Firefox freezes for a while when the Downloads window pops up

Whenever I start a file download (regardless of its size), Firefox freezes for a few seconds, sometimes longer. I deleted the downloads.sqlite file and it helped for a few days but it started happening again. I deleted downloads.sqlite again but this time it wouldn't help at all. I even installed DownThemAll add-on as some people suggested but it happens with it too.
I've been using Firefox for 7-8 years now and never had any issues that could not be resolved but this plus some other freezes or crashes from time to time is starting to be annoying. I have all major browsers installed because of my work but kept FF as default one but I'm starting to consider a switch after all these years.
Can anyone suggest a soluton? And I don't consider disabling the Downloads pop-up window a solution.
Win 7 64bit

Thanks for your input but I already said that I deleted downloads.sqlite.

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