Browser start time.

Hi Folks,

My browser, FF 19.0.2 is getting slower in starting on both my computers. I have tried waiting at least 5 minutes after powering on my pc's before doing anything. Event Viewer shows nothing out of the ordinary. Is their any way to see just how long it takes other than a stopwatch.

click the help tab in firefox and click restart with add ons disabled see if it start quicker, if so its an addon that is causing the problem,
then you can disable all the add ons and re enable them one at a time to eliminate which one it is.
restart firefox each time you re enable one.
also before trying the add ons you could open the add ons tab and see if there are any updates available for them first

Hi boohbah,

the first part of your suggestion didn't help, it gave me:-



then:-

ok the first image you posted was fine, did you restart with the add ons disabled?

and the second image would be the way to go when you want the addons disabled so you can re enable them one by one to eliminate the add on that is giving you grief, if it is an add on doing it,

did you see if there were updates available for them ,then restart to see if it opened any quicker?

dont click reset unless you want a fresh firefox with no add ons.

i used it a while ago and it screwed my profile, i prefer to copy my profile folder to different location as a back up, every so often i copy it again.

it has been made easier to do in firefox as the profile folder has been made more accessible

click the help button, select troubleshooting information, in the new page that opens there is a button to click for profile folder. i then just copy the folder
very easy.

each to their own, i like the knowledge that i just need to paste the copy into the profile folder and im safe.

Gary said:

What are you using as your Home page. I use about:home which takes you to the default Firefox start page. I am using Fx 22 and it opens in less than a second.

Hi Gary, this is my home page https://www.google.co.uk

boohbah said:

ok the first image you posted was fine, did you restart with the add ons disabled?

and the second image would be the way to go when you want the addons disabled so you can re enable them one by one to eliminate the add on that is giving you grief, if it is an add on doing it,

did you see if there were updates available for them ,then restart to see if it opened any quicker?

All of FF & addons are up to date.
I tried selecting 'Enter Private Browsing. from the start menu, it did not seem any faster in opening.