Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} by holding down the <Shift> (Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox.

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?

While still in Safe Mode,

In the address bar, type about:crashes<enter>.

Note: If any reports do not have BP in front of the numbers/letters, click it to submit them.

The crash report is several pages of data. We need the report numbers to see the whole report.

Using your mouse, mark the most resent 7 - 10 crash reports, and copy them. Now go to the reply box and paste them in.

For more help on crash reports, see; https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-crashes-asking-support +++++++++++++++++++++++ If you can't get Firefox to open, you will have to do this the hard way.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/mozillacrashreporter Open the file browser / explorer on your computer. Note: You may have to enable Show Hidden Folders / Files. Enter this in the address bar;

Windows: %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted Win 7/Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted Win XP/2000: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted

Mac OS: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Crash Reports/submitted Linux: /home/<username>/.mozilla/firefox/Crash Reports/submitted

Copy the most recent 5-7 File Names in the folder. Post the information in the reply box.

These are the 4 which are recent crashes. For some reason the other crashes are not appearing. Firefox must have crashed at least 20 times

4bdfe294-258f-4cb4-873b-154ac3e8fb48 15-04-2018 21:31 db0dc99c-7ff9-48e2-942e-9d8269bb029a 15-04-2018 15:11 d151ea12-f448-465f-82a5-ab1d87fd19fe 15-04-2018 13:19 3bf4c738-cdbb-4049-b2f9-aa04c697de1c 15-04-2018 13:18

Apart from these the following errors were appearing earlier which I had pasted previously.

faaa6b3f-3a78-434a-8a14-5c739fa5923b 15-04-2018 15:22

The previous ones were unsubmitted. the following ones were submitted

bp-e25a5cde-5ec2-471b-ae37-2e2a11180415 15-04-2018 23:45 bp-9787818e-52b1-4305-b7f5-427810180415 15-04-2018 23:44 bp-5f8a75f7-8a92-4d9d-b1e2-a0bda0180415 15-04-2018 23:40 bp-6624fc79-eca1-4802-a07d-d1eb10180415 15-04-2018 23:40 bp-a9362700-2898-4f6b-b2a8-be15a0180415 15-04-2018 23:39 bp-94eca0eb-b770-43d3-9a98-b99591180415 15-04-2018 21:52 bp-24c7bb1b-863a-494d-acf7-2c6211180415 15-04-2018 21:35 bp-7a3b7aa4-7f73-4e45-acd1-f12e11180415 15-04-2018 21:35 bp-094bc3f3-9e90-40aa-bb1a-067270180415 15-04-2018 21:34 bp-8937a8e1-8c1c-4368-aa01-a73731180415 15-04-2018 21:24 bp-68e8cfc7-e0fd-4a37-a580-d97321180415 15-04-2018 21:22 bp-b6dc3bd3-cd18-4a2c-b188-5b48b1180415 15-04-2018 21:19 bp-673ecf7a-236a-42cf-bb61-a762c1180415 15-04-2018 21:09 bp-1bf19840-c3a9-4e76-9377-22a441180415 15-04-2018 21:08 bp-8c8f09f7-047b-4087-8415-973101180415 15-04-2018 21:08 bp-fb2ec1aa-b9e0-42b0-baaf-bfb201180415 15-04-2018 17:52 bp-960c101d-ba5f-4947-aac8-b9c921180415 15-04-2018 17:51 bp-87176325-1e1c-4452-a545-707670180415 15-04-2018 17:41 bp-b968f6bc-66a6-4442-9b5d-b2e9f1180415 15-04-2018 15:10 bp-2d6fc379-966c-4d79-b330-492a81180415 15-04-2018 15:10 bp-a4753408-3aad-495b-bd09-56c1a1180415 15-04-2018 13:22 bp-392f30f5-8e12-4359-9e87-b88d31180415 15-04-2018 13:18 bp-adc2712a-6949-4b84-ad5a-5bf2f1180415 15-04-2018 13:18

That last list is what we need to get to the reports. Now then . . . .

bp-e25a5cde-5ec2-471b-ae37-2e2a11180415 bp-9787818e-52b1-4305-b7f5-427810180415 bp-5f8a75f7-8a92-4d9d-b1e2-a0bda0180415

Signature: FindElementCommon

mbae.dll = Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit

This is for Sumo's Related Bugs 1116885 NEW --- HWA startup crash in DWrite.dll FindElementCommon(ICacheReference*, bool, CacheHeader const&, unsigned int const*, HashElement const*, void const*, IElementKey const&, CachedElementData*)

Update Malwarebytes. If the problem continues, disable it.

I disabled malwarebytes and tried working. was mostly working fine with no glitches till there were a couple of crashes in the end

bp-e931fe64-0f20-451b-ba46-dd5771180416 16-04-2018 23:05 bp-46d481f9-af31-40ba-81df-40b001180416 16-04-2018 23:04

bp-e931fe64-0f20-451b-ba46-dd5771180416 bp-46d481f9-af31-40ba-81df-40b001180416

Signature: FindElementCommon

This is for Sumo's Related Bugs 1116885

Is Malwarebytes still on your system? Disabled?

Totally remove it. You can always reinstall it later.

You can try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.

• Options/Preferences -> General: Performance
  remove checkmark: [ ] "Use recommended performance settings"
  remove checkmark: [ ] "Use hardware acceleration when available"
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/performance-settings

Close and restart Firefox after modifying the setting to make the change effective.

