Opening firefox routine
Since v6.02 hit my system, EVERY TIME I start firefox it goes through that annoying, time consuming, add-on check, and then takes me to that stupid pointless useless even more annoying "welcome to firefox" page, just to let me know my "firefox is up to date"
I am sick and tired of this, it only used to do this one time after each of the many and pointless annoying updates. One time is more than enough, I assure you!!! MAKE IT STOP!!!!! BTW, I tried chat, every day this week, during the hours posted, and I am yet to have it display anything except "closed". Why have that if it is never manned???
''boovyeh [[#question-1054654|said]]''
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Each time I open Firefox it immediately opens 86 to over 200 tabs. I can't find any way to return Firefox opening to normal. I am running Yosemite 10.10.2 on my Mac.
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Hello,
'''Try Firefox Safe Mode''' to see if the problem goes away. [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode|Firefox Safe Mode]] is a troubleshooting mode that temporarily turns off hardware acceleration, resets some settings, and disables add-ons (extensions and themes).
'''If Firefox is open,''' you can restart in Firefox Safe Mode from the Help menu:
* Click the menu button [[Image:New Fx Menu]], click Help [[Image:Help-29]] and select ''Restart with Add-ons Disabled''.
'''If Firefox is not running,''' you can start Firefox in Safe Mode as follows:
* On Windows: Hold the '''Shift''' key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
* On Mac: Hold the '''option''' key while starting Firefox.
* On Linux: Quit Firefox, go to your Terminal and run ''firefox -safe-mode'' <br>(you may need to specify the Firefox installation path e.g. /usr/lib/firefox)
When the Firefox Safe Mode window appears, select "Start in Safe Mode".
;[[Image:SafeMode-Fx35]]
'''''If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode''''', your problem is probably caused by an extension, theme, or hardware acceleration. Please follow the steps in the [[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems]] article to find the cause.
''To exit Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.''
When you figure out what's causing your issues, please let us know. It might help others with the same problem.
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== Issue
==
I have another kind of problem with Firefox
== Description
==
This problem only occurs the first time I open Firefox after turning on the computer, but it occurs EVERY time I turn on the computer. Every time I turn on the computer and open Firefox, none of my add-ons are seen as updated or installed (although they are all updated and compatible). I need to "find and install updates" then restart Firefox. Once this has been done, I can open and close Firefox with no problems, but it only works fine until the next time I re-boot and I have to go through that all again.
== This happened
==
Every time Firefox opened
== Started when I upgraded from 3.0.(?) to 3.5.(?).. now on 3.6.6 and still happening
==
== Troubleshooting information
==
Application Basics
Name Firefox
Version 3.6.6
Profile Directory
Open Containing Folder
Installed Plugins
about:plugins
Build Configuration
about:buildconfig
Extensions
Name
Version
Enabled
ID
Java Console 6.0.12 true
Java Console 6.0.13 true
Java Console 6.0.14 true
Java Console 6.0.15 true
Java Console 6.0.17 true
Java Console 6.0.20 true
BitDefender Antiphishing Toolbar 2.0 false [email protected]
PC Sync 2 Synchronisation Extension 1.0.0.723 false [email protected]
Firefox Synchronisation Extension 7.3.2.22 false
Java Quick Starter 1.0 true [email protected]
Morning Coffee 1.33 true morningCoffee@shaneliesegang
FEBE 6.3.3.2 true {4BBDD651-70CF-4821-84F8-2B918CF89CA3}
Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 0.0.0 true {20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b}
Smart Bookmarks Bar 1.4.3 true [email protected]
STOP! Hammertime! 2.1d true
Open Image In New Tab 1.1 true [email protected]
Flashblock 1.5.13 true {3d7eb24f-2740-49df-8937-200b1cc08f8a}
Favicon Picker 2 0.6.1.14 true {446c03e0-2c35-11db-a98b-0800200c9a66}
Easy Youtube Video Downloader 3.3 true
Download Statusbar 0.9.6.8 true
ChatZilla 0.9.86 true {59c81df5-4b7a-477b-912d-4e0fdf64e5f2}
IE Tab 2 (FF 3.6+) 2.5.10.1 true {1BC9BA34-1EED-42ca-A505-6D2F1A935BBB}
Xmarks 3.6.14 true [email protected]
CLEO 4.3 true [email protected]
OPIE 1.2.3 true [email protected]
Modified Preferences
Name
Value
accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar 0
browser.history_expire_days.mirror 180
browser.places.importBookmarksHTML false
browser.places.importDefaults false
browser.places.leftPaneFolderId -1
browser.places.migratePostDataAnnotations false
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion 2
browser.places.updateRecentTagsUri false
browser.startup.homepage http://us.mc322.mail.yahoo.com/mc/welcome?.gx=1&.rand=5dpckbhirll0o
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone rv:1.9.2.6
dom.disable_window_move_resize true
dom.disable_window_status_change false
dom.event.contextmenu.enabled false
dom.max_script_run_time 1800
extensions.lastAppVersion 3.6.6
network.cookie.prefsMigrated true
places.last_vacuum 1276800083
print.print_printer hp psc 1200 series
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_bgcolor false
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_bgimages false
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_command
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_downloadfonts false
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_edge_bottom 0
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_edge_left 0
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_edge_right 0
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_edge_top 0
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_evenpages true
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_footercenter
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_footerleft &PT
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_footerright
