FireFox Hangs


  1. Posts : 9
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #1

    FireFox Hangs


    Hi,
    I am using a Lenovo laptop with i5 processor, upgraded its OS from Windows 7 Home Basic to Home Premium. I also have Norton360 and TuneUp Utilities (latest versions, 2012).
    Firefox 11 was running OK, but because I had many add-ons, I decided to uninstall it and get myself a fresh browser. So, I did that with Revo Uninstaller Pro.
    After the re-installation, every time I run Firefox the address bar doesn't take any input from the keyboard. The program itself accepts the mouse clicks on menus for a short time, before it freezes completely!
    After I press Ctrl+W, it adds +1 to the number of opened tabs. Firefox opens 2 tabs on start up, one for the homepage and the other on Mozilla site. But it asks me "do you want to all the 3 opened tabs?". It does the same when there is only one tab opened.
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  2. Posts : 219
    Mac OS X 10.9
       #2

    Is windows 64bit?
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  3. Posts : 9
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Hi, nckfrtg28

    Yes it is 64bit.
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  4. Posts : 219
    Mac OS X 10.9
       #4

    Then why don't you give Waterfox a try. It's firefox for 64bit operating systems.

    http://waterfoxproject.org/
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  5. Posts : 9
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    The same exact problem itself!!!

    * I have tried to make another profile but it didn't work. I also started Firefox in safe mode but it froze after few seconds. Installed it on drive D, didn't help either.
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  6. Posts : 219
    Mac OS X 10.9
       #6

    It seams like there is a problem in the registry.
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  7. Posts : 9
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    That's why I used TuneUp Utilities but it didn't fix it. Do you have any suggestions?
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  8. Posts : 219
    Mac OS X 10.9
       #8

    Are you a 100% sure theirs not a virus on you computer?
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  9. Posts : 9
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    As sure as Norton360 says. It didn't report anything.
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  10. Posts : 9
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Ok, it seems that after every new installation Firefox adds a new virtual tab to the actual ones it opens. I have just re-installed it, when I tried to close it after the first run, it said that there are 5 tabs opened, in its warning message! If you can help with this it will be great, if can't, how can I report this problem to Firefox.
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