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-extensions-themes-to-fix-problems

You can check if there is an update for your graphics display driver and check for hardware acceleration related issues.

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration

Hi

I did the following. 1. Uninstalled Malwarebytes 2. Unchecked the graphics options

I haven't installed the new drivers yet because i was facing some issues on windows update

Despite doing 1 and 2 the system firefox tabs are still crashing. Details below

bp-dd11afce-eb02-459c-955b-1b3d10180418 18-04-2018 23:44 bp-dcfd2784-2e8b-484b-92ef-fc6410180418 18-04-2018 23:44 bp-db7de8b8-8e03-488b-aa17-0d9180180418 18-04-2018 23:43 bp-14433af5-93a4-4556-aa49-8227f1180418 18-04-2018 23:40 bp-7506eae8-7c1a-4efa-af4c-347e01180418 18-04-2018 23:39 bp-54518ebe-b2c1-43e9-8af6-fb9990180418 18-04-2018 23:39 bp-7f320f8d-33f1-4db8-a83a-6ca511180418 18-04-2018 22:28

• Repair System Registry and Files

Find the Dos Prompt or Powershell then Right Click and Run as Administrator then : Copy/Paste to Dos Window : sfc /scannow ( SFC<space>/Scannow ) then hit Enter. Reboot when completed. Note : SFC uses local files

This is the page you need for Win 7 fix updates : https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/10164/fix-windows-update-errors

Fix your Video Card Drivers (Must be done now to fix the crashing)

Then if not working properly do the following please : REFRESH INSTRUCTIONS Hi, please try a Refresh but Note that this does more than uninstalling and re-installing does. Normal uninstalling does not remove some preferences which may have become corrupt. Please Refresh but do this 1st: Delete your Cookies and Cache and TEST.

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

then

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings

TEST....... If no issues then Extensions which need to be added back in 1 at a time and tested ..... Or it is your Profile : Make a new one and test ...:

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles

If is your Profile :

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

Note: Any customization will revert back to default, you will also need to reinstall Extensions.

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

https://www.howtogeek.com/302595/how-to-stop-windows-10-from-automatically-updating-hardware-drivers/

Hi PKshadow

I did what you asked me to. On running MS Dos command got the following message - Windows resource protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Details are included in the CBS.log

I refreshed firefox and created a new profile. even with the new profile firefox continue to crash

Crash reports given here. Please note some of them happened before doing the above and some happened after

bp-fa5eb24b-0aed-4489-b059-860e80180419 19-04-2018 23:04 bp-5b22b9e6-b11b-44b3-ba70-fbf920180419 19-04-2018 23:04 bp-26a7e3c6-e7a0-49a5-851f-09bad0180419 19-04-2018 23:03 bp-07fd4336-0be4-450e-88ad-68c5a0180419 19-04-2018 23:03 bp-79c83952-591e-49f0-b07d-3643e0180419 19-04-2018 23:03 bp-27a5673d-691b-4972-b8a1-abb800180419 19-04-2018 23:02 bp-0ac6ad7a-4e41-464c-bfe2-61dc41180419 19-04-2018 22:52 bp-6d91c139-d768-4d9e-99c3-8336f1180419 19-04-2018 22:21 bp-76074ca0-63ae-409f-82b3-21f1d1180419 19-04-2018 22:21

First things first.

pastmaster said

Windows resource protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Details are included in the CBS.log

Go to one of these sites and get the system properly repaired. https://support.microsoft.com

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/forum/windows_10

Include the contents of the CBS.log On my Win 7, it is located here; C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log

bp-fa5eb24b-0aed-4489-b059-860e80180419 Signature: FindElementCommon

Date Processed 2018-04-19 17:34:30

This is for Sumo's Related Bugs 1116885 NEW --- HWA startup crash in DWrite.dll FindElementCommon(ICacheReference*, bool, CacheHeader const&, unsigned int const*, HashElement const*, void const*, IElementKey const&, CachedElementData*) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ bp-5b22b9e6-b11b-44b3-ba70-fbf920180419 Signature: IPCError-browser | ShutDownKill

Date Processed 2018-04-19 17:34:01

Attention Sumo's there are 25 related bug reports including; You are not authorized to access bug 1452499 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ bp-26a7e3c6-e7a0-49a5-851f-09bad0180419 Signature: FindElementCommon

Date Processed 2018-04-19 17:33:50

This is for Sumo's Related Bugs 1116885 NEW --- HWA startup crash in DWrite.dll FindElementCommon(ICacheReference*, bool, CacheHeader const&, unsigned int const*, HashElement const*, void const*, IElementKey const&, CachedElementData*) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ bp-07fd4336-0be4-450e-88ad-68c5a0180419 Signature: FindElementCommon

Date Processed 2018-04-19 17:33:31

Nvwgf2um.dll = NVIDIA Compatible D3D10 Driver = NVIDIA Corporation

This is for Sumo's Related Bugs 1116885 (above) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ bp-79c83952-591e-49f0-b07d-3643e0180419 Signature: FindElementCommon

Date Processed 2018-04-19 17:33:13

Nvwgf2um.dll = NVIDIA Compatible D3D10 Driver = NVIDIA Corporation

This is for Sumo's Related Bugs 1116885 (above)

Hi Fred. I didn't understand what the last message means

The crash reports are basically the same as the others. But a different bug report came up. That report is not accessible except by mod's, so I called for help.