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Firefox freezing, and eventually crashing when opening a tab?

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lightaway
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Just yesterday this started, at first youtube videos froze the browser (but I could still hear them playing) and now I can't even open a tab without firefox freezing and just eventually having to end the process. It was working perfectly before yesterday.

Just yesterday this started, at first youtube videos froze the browser (but I could still hear them playing) and now I can't even open a tab without firefox freezing and just eventually having to end the process. It was working perfectly before yesterday.

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Xircal
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Can you run Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode? If it functions properly in that configuration, then one of your add-ons is the culprit.

Also, please go to the Plugins Check page. Some of them are out of date and you'll need to update those first before we can proceed further.

By the way, you can view Youtube videos in HTML5 now instead of in Flash. All you need to do is to click the link at the foot of this page: http://www.youtube.com/html5 There's nothing to download and you don't have to fill in any forms. The player will switch automatically once you click that link.

Apologies though for taking so long to respond to your question.