Firefox contantly hangs, can't End Process and have to reboot

Why can't firefox.exe be killed in Windows? I'm getting daily crashes in FF5, and jusding by thousands of posts so are others. I could live with these IF Windows allowed me to End Process, but it does not. I've even tried to end firefox.exe at the command line against the PID, but despite saying it had been teminated it has not. Having to close all my work and reboot Windows every time FF decides to longer work is VERY frustrating!!

Well I'm at a loss. I've followed above links. Problem is that it will work fine often for anywhere between 1 minutes and 2 hours and then suddenly hang for no reason. I've run safemode for an hour or so and it was fine. I re-added Firebug (my only extension and it also rank fine for hours then hung. How long Am I supposed to run in safe mode? days? If Firebuf was the issue why would it run for hours fine the hang?
I thought maybe there wasa issue with Flash Player, so re-installed that, but makes no difference. Anyway.. back to my original topic.....
WHY WHY WHY unlike most other windows apps can't I End Process for Firefox when it hangs? Having to reboot my machine every time it hangs is far more annoying than FF hanging itself. If Firefox process could be killed like any other process I could live with a hang every few hours. PLEASE PLEASE can Firefox team do something to allow it easy to terminate FF when issues occur without it locking your profiole or whatever else it is that prevents a 2nd application from being loaded.

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The new firefox opens my homepage IN ADDITION to the firefox startup page EVERY TIME I open firefox. How can I stop this and make it so ONLY my homepage shows?

See these articles for some suggestions:
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+has+just+updated+tab+shows+each+time+you+start+Firefox
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page - Firefox supports multiple home pages separated by '|' symbols
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved

Kill a root system process and have it stay dead until next reboot

The process in question is UPDATE
it does its thing at exactly 30-second intervals
according to this
http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/background-processes.html
it's "responsible for keeping disks synchronized with the file system cache, to keep data loss to a minimum in case of a crash."
I don't care if my disc cache is in sync while I'm playing an ACTION GAME, but it's really annoying when my character dies because the screen stops updating for 0.5 seconds while UPDATE does it's thing. Gaming is pretty much useless with this process running.
Is there anybody out there who can help me to either:
1. kill the Update process and have it stay dead till the next reboot, or
2. tell the Update process to do it's thing at longer intervals instead of 30 seconds (like maybe 30 HOURS)
Thanks for any assistance!

You can find out what defaults it is running with using "ps ax | grep update" (if it is called "update" as it is in Tiger). I very much doubt that configuring it in single-user mode would have any lasting effect - my guess is that you would have to configure the startup file which controls it. If you do this, though, the change will hold whether you are gaming or not - and even if you don't care about the integrity of your disk then, you may at other times.
Note that "data loss" here may not just mean your personal data - it might include the integrity of the file system as a whole. That is, you might end up with an unbootable system. I don't know this, but it may not just be a question of losing changes to user documents, say. The manpage for Tiger doesn't mention data loss but only the integrity of the volumes.
Also, killing it may not work. If it is considered an essential process, the chances are that the system will restart the process if it dies or is killed - certainly that's true of some other processes in Mac OS X.
If instead you gave your game higher priority, when you quit the game, things will go back to normal. I definitely think it would be worth trying that route first. Should you decide to try killing update or reconfiguring the way the system starts up, make sure that you backup everything first. A good way is to clone your system to an external drive and then boot from that clone and ensure everything works as you expect.
- cfr

I would like to make one static copy of Firefox, so I can restore it if I have a hard drive crash, or if I want to upgrade my internal disk, or if I want to have a duplicate on another replacement computer.

''dupe of https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/918473''
I would like to make one static copy of Firefox, so I can restore it if I have a hard drive crash, or if I want to upgrade my internal disk, or if I want to have a duplicate on another replacement computer.

Hi tchmielewski,
You should look into [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-firefox-sync Firefox Sync]. I think it will do everything that you are asking for. This will allow you to have all of your Firefox preferences and settings shared across multiple computers.
You could also create a backup on a USB drive in case of catastrophic failture. I would suggest that you back up your personal information and bookmarks using the article [[Backing up your information]].
Hopefully this helps!

