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Firefox 57.0 does not work with my configuration.

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bsfinkel
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I am running FF with a number of windows and tabs. FF 56.0.2 runs with few problems. When I start 56.0.2, it takes a few minutes for all the windows to start. But then Ff is usable. I upgraded to 57.0 this afternoon, and when FF starts, other applications do not respond, and after 10 minutes, none of the FF windows has initialized. All are waiting for something. This is Windows 7 Professional 32-bit. I know that I have a lot of tabs and windows, but with FF 57.0 I cannot do anything to close some tabs, and very littler on my machine is usable (solitaire still works). I do not know if this web page will allow me to upload my 762,883 recovery.jsonlz4 file.

--Barry Finkel

I am running FF with a number of windows and tabs. FF 56.0.2 runs with few problems. When I start 56.0.2, it takes a few minutes for all the windows to start. But then Ff is usable. I upgraded to 57.0 this afternoon, and when FF starts, other applications do not respond, and after 10 minutes, none of the FF windows has initialized. All are waiting for something. This is Windows 7 Professional 32-bit. I know that I have a lot of tabs and windows, but with FF 57.0 I cannot do anything to close some tabs, and very littler on my machine is usable (solitaire still works). I do not know if this web page will allow me to upload my 762,883 recovery.jsonlz4 file. --Barry Finkel

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FredMcD
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First, Type about:preferences#advanced<enter> in the address bar. Under Advanced, Select Update.

v57+; Type about:preferences#general<enter> in the address bar. Select Update.

Check the settings.

Also turn off Use a background service to install updates

Install Older Version Of Firefox {web link} Be sure to read everything here.

If you still want to downgrade, look under; I still want to downgrade. Click the Directory of other versions and languages link. Look for the directory of the version that you want. But, remember that old versions may have security issues.

You should also check out Firefox; Extended Support Release {web link} ESR Notes System Requirements

bsfinkel
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Fred, i do not understand your reply. I am fairly sure that my problem with FF 57.0 was NOT due to the way I installed it, which was to respond "YES" to the download prompt. I assume that if I went to the Mozilla FTP download site and then downloaded the entire 57.0 32-bit package, the result would be the same - a FF that, with my current window/tab configuration does not start windows in a timely fashion. I restarted FF 56.0.3 this morning, and within two minutes all of my windows were ready to use. When I first started FF 57.0 yesterday, even after about 8 minutes NONE of my windows was ready to be used. Note that I ALWAYS run FF in safe mode.

--Barry Finkel