Firefox crashes constantly in Windows 7, auto restart?

I'm also experiencing regular FF Crashes. I recently did a Clean install upgrade to Win7 32 bit. Then I downloaded Firefox. Since then, I'm experiencing FF crashes. Has anyone found a suitable solution to this problem yet?

returnofsid said:

I'm also experiencing regular FF Crashes. I recently did a Clean install upgrade to Win7 32 bit. Then I downloaded Firefox. Since then, I'm experiencing FF crashes. Has anyone found a suitable solution to this problem yet?

Firefox doesn't crash on its own, its a plug-in causing it. Its failrly easy to solve, just start "Firefox (Safe-Mode)" from the startmenu and disable any addons you've installed, programs (like skype) will install addons at their whim and are usually unstable as they where built for older FF versions.

Steven

dmex said:

returnofsid said:

I'm also experiencing regular FF Crashes. I recently did a Clean install upgrade to Win7 32 bit. Then I downloaded Firefox. Since then, I'm experiencing FF crashes. Has anyone found a suitable solution to this problem yet?

Firefox doesn't crash on its own, its a plug-in causing it. Its failrly easy to solve, just start "Firefox (Safe-Mode)" from the startmenu and disable any addons you've installed, programs (like skype) will install addons at their whim and are usually unstable as they where built for older FF versions.

Steven

Steven,
I'll respectfully have to disagree. I'm running Firefox 3.6 with NO addons or plug ins, whatsoever. This is a freshly installed FF, on 2 different computers, and still crashes. The only things that are even installed on one computer is Win7 32 bit and Firefox 3.6. I just did the clean install yesterday, and haven't installed anything else. The other computer has Win7 32 bit, Firefox 3.6, Adobe Elements 6 and Trend Micro Internet Security Pro, nothing else. Both systems experience FF crash/restarts, fairly regularly. Both systems were upgraded to Win7 from Win Vista, via a Custom Install, formatting both HDs.

returnofsid said:

dmex said:

returnofsid said:

I'm also experiencing regular FF Crashes. I recently did a Clean install upgrade to Win7 32 bit. Then I downloaded Firefox. Since then, I'm experiencing FF crashes. Has anyone found a suitable solution to this problem yet?

Firefox doesn't crash on its own, its a plug-in causing it. Its failrly easy to solve, just start "Firefox (Safe-Mode)" from the startmenu and disable any addons you've installed, programs (like skype) will install addons at their whim and are usually unstable as they where built for older FF versions.

Steven

Steven,
I'll respectfully have to disagree. I'm running Firefox 3.6 with NO addons or plug ins, whatsoever. This is a freshly installed FF, on 2 different computers, and still crashes. The only things that are even installed on one computer is Win7 32 bit and Firefox 3.6. I just did the clean install yesterday, and haven't installed anything else. The other computer has Win7 32 bit, Firefox 3.6, Adobe Elements 6 and Trend Micro Internet Security Pro, nothing else. Both systems experience FF crash/restarts, fairly regularly. Both systems were upgraded to Win7 from Win Vista, via a Custom Install, formatting both HDs.

Something is interfering with FF and causing the crashes

Have you installed Flash or Java? Try uninstalling both as these plugins can also cause FF to crash randomly.

Steven

All I've done is a clean/custom upgrade to Win7 and download and install FF. So, if it didn't install with Win7 or FF, it's not on my laptop. On my laptop, FF randomly crashes and restarts. There's absolutely nothing else on the laptop. I haven't reinstalled any of my old software, loaded any pics, music....anything.

Also, in case it matters, I did the clean install in which there is NOT a windows/old folder created. My clean install included formatting my HD.

The "When" is random. Sometimes it crashes while surfing, sometimes as soon as FF opens. If it happens when surfing, it's always sites that I regularly go to, that have never caused any issues in the past, such as forums.

Returnofsid had almost exactly the same problem as I have - In my case - new computer, new windows 7, new FF install - crashes before I even put in any add-ons. This thread seemed to just end.

returnofsid...you are not alone, I now have a new nickname for Firefox, Firecrash, as I've been getting more crashes this last couple of weeks also.

I can't help but get suspicious/paranoid about this. You know Microsoft hates Firefox.