Since upgrading to 4.0, get "Firefox has stopped working" message constantly.

Just upgraded to 4.o yesterday and now it constantly crashes. I can navigate no more than 2-3 pages before I get the message "Firefox has stopped working" and the session shuts down. How can I go back to a previous version of Firefox? Or do I just revert back to using IE, which works fine?

Did you try to disable plugins as well?
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+plugins
If you have submitted crash reports then please post the IDs of one or more recent crash reports that have a "bp-" prefix:
*bp-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
You can find the IDs of the submitted crash reports on the <i>about:crashes</i> page.
*You can open the <b>about:crashes</b> page via the location bar, like you open a website, or open the crash reports page via "Help > Troubleshooting Information".
See:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mozilla_Crash_Reporter
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Mozilla+Crash+Reporter

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