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zzxc: FireFox hangs on opening requiring force quit I have snow leopard mac and tried terminal from your web page but did not get the box as shown

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hello zzxc

Firefox does not open in safe mode and from the menu bar it will not quit ...... I have to go to the dock and right clic to force quit.

I have tried to uninstall and reinstall, to try terminal as instructed

It will not open in safe mode

What now ?

Dave

hello zzxc Firefox does not open in safe mode and from the menu bar it will not quit ...... I have to go to the dock and right clic to force quit. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall, to try terminal as instructed It will not open in safe mode What now ? Dave

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Try doing a "clean install" of Firefox:

  1. Force quit Firefox
  2. Drag Firefox (in Applications) to Trash, and empty trash
  3. Download Firefox again from http://www.mozilla.com and re-install.