Keep firefox from crashing & opening pop ups

Windows 8.1 Firefox keeps Crashing And the popups will drive you nuts!!
Can someone help/ or do I need to revert back to windows 7?

Spybot helped but still has issues
I believe it just does not work right with windows 8.1

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Firefox won't open pop-ups even though pop-up blocker is off.

Hello,
I'm a website designer using ff 3.6.13 on XP sp3 platform. FF is very temperamental with pop-ups so I shut off Pop-up blocker. Regardless of blocker being off, pop-ups are still blocked on a site I'm working on. Until recently, these Pop-up links used to work well in FF. They still work great in Chrome and IE.
My Firewall program does not have pop-up blocker:
An example of the pop-up is located on the "download" link at the top of this page listed below:
http://www.technologymarketingcenter.com/resourcearchive/how-not-to-execute-guerilla-warfare.php

There is a fix for Dreamweaver, so it works in Firefox 3.6+ versions:
http://solutions.marketingmedley.com/
There is a $5.00 fee for that Dreamweaver fix. That website and the fix are not associated with Mozilla in any manner. Support for that fix is provided by that that website via email.

Why can't you guys keep FireFox from crashing? I need this browser for my College Courses and this is making me angry because it's putting me behind.

It seems like every day I have to restart my computer because Firefox's consistency for staying up and running properly is a complete failure. This is unacceptable; I have College courses that I take online and every time the Firefox browser crashes I lose work and when I lose work I get bad grades in school because you have failed your duty to maintain a browser that you also had to earn a degree to get the job. I'm very distraught over this and I'm very close to using a new browser if you don't square this away like yesterday. Not only do I get bad grades I also have to pay the school back the money if I fail. If I fail this course because you didn't do your job I'm going to make you pay the school back for my trouble.

Could you spend a day using Firefox in its Safe Mode? That's a standard diagnostic tool to deactivate extensions and some advanced features of Firefox. If there are some extensions you cannot live without, see the suggestion after the break. More info: [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode]].
You can restart Firefox in Safe Mode using either:
* "3-bar" menu button > "?" button > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
* Help menu > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
Not all add-ons are disabled: Flash and other plugins still run
After Firefox shuts down, a small dialog should appear. Click "Start in Safe Mode" (''not'' Reset).
Any difference?
Alternately, try a couple of the things Safe Mode does for you:
(1) Disable Firefox's use of hardware acceleration for graphics
"3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced
On the "General" mini-tab, uncheck the box for "Use hardware acceleration when available"
This will take effect the next time you exit and start Firefox up again.
(2) Disable ALL nonessential or unrecognized extensions on the Add-ons page. Either:
* Ctrl+Shift+a
* "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons
In the left column, click Extensions. Then, if in doubt, disable.
Usually a link will appear above at least one disabled extension to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links as the last step.
Hopefully this will minimize the potential causes of instability.

How do I keep Firefox from saving bank account data?

How do I keep Firefox from saving bank account data? I'm running Win7 64-bit. I can't seem to keep Firefox from saving bank account data.

Also, could you clarify what you mean by "saving bank account data"? Here are some places that Firefox may save data you have viewed:
''Firefox's cache:'' Generally speaking, Firefox will cache pages you have viewed so you can go Back to them unless the server instructs Firefox not to store them, or designs the page to reload and check to make sure you are still logged in.
''Session history:'' Firefox saves information about your session for purposes of redisplaying your open windows and tabs (and recently closed windows and tabs) in the event of a crash. If you want to restrict what Firefox saves, there might be some settings you can modify, but it depends on your concerns.
''Form autofill:'' If you have the form fill feature enabled, Firefox will remember data you enter into forms (usually excluding passwords). This can be turned off, or completely cleared, but there isn't a convenient way to remove just some of the data without an add-on. For example: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/form-history-control/

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How do I keep applications from automatically opening when I power up my Macbook Air?

When you Shutdown or restart, uncheck this option.
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How do I get safari to open pop-ups in new tabs rather than in new windows?

