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Firefox crashes on start up
Firefox keeps crashing upon start up. Was lagging, shut it off and turned it back on and even after a reboot, I keep getting crashes. I have seen it mentioned that the Norton Toolbar seems to be the cause of it all. How do I fix this issue so I can boot my Firefox back up?
Mafitar da aka zaɓa
thanks for providing the crash report id. we have seen quite a number of similar reports about this issue in the last hours and this issue is likely caused by your symantec security software that is hooking into firefox (probably through a program/signature update done by them). other users reported that updating firefox in this situation helped with the crashes. you can download & install the latest firefox from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
Karanta wannan amsa a matsayinta 👍 0All Replies (7)
We're sorry to hear that your Firefox seems to be crashing when you open it. Please perform the following steps to give us a crash report ID that helps us find out more about the cause of the crash.
- On the keyboard, press [Windows] The image "Windows key" does not exist. + [R]. This should bring up a Run window that contains a text field.
- In that text field, type %APPDATA% and press Enter. An explorer window should open.
- From that explorer window, double-click on the Mozilla folder, then double-click on Firefox and then on Crash reports. Double-click on submitted.
- Now, you should see a list of files that contain reports. Go to View > Arrange Icons by > Modified to get the most recent files at the top of the window.
- Open the most recent 5 files with a text editor and copy the IDs.
- Paste each ID with bp- into the reply window on the forums.
Thanks in advance!
You can find more information and troubleshooting steps in the Troubleshoot Firefox crashes (closing or quitting unexpectedly) article.
Well, this may screw me over in the end on this one but I don't typically submit crash reports. Should I submit one now just to get it to pop up?
Crash ID: bp-abf2bbcc-f44d-4732-a5e2-33ff42160913
Okay, it did work.
Zaɓi Mafita
thanks for providing the crash report id. we have seen quite a number of similar reports about this issue in the last hours and this issue is likely caused by your symantec security software that is hooking into firefox (probably through a program/signature update done by them). other users reported that updating firefox in this situation helped with the crashes. you can download & install the latest firefox from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
Alright, downloading it now so let's see if this works.
It seems to be working now! Thank you!