Firefox 5 on Windows XP hangs when selecting Tools - Options

Firefox starts up okay. I can browse web sites okay. However, when I select the menu option "Tools" and then select "Options", Firefox hangs, the Options window does not appear, and I have to do a forced close of Firefox.

Cor-el
Thanks, but that does not work. In fact I have now tried Firefox v3.8, v4.0, v4.1 and v5.0 and found that selecting Tools / Options causing Firefox to hang completely on every occasion. I have tried starting each of these in in Safe Mode but this does not solve the problem.
What does Firefox do when opening the Tools / Options window that could possibly conflict with something else I have on my PC?! This is completely baffling.

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