Firefox crashes constantly in Windows 7, auto restart?

schnoid · Oct 4, 2009

Hi all, I'm not sure if someone else has asked about this, but I just installed the final release of Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on my desktop and Firefox constantly crashes on me. I'm guessing the main reason is because of a script I run through greasemonkey. My question is 2 fold:

1) Do you know how to fix this? I would really prefer to have firefox not crash every day (or multiple times a day)
2) If I can't keep firefox from crashing, do you know if there's a way I can get firefox to automatically restart when it crashes?

schnoid · Oct 4, 2009

I actually just noticed that there's a newer version of firefox. I was using 3.0.14. I allowed me to download 3.5.3. If this works then that's awesome, if not I'd still be interested in a auto restart app or extension.

schnoid · Oct 4, 2009

here's a quick update: i installed firefox 3.5 and left it running overnight and it crashed. Any ideas?

siramic · Oct 7, 2009

Hi schnoid, I have had many crashes with FF, especially with the newer versions. I am using Vista mostly, and 7 (build 7100) occasionally, just to get the feel for it until the 22nd when I'll buy the finished version. In Vista, the only versions for me that ran stable were 3.0.13 and 3.0.14. Did you check to see what the crash reports showed might be causing the problem? Check out this link if your not familiar with how to check that.Firefox crashes

Maybe whatever they do with the new 3.6 beta, might help Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta Due Next Week, 4.0 Next Year - PC World Otherwise Safari for Windows has been very nice, as you can change the toolbar, like FF.

Logically · Oct 17, 2009

Firefox crashes in Windows 7 !!

A work around for this issue I found is to change the properties of the Firefox application to Vista SP2 compatability mode. I also found this work around can be applied to other applications that wont install or just crash on loading. I have the latest version of Firefox with addons enabled and I have had no further problems.

Hope this helps.....

amelia22 · Oct 31, 2009

Problems with Firefox

Having just done a clean install of W7 Ultimate, I was bitterly disappointed to find the FF 3.5.4 was very troublesome-not so much with crashes but constant freezing. Not helped by disabling add-ons, then complete uninstall and reinstall.
All other programs including IE 8 run quickly without freezing, and all other aspects of W7 function are fine.

None of the suggestions in various forums helped, so I have just installed the 3.6 beta1 version. While nowhere near as fast as on Vista (and interestingly, for the many months I used FF 3.5 with the W7 Ultimate RC on this PC and a netbook), the freezing is much less problematic. I am prepared to wait for my favourite add-ons to be updated (although much missed) as FF 3.5.4 was close to unusable on this machine.
Hope that may help another frustrated FF fan.

MissMuffitt · Nov 2, 2009

Still crashing...

I thought I would try the new Beta, but I am having more frequent crashes now. I am running Windows 7 Pro/64
I am going to do a system restore to before I installed the beta as it has not helped and I want my addons back :cry:

I tried using Internet explorer and it is also crashing... Any news on when Microsoft are going to fix these crashes.

At least my windows explorer has stopped crashing.

amelia22 · Nov 3, 2009

Given up on Firefox

I missed my add-ons, particularly Roboform, 3.6Beta1is freezing to some extent, and I found that FF 3.5.4 is a source of great frustration, so am using IE8- not easy to return to after years as a Firefox user, and can't get IE8 to print web pages.
What I don't understand is why I had no problems with Firefox while using Windows 7 Ultimate RC on this very machine!

shindegopalr · Nov 3, 2009

Right now latest officially launches windows 7 not having such a bugs or crash firefox...

siramic · Nov 3, 2009

amelia22, I can relate with what your going through, as I had to install the newer version of FF to help another software I have to work properly, and I still have the crashing problems. For now I've imported my Favorites into Safari for Windows, as that seems to be the most stable of the two, and I like that the toolbar can be tweaked like you can with FF.