Just recently I took my 13" MacBook Pro (Late 2010 Model) to my local Apple Store. When I brought it there they fixed my problem, but in the mean time they had to completely delete and uninstall Safari and Google Chrome off of my laptop. Before the apple store, my Safari would always open pop-ups and links in a new tab, now they open up in a new window. Does anyone know how to change it so they open in new tabs? The reason I need this changed is I might have unecessary websites open, and they would just be taking up space.
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How do I stop explorer from opening pop ups while browsing with firefox as default.

I just bought a new hp laptop with windows 7. The first thing I did was install firefox 3.6.12 set as default, then thunderbird. When I visit a website I get pop ups that open in windows explorer.
I installed pop-up stopper free edition, but it didn't help.
I had firefox on my old PC running windows vista and pop-up stopper, and never had this problem.
I tried disabling IE by setting up a false proxy server, which I think helped, but then I couldn't use windows media center for internet tv, etc.
This is pretty frustrating, since my old setup really worked great.

I tried to remedy it by changing the default settings, but there are three settings that are ticked and that you can't disassociate with IE - two MHTML and one .url for internet shortcuts. Presuming the last is the reason the popups open in IE?

Keep firefox from opening at startup on mac

I use both firefox (more secure) and safari on my macbook pro.
Even having safari set as default browser,firefox still appears at start up. How do I keep this from happening?

I do not see why it should not work for you. I have just tried doing that and it works for me.
First of all double check what is shown on your list of home pages. Firefox may be set to open more than one home page,each one as a separate tab. The listing separates the tabs with a pipe symbol | (Often the key above the Ctrl key)
* See [[How to set the home page]]
Another possibility is that you have set Firefox to restart with the tabs from the previous setting.
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Firefox does not open pop-up windows from java script even if blocking pop-up is disabled for those sites

I need to use pop-up windows for some e-mail sites which use java, but firefox doesn't do anything, even if i allowed pop-ups for those sites or disable completely

If the settings in Firefox are correct then make sure that your security software (firewall, anti-virus) isn't blocking pop-ups, some have advanced features that include blocking pop-ups.
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
See [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]] and [[Troubleshooting plugins]]

How do I stop Firefox from crashing? It crashes at various times, not when loading any specific pages.

My crash problem has been going on for week, now. I tried uninstalling FF and reinstalling it. I hoped that would fix the problem, but it didn't. Crashes occur randomly, when loading or reloading pages but they are NOT specific pages. The Report ID listed below is just 1 of several reports from the past week.

I am unwilling to attempt navigation away from these sites. The pop-ups that occur on the attempt to leave a site or to close the browser are exit traps offering incentive to stay.
Once upon a time, when the internet was less dangerous, I would be willing to close the exit pop-ups. Now, after twice being infected with malware trying to close the pop-ups, I now force close whichever browser I am using.
Recently, I clicked on the red X to close one pop-up, and it installed a trojan that I had to pay to be removed. When I clicked on 'Leave' in another exit pop, it didn't exit and it turned out I was giving permission to run a script file. Now that criminals have learned these exit pop-ups can be used to force a click action, the sites using them have become dangerous.
If I force the browser to close using Task manager, Please tell me how to stop FireFox from sending me directly back to the same site because it mistakenly believes it crashed when it did not. I forced it to close because I was on a site that had taken control of my browser and was not allowing me to leave the site.
No other browser sends me back to the potentially dangerous sites. I prefer Firefox, but the new version must have a setting that allows me to get safely away from a problem site?

Firefox has a million pop ups and takes over the page im looking at

When im doing anything with firefox (ex search, reading a page, watching movie) i will get a million pop ups. some are there own pages in the background and most will open in new tab on page. it will take over the page im on and i will be stuck closing everything out to my desk top and re opening a page. i have the pop up blocker on but doesn't do anything.I am using a mac. the browser is pretty much useless at this point and this is the longest i have been on a page in weeks.