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_headercenter
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_headerleft &T
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_headerright
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_in_color true
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_margin_bottom 0.5
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_margin_left 0.5
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_margin_right 0.5
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_margin_top 0.5
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_oddpages true
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_orientation 1
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_pagedelay 500
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_paper_data 9
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_paper_height 11.00
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_paper_size_type 0
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_paper_size_unit 1
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_paper_width 8.50
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_reversed false
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_scaling 0.40
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_shrink_to_fit false
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_to_file false
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom 0
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_unwriteable_margin_left 0
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_unwriteable_margin_right 0
print.printer_hp_psc_1200_series.print_unwriteable_margin_top 0
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs true
security.warn_viewing_mixed false
== Firefox version
==
3.6.6
== Operating system
==
Windows XP
== User Agent
==
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.6) Gecko/20100625 Firefox/3.6.6
== Plugins installed
==
*-IE Tab 2 Plug-in for Mozilla/Firefox
*GetRight® Opera/Mozilla/Netscape Plug-In
*Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.0
*The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
*Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape "9.3.2"
*NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy
*Default Plug-in
*Google Update
*Shockwave Flash 10.1 r53
*iTunes Detector Plug-in
*Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in for Mozilla browsers
*Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_20 for Mozilla browsers
*Npdsplay dll
*DRM Store Netscape Plugin
*DRM Netscape Network ObjectDelete the files extensions.* (extensions.rdf, extensions.cache, extensions.ini) and compatibility.ini in the Firefox [[Profiles|profile folder]] to reset the extensions registry.
See "Corrupt extension files": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_install_themes_or_extensions
If you see disabled extensions that are not compatible on the next start in "Tools > Add-ons > Extensions" then click the "Find Updates" button to do a compatibility check. -
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Maybe just corrupted Disk Utility preferences ...
Open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type or copy paste the following:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.DiskUtility.plist
Click Go then move the com.apple.DiskUtility.plist file to the Trash.
Restart your Mac then try creating a .dmg file. -
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A possible cause is security software (firewall) that blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.
Remove all rules for Firefox from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Server+not+found
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firewalls -
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I have tried opening the Safe Mode dialog box (start -> run -> firefox -safe-mode) and choosing the options to disable extensions and toolbars and "reset user preferences to FF defaults" and click "apply and restart" and the computer freezes. If I hit the "continue with Safe Mode" button instead, I get to see the FF screen with a blank tab on it but the computer freezes as well.
I am completely baffled by this sudden problem. I am having to type this from Google Chrome and thus I cannot supply troubleshooting information, sadly. I am sure it is not conflict with antiviruses because I have not installed any new firewalls or antiviruses before the problem started.
I tried downloading Firefox 8.0 and installing it (was previously on 7.0) but it didn't help at all. I also tried running FF with Windows on Safe Mode, but the freeze still happens.
Please help me, my life depends on ReminderFox reminding me of stuff and now I can't access it :,-(. I need FF back ASAP!
Thanks a whole lot!
'''Addendum:''' The freeze is also happening at random even without opening Firefox, it has a chance of happening when I click something. My computer has frozen when I: 1- clicked the "reveal desktop" button to minimize all windows; 2- Attempted to close a tab in Chrome; 3- Clicked "play" in a Youtube video that had been loaded and waiting for some time). It will also almost always freeze when I leave it idle for more than about 10 minutes.
But it will '''guaranteedly''' freeze when trying to open FF, which doesn't happen with any other program.
I think my computer is breaking down. :('''Addendum:''' The freeze is also happening at random even without opening Firefox, it has a chance of happening when I click something. My computer has frozen when I: 1- clicked the "reveal desktop" button to minimize all windows; 2- Attempted to close a tab in Chrome; 3- Clicked "play" in a Youtube video that had been loaded and waiting for some time). It will also almost always freeze when I leave it idle for more than about 10 minutes.
But it will '''guaranteedly''' freeze when trying to open FF, which doesn't happen with any other program.
I think my computer is breaking down. :( -
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== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
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