Browser start time.

[Roderunner]

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.

 

[boohbah]

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

 

[Roderunner]

Hi boohbah,

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



then:-

 

[Gary]

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.

 

[boohbah]

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.

 

[Gary]

A tad Off Topic but I use Mozback to backup Firefox every night. I have been using it for years and it works. You can download it here:

MozBackup - Backup tool for Firefox and Thunderbird

 

[boohbah]

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.

 

[Gary]

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.

Well it has been updated , I am using The Beta 1.5.2 Beta 1 and I have never had a problem with it messing up anything. I do a great deal of CSS in Firefox and this program has saved me many times.

 

[boohbah]

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

 

[Roderunner]

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

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.

 

[UsernameIssues]

....Is their any way to see just how long it takes other than a stopwatch.

Process Monitor filtered for the process named firefox.exe.

 

[boohbah]

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

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.

have you tried the restart with addons disabled from the help tab yet?

 

[Roderunner]

have you tried the restart with addons disabled from the help tab yet?

Yes, but seemed inconclusive, so I tried disabling them manually & still seemed the same.

 

[Roderunner]

....Is their any way to see just how long it takes other than a stopwatch.

Process Monitor filtered for the process named firefox.exe.

Thanks for the suggestion, but could not figure out how to use it.

 

[boohbah]

ok so if its not the add ons have you tried a clean install of firefox, saving your profile if asked before you uninstall
or just install over firefox without uninstalling it first.

 

[Roderunner]

ok so if its not the add ons have you tried a clean install of firefox, saving your profile if asked before you uninstall
or just install over firefox without uninstalling it first.

Reinstalling FF would not be a problem as I know how to save my Bookmarks & stored Passwords.

 

[Roderunner]

Update for boohbah,

I used Revo Uninstaller to remove FF and used CCleaner before reinstalling FF. Unfortunately it's still as slow to open but pages are found slightly faster.

 

[boohbah]

that does seem odd.


assuming you saved the settings and profile before you re installed
i would try copying the contents of your profile folder into another empty folder ,then give the folder the title of the profile folder.
then replace the profile folder with the new copy.

make sure firefox is closed when you do this so all the files copy over. it would probably tell you it couldnt copy all as its open in firefox or words to tht effect.

anyhow this is to check that its not a corrupt profile. this is what i have done once in the past and it worked.

if that doesnt work. then i would keep a copy of the profile elsewhere then do a clean install of firefox , not saving any settings or profile.

see if that opens quickly as it should then you can copy the profile back in .

if none of this works then im at a loss as what to try next.

 

[Roderunner]

During the reinstall of FF, I tested it after each tweak I made, including the addons I use. First done was to replace my bookmarks in .JSON format then my 2 files that contain my saved Passwords. I have previously posted the addons I use. These are the about:config changes I make.
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browser.urlbar.formatting.enabled
for full address display
double click and set to False.
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browser.newtab.url
-
Google
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browser.download.manager.retention
-
Set to 0
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DNS cache also flushed.