You get tabs opening endlessly if you select the Firefox program to handle a file when you get an "Open with" dialog.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firefox+keeps+opening+many+tabs+or+windows
Rename (or delete) the mimeTypes.rdf file in the Firefox profile folder to reset all file actions.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/mimeTypes.rdf
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions#Resetting_download_actions
You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)

Safari will not open pop ups

Hi All
First time here and hope you can help out. I'm new to MACs, I bought one a couple of days ago and I absolutely love it. I bought it for a home laptop and for word processing.
I am in the middle of the Comptia A+ course and the course runs on Java and requires pop ups to be unblocked. I use Safari to login, navigate to the course and select a topic, now at this point 2 new windows should open, one saying 'Do Not Close This Window' and another with the actual course slideshow and material in it. However when I select the topic, nothing happens, no new windows, nothing.
I have enabled Javascript in the security preferences and also unchecked the popup blocker and still nothing.
Any ideas
Thanks
Craig

Hi Craig
If you've any Safari extensions installed - try with them disabled via Safari-Preferences-Extensions
you might try altering the setting for 'run applets...' in Java Preferences-General : open it from the HD/Applications/Utilities/ folder & restart Safari to see if it helped.
Double-check that it's no setting you've changed, by testing briefly in a a New User Account
Also try another browser; Camino or Firefox or Opera, since a few sites just don't behave in Safari.

Can you prevent Firefox from EVER opening a new window without approval?

Many websites open a new advertising window when you click ANYWHERE on the webpage. On occasion they are so ill-behaved that they effectively hijack your browser, not allowing you to close the window or navigate away, and rather than risk getting a virus I usually kill Firefox from the task manager... not exactly an ideal way to shut down!
Is there any way to get Firefox to ask my permission before opening a new window, or ideally let me add websites to a whitelist so they are allowed to open new windows, or less ideally let me add websites to a blacklist so they are NEVER allowed to open new windows?
I am well aware that this is "normal" behavior and unfortunately falls outside of the controls that prevent pop-ups, because in some cases you DO want to allow a website to open a new window, but in my experience this is the exception and not the rule so forcing me to approve the new window would be nice, but as I said being able to whitelist approved sites would be ideal.

Thanks, dmcritchie! On your advice I have been using ADP for a couple of weeks, and I think that took care of my problem!

I set my Firefox settings to block pop-ups. It's now working. What do I need to do?

I am still being annoyed with constant pop-ups. I like using Firefox, but I'm switching to another browser if I can't get this resolved.

Try the Firefox SafeMode to see how it works there.
A troubleshooting mode, which disables most Add-ons.
[[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode]]
When in Safe Mode...
* The status of plug-ins is not affected.
* Custom preferences are not affected.
* All extensions are disabled.
* The default theme is used, without a persona.
* userChrome.css and userContent.css are ignored.
* The default toolbar layout is used.
* The JIT Javascript compiler is disabled.
* Hardware acceleration is disabled.
You can open the Firefox 15.0+ SafeMode by holding the Shft key when you use the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
Or use the Help menu item, click on Restart with Add-ons Disabled... while Firefox is running.
To exit the Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before using the Firefox shortcut (without the Shft key) to open it again.
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Why can't I close the Firefox browser or any pop-ups?

This is a problem I had with Firefox before I formatted my computer a few weeks ago. Firefox was working just fine after the fresh windows install which was great (I actually had to switch to using Safari because I couldn't stand how glitchy Firefox was), but looks like the same problem is happening again!!
In sum: the Firefox browser will not close when I click the X close button in the top corner. Also, no pop-ups will close, whether I click on OK or X or anything to either accept or deny changes. When a pop-up is prompted on a website so that I can upload a picture or other media (such as uploading a new profile picture on twitter), I am not able to scroll through my computer's content on the pop-up (scrollbars don't work), X close the pop-up or even press OK to accept the changes and choose the picture. However, I am still able to access the content, choose an item and browse through folders for what is displayed on my screen, so it is not frozen. It won't even let me use the arrow keys to scroll through the content though.
I have to ctrl+alt+del to close firefox. No, restarting my computer doesn't help. Clearly reinstalling firefox doesn't help as I recently did that when I formatted my computer, and internet explorer, safari and opera work just fine.

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