Safari also has some better performance numbers that FF. (IE8 didn't perform a graphics test in this benchmark, and thus has a lower score, yet would still be ranked last)

Lucretius · Nov 3, 2009

schnoid said:
here's a quick update: i installed firefox 3.5 and left it running overnight and it crashed. Any ideas?

Download CCleaner and then use it to Uninstall Firefox completely. "Finish" the Uninstall by running the Cleaner and then by running the Registry and allow it to Fix All Selected Issues.

amelia22 · Nov 5, 2009

Firefox and other problems with W7

I ended up doing a clean install and retrieving essential files from windows.old, plus images I had made.
I suspect that many of the browser, general freezing and slowness and problems with a number of applications I experienced were due to the use of Windows Easy Transfer- on the second clean install I opted not to use this.
Firefox is still prone to freezes, but less than before.
Thanks for the tip about Safari!

siramic · Nov 6, 2009

Your welcome

BeechV35Pilot · Nov 6, 2009

My experience with the last few released builds of Firefox has been all positive under Win7 x64.

In using FF over the last four year I have found that in almost all cases a corrupted profile or a misbehaving add-on is the primary cause of FF instability. I have even experienced add-ons that once behaved but then somehow became corrupted (Google toolbar, for example).

Before throwing in the towel completely with an unstable FF under Win7, my recommendation would be to first create a brand new profile and over a day or two install your extensions from fresh downloads from the Mozilla site.

Many of the better add-ons have backup/restore settings features to allow you to backup your customizations of the add-on, so back up the settings under the old profile and then import them after you have your new profile and add-ons up and running.

And finally, check out Mozilla's list of known problematic add-ons to see if your favorites cause problems: Problematic extensions - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

bummpr · Nov 6, 2009

Excellent advice Peter...I've got Firefox running on 6 different Win7 installs and I have never but a few crashes on one particular machine (I'm sure it was a botched up profile in combination with several beta installs).

Do a clean install as per guidance provided by Peter.

amelia22 · Nov 6, 2009

Sincere thanks for your wise advice. Even after a complete reinstall of the OS, and a clean install of FF with creation of a new profile, the problem persists. I have a few add-ons including Google Toolbar, so will follow your recommendations and start afresh with no add-ons, then add them one at a time.

siramic · Nov 7, 2009

amelia22 I guess it wasn't just us, and a few others here in this thread that were having FF issues, as they came out with an update to fix the FF Crash Bug: taken from COMPUTERWORLD Mozilla fixes Firefox crash bug

Mozilla fixes Firefox crash bug
A week after releasing security update, it patches regression bug that crashed Windows browser.....

amelia22 · Nov 7, 2009

Firefox update certainly helps!

It's comforting to know that we were not alone, and not making some fundamental error(s) with FF!
While not perfect, the 3.5.5 is more cooperative on my machine. Opens more rapidly. Still occasional freezes, but for much shorter times, despite a completely new install of FF using the updated version and no add-ons.
Am going to add one or two such as Google toolbar ( a known problem for some) and test it out.
Cheers from a fellow FF devotee.

Damien · Nov 7, 2009

firefox has been crashing for me for quite some time, been noticing alot of problems since the 3.0 series, i've actually just gone back to IE for IE8, last i used ie was during the IE5 days...really lovin IE8, feel like i'm home again with microsoft

As for the firefox crashes, i'm not sure what they did, but many many people have been complaining about bugs and crashes for quite some time now. firefox is no longer the best in the game

amelia22 · Nov 7, 2009

Firefox woes

I have been very lucky then, until this W7 install, as I have never had any problems with FF, other than it sticking in memory after being closed. I ran it very happily with W7 RC, with a dozen or so add-ons, - so am puzzled as to why it is being a pain in the RTM on the same machine.
IE8 runs well, but I have to figure out how to be able to print- get blank pages with text at the bottom indicating a temp file- no amount of googling answers to this dilemma has helped.

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