Firefox crashes constantly in Windows 7, auto restart?

[returnofsid]

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?

 

[dmex]

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

 

[returnofsid]

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.

 

[dmex]

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

 

[returnofsid]

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.

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

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.

When does it Crash when you go to a site or once you open FireFox it crashes ??

- Captain

P.S. I doubt Trend Micro

 

[returnofsid]

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.

 

[rhockey]

Did this ever get resolved? