a way to get rid of it.
I've tried simulating another crash with that site open, scrolled to the top, and I've tried enabling saving the session on exit and restoring on startup - none of this has changed anything. In both cases it restored the session and scrolled to the end.
Any suggestions as to where this effect might be coming from?
no browsers and only some websites are loading for me
no browsers like google or bing and some random websites are loading when using firefox and ive tried everything from, searching forums, to video tutorials and nothing ha… (funda kabanzi)
no browsers like google or bing and some random websites are loading when using firefox and ive tried everything from, searching forums, to video tutorials and nothing has helped. when i click on the google link to the browser or anything related to google it just loads for like 20 min and then gives me this error PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR and i cannot find anything to fix it, if anyone knows anything on this please help
FireFox gives an error when accesing one specific website 'JBWEB000065: HTTP Status 500 -
The error only occurs in FF, the wab page is https://www.lorextechnology.com/ it works correctly in IE Version 11.0.160 and Chrome Version 78.0.3904.108 The attached file… (funda kabanzi)
The error only occurs in FF, the wab page is https://www.lorextechnology.com/ it works correctly in IE Version 11.0.160 and Chrome Version 78.0.3904.108 The attached file is of the error. Its failng this morning (30th Nov 2019) - the site was OK yesterday
Mouse dissapears when its on search box or some non-hyper link text
My mouse dissapears when its on a search box or some object from web page. not every object on web page make my mouse dissapear some text does and some text doesn't but s… (funda kabanzi)
My mouse dissapears when its on a search box or some object from web page. not every object on web page make my mouse dissapear some text does and some text doesn't but search box always disguise my mouse and it's so annoying! I tried safe mode but it was the same. what should I do???
crashing all the time
Philipp - here is my last message. I am logged in to my acct now I just submitted all of them now. I didnt know they existed until a few minutes ago when I found them fol… (funda kabanzi)
Philipp - here is my last message. I am logged in to my acct now
I just submitted all of them now. I didnt know they existed until a few minutes ago when I found them following your instructions & submitted them.
Also I tried to print this Amazon label & it crashed as it did several times yesterday. No crash report was created. Here is the url from which I tried to print the label
Also I tried to download the pdf from the following & it crashed as it always has in the past. But I can open as a pdf & save & it doesnt crash. crashes only when I try to download
I just submitted all of them now. I didnt know they existed until a few minutes ago when I found them following your instructions & submitted them.
Also I tried to print this Amazon label & it crashed as it did several times yesterday. No crash report was created. Here is the url from which I tried to print the label
Password generator now working at all
I've previously seen the password generator working but I tried updating my passwords on various accounts and it hasn't worked at all lately. I'm using 71.0b9. Is that … (funda kabanzi)
I've previously seen the password generator working but I tried updating my passwords on various accounts and it hasn't worked at all lately. I'm using 71.0b9. Is that OK?
Hardware Acceleration works everywhere except in Firefox.
The Problem: I recently noticed that decoding youtube videos in 2160p60fps is choppy beyond recognition. Diagnose: While playing said videos in firefox i was able to obse… (funda kabanzi)
The Problem: I recently noticed that decoding youtube videos in 2160p60fps is choppy beyond recognition.
Diagnose: While playing said videos in firefox i was able to observe in the task manager that actually none of my graphics cards video decoding capabilities were used. At lower video qualities/resolutions the hardware accelerated video decoding of the graphics card was also not kicking in, but in these cases my cpu was still able to cope with the decoding load, so I never noticed the missing hardware acceleration. To narrow the origin of problem down I tried watching the same videos in edge, chrome and even downloaded a short 2160p60fps clip to play with VLC and everything worked fine, just not in my favorite browser firefox :(
What i already did trying to solve the problem (in order): -Restart Firefox without addons -Refresh Firefox -Create a new Profile
Additional Info: Nvidia Driver Version 441.20
If there is anymore useful info I'm more than happy to provide it.
Thanks for taking the time reading this an providing help.
Malware?
I was browsing as normal when I navigated to a site I have been to many times and that I consider reputable (Etsy) and the browser immediately went to a screen that said … (funda kabanzi)
I was browsing as normal when I navigated to a site I have been to many times and that I consider reputable (Etsy) and the browser immediately went to a screen that said something about how Firefox had done updates in the background and I needed to click a button to "Restart Firefox." Obviously this looked fishy to me and I didn't click; instead I killed Firefox via the command line and then restarted it. When I did, one of my windows didn't look right (I had two windows open, each with several tabs)-- the tab bar at the top just cut off halfway through one of the tabs instead of me being able to scroll over. In addition, right after I was playing a game on my computer and part of the game board froze. Now everything seems normal. Is it possible I managed to end up with some malware even though I didn't click on the link? Has anyone seen this particular scam before?
Thank you!
Zoom level resets to 100%
Version 67.0.4 (64-bit) Firefox on a 2019 27" iMac. -- keeps resetting to 100% viewing. I set viewing to 110% or 120% & the browser keeps resetting to 100%.
Firefox crashes
Crash ID: bp-d11e3251-e87c-4846-82c9-4c6400191125 Cannot load in safe mode (Firefox wont open) Uninstalled firefox and reinstalled - still wont open and gives me info tha… (funda kabanzi)
Crash ID: bp-d11e3251-e87c-4846-82c9-4c6400191125 Cannot load in safe mode (Firefox wont open) Uninstalled firefox and reinstalled - still wont open and gives me info that Firefox has crashed etc
"Your organization has disabled the ability to change some options"
Look, this is a huge problem because this message isn't just showing up on my Fire Fox browser, it's also on my TOR browser. I'm not seeking to fix TOR here, I'm just say… (funda kabanzi)
Look, this is a huge problem because this message isn't just showing up on my Fire Fox browser, it's also on my TOR browser. I'm not seeking to fix TOR here, I'm just saying that it's on there too and TOR uses Fire Fox - this message appears nowhere else on my PC or browsers. My system was just purchased brand new in Feb. This message did not display when I dl either browser. I've NEVER downloaded ANY Avast or anything like it, I use Windows Defender and that's it. I'm not a techie - but I'm like really neurotic over hard drive space - I don't download ANYTHING unless I absolutely HAVE to with the exception of browsers. I only download those from their official websites though. I do play some games, I've only downloaded games from Steam, Origin, and Utomik. I do have all of their clients on my PC. Other than that, there's been NOTHING I've dl. I only included that info because I thought it might help. Can someone PLEASE help with this. I tried to look at the registry, I'm not seeing anything that seems amiss but I need more specifics - I've read the other questions and answers on this - but I don't know HOW to change anything to see if it helps. I already am scared to death to touch the registry.
Firefox won't stay signed in (I have to login every time I open the browser, and my previous session is lost) - how can I fix this?
Almost every time I open FF I have to sign in and sync, and start my browsing from scratch. My previous session does not open: I have tried several times to set my prefer… (funda kabanzi)
Almost every time I open FF I have to sign in and sync, and start my browsing from scratch. My previous session does not open: I have tried several times to set my preferences to restore previous session. Sometimes the session is there but after opening and closing the browser a few times the session is lost.
Why does the FF cache become excessively large, and how can I constrain it?
In an earlier version of FF, there was an explicit user setting for maximum cache size -- this was very helpful in constraining the bloat which regularly occurs with mult… (funda kabanzi)
In an earlier version of FF, there was an explicit user setting for maximum cache size -- this was very helpful in constraining the bloat which regularly occurs with multiple tabs open for any extended period of time. At some point in the past few years, this setting disappeared from the up-front user option pages (but might still be around in some deeper, less-obvious setting as I have an older machine which still seems to honor its limit set long ago).
Since I routinely have to purge the webpage cache in order to regain responsiveness and function of FF when my regular tabs remain open for most of the day, I would like to see this setting return to the user-option front pages -- or know where it is located in some deeper option page.
More to the point, though, I would really like FF to constrain itself by design from bloating out on webpage cache -- reminds me too much of the 'memory leakage' problem which came to plague the Opera browser that I finally abandoned 10+ years ago for FF. I realize that many website developers these days are enamored with the bells, whistles and flashy graphics needed to gain eyeballs and earn something from clicks and click-throughs, but the present-day notion of some endless user supply of RAM grates quite hard with someone of my vintage and experience with computers since the late 1960s.
Firefox 70.0.1 crashes on opening
I have Firefox 70.0.1 and just recently it began to crash on opening and now will not display anything although as per the screenshot it shows 2 sessions open. The only w… (funda kabanzi)
I have Firefox 70.0.1 and just recently it began to crash on opening and now will not display anything although as per the screenshot it shows 2 sessions open. The only way to close it is by Force quit. I have uninstalled and re-installed Firefox, rebooted between installs, all to no effect. Firefox was working OK up until a couple a days OK (as far as I am aware) and not sure what (if any) other 'updates' may have caused or contributed to this. I have tried to start Firefox in safe mode but no success with that either - no Firefox menu appears when trying to open Firefox. I have macOS Catalina 10.15.1.
Embedded videos shows black screen
Some embedded videos work only in Safe Mode but show black rectangle otherwise. I have read similar questions like https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1044374. Al… (funda kabanzi)
Some embedded videos work only in Safe Mode but show black rectangle otherwise. I have read similar questions like https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1044374. Already tried removing all extensions and themes, disabling hardware acceleration, refreshing Firefox and even reinstalling ( with apt purge firefox and removing ~/.mozilla, /etc/firefox and /usr/lib/firefox*) and disabling acceleration again. Example page: https://ru-chp.livejournal.com/13903492.html
As far as I can see there's just no