After installing the latest upgrade firefox just hangs when opening - was fine before. have tried deleting restore session but worse not better now

after installing the latest upgrade firefox just hangs when opening - was fine before. have tried deleting restore session but worse not better now. no change with firewall.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== yesterday, after installing the upgrade ==
== User Agent ==
Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en-GB) Presto/2.5.24 Version/10.54

I'm using Mac OS 10.4.11 & even typing this message the characters appear so slowly that I could get a hammer and chisel and inscribe the words faster than the new Firefox runs. WTF?

HT5621 I bought my iMac from someone. Everything was changed over to my name however when I try to update programs it only shows the old users apple ID and I can't update. How do I change this so I can update the applications and have everything fully und

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The first thing to do with a second-hand computer is to erase the internal drive and install a clean copy of OS X. You — not the previous owner — must do that. How you do it depends on the model, and on whether you already own another Mac. If you're not sure of the model, enter the serial number on this page. Then find the model on this page to see what OS version was originally installed.
1. You don't own another Mac.
If the machine shipped with OS X 10.4 or 10.5, you need a boxed and shrink-wrapped retail Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) installation disc from the Apple Store or a reputable reseller — not from eBay or anything of the kind. If the machine has less than 1 GB of memory, you'll need to add more in order to install 10.6. Preferably, install as much memory as it can take, according to the technical specifications.
If the machine shipped with OS X 10.6, you need the installation media that came with it: gray installation discs, or a USB flash drive for some MacBook Air models. For early MBA models, you may need a USB optical drive or Remote Disc. You should have received the media from the previous owner, but if you didn't, order replacements from Apple. A retail disc, or the gray discs from another model, will not work.
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See:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_crashes
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+crashes
Your above posted system details show outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks that you should update.
* http://www.mozilla.com/plugincheck/
# Shockwave Flash 10.1 r102
# Java Plug-in 1.6.0_12 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
Update the [[Managing the Flash plugin|Flash]] plugin to the latest version.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash
*http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
Update the [[Using the Java plugin with Firefox|Java]] plugin to the latest version.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Java
*http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html (Java Platform: Download JRE)

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Thanks for contributing to the Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like you don't have the AirPlay option on your iOS devices. Restarting your Apple TV and iOS devices was a good first step, and you can find some additional tips to guide your troubleshooting at this link:
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Sometimes when I close firefox, it won't open again. I have to 'end process'. Other times it will not open a new window until I 'end process'. Sometimes it even won't let me use the search bar until I 'end process'.

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idk why or when this started happening but it sure is annoying. mozilla will do fine on one page. be running for hours at sometimes. than the second you go and look for another page. bam right in the middle of loading it will basically freeze. get a thinking curser and try and click on something. the not responding message comes up on the top. i then have to go so far as to open task manager and end it all together and start it back it. i wanna say it has something to do with adobe or maybe something else but i cant seem to find or fix it. (have gotten rid of adobe at one time and didnt fix my prob) have deleted mozilla and reinstalled. did not work. clear my cache. i have scanned my computer for virus's and malware, bots that sort of thing. im really about to try and find another browser if i cant figure this out soon. most of my crash reports have the letter bp at the beginning if that means anything. on average i have to do this 5 times a day. sometimes more depending on usage. id say 3-4 months have been doing this and finally fed up probably sent over a few hundred crash reports and i check my email and have never gotten an answer.

1. I suggest that you update to the latest 3.5.12 version (or 3.6.9) both of which were released this past week. A lot of stability fixes have been made to Firefox since the 3.5.5 version was new.
Help > Check for Updates
2. Crash Reports are one-way communication with Mozilla to collect crash data to improve the product, not intended to provide individual support. Mozilla rarely, if ever, uses the email contact information they request.
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+crashes#Getting_help_with_your_crash

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I've been using FF for years and love it. On my work PC, FF just started this funkyness.
The issue:
I start FF and after a few seconds, I notice it stops responding, I go to "Win Task manager", see the firefox.exe *32, try to end task but it will not, nothing happens.
I try to start a new instance of FF, gives error "Firefox is already running but is not responding" I click close , then another error "your firefox profile cannot be loaded...."
The only way to end the FF task is to reboot PC, then when I try again it does the same thing.
Things I've tried with no luck:
-Updated java
-went in the appsdata/......Mozilla/profiles / removed read only attribute (but I noticed when I go back, its checked again...??)
-complete FF un-install, cleaned registry of all Mozilla FF content, deleted all FF folders, re-installed as admin
-run FF in safe mode
-work network connection or private SSH connection to home has same prob
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance
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Can i fire process and javascript one after other???

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