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Keeps crashing. Went through all guidelines from web, can't uninstall.

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Firefox keeps crashing lately when I open a new tab and start typing. I have tried to uninstall in my programs, however, once I click on 'uninstall' nothing happens, no new windows pop up to guide me through the remainder of the uninstall process.

Firefox keeps crashing lately when I open a new tab and start typing. I have tried to uninstall in my programs, however, once I click on 'uninstall' nothing happens, no new windows pop up to guide me through the remainder of the uninstall process.

Chosen solution

You can see which add on creates the problem, if you enable one by one, you don't have to remove all your needful add on !!

see for more information : Test for faulty extensions

thanks again

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Hello,

Certain Firefox problems can be solved by performing a Clean reinstall. This means you remove Firefox program files and then reinstall Firefox. Please follow these steps:

Note: You might want to print these steps or view them in another browser.

  1. Download the latest Desktop version of Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org and save the setup file to your computer.
  2. After the download finishes, close all Firefox windows (click Exit from the Firefox or File menu).
  3. Delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
    • Windows:
      • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox
    • Mac: Delete Firefox from the Applications folder.
    • Linux: If you installed Firefox with the distro-based package manager, you should use the same way to uninstall it - see Install Firefox on Linux. If you downloaded and installed the binary package from the Firefox download page, simply remove the folder firefox in your home directory.
  4. Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
    1. Double-click the downloaded installation file and go through the steps of the installation wizard.
    2. Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button.

Please report back to see if this helped you!

Thank you.

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Hello socalfranke,

in your system details we can see that the problems begin after adding some add ons.

probably it is an extension that creates you the problem

Try Firefox Safe Mode to see if the problem goes away. Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode, which disables most add-ons.

(If you're not using it, switch to the Default theme.)

  • You can open Firefox 4.0+ in Safe Mode by holding the Shift key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
  • Or open the Help menu and click on the Restart with Add-ons Disabled... menu item while Firefox is running.

Once you get the pop-up, just select "'Start in Safe Mode"

If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode, your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. Please follow the Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems article for that.

To exit the 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 other users who have the same problem.


if you have crashes again, in order to assist you better, please follow the steps below to provide us crash ID's to help us learn more about your crash.

  1. Enter about:crashes in the address bar (that's where you enter your website URL) and press Enter. You should now see a list of submitted crash reports.
  2. Copy the 5 most recent crash ID's that you see in the crash report window and paste them into your response here.

Thank you for your help!

More information and further troubleshooting steps can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox crashes (closing or quitting unexpectedly) article.

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I started in safe mode and removed all add ons. Let's see if this helps. Haven't had a glitch so far. Thank you both for taking the time to help.

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After removing all add ons, no more crashing. Thanks again.

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Chosen Solution

You can see which add on creates the problem, if you enable one by one, you don't have to remove all your needful add on !!

see for more information : Test for faulty extensions

thanks again