Firefox Betas and RC1 Freezes

I installed Firefox 4 (betas) and now RC1 and it installs OK but once I try to use it FF freezes and will do NOTHING. I have to restart my computer. I am using Windows Ultimate 64 O/S. Firefox 3.6 works fine.

Hi H2OVixen,
Can you please describe how you are applying the update? What is strange is that the profiles and bookmarks are still there after the update.
If you are updating Firefox it would automatically import the profile that it has. However, if there are multiple profiles on the machine, it will pull the default profile. What may be interesting to see if is the profile manager still has all the profiles after the update, as it should ideally.[[Using Multiple Profiles]] Though you did mention that this does not happen to local libraries. I think this may be the issue you are really describing: NAS profiles are not seen after an update, is this correct?
Is it possible to see the profile on the NAS after the update if you open the Profile Manager on launch?
Cheers
*[http://mike.kaply.com/2012/03/16/customizing-firefox-autoconfig-files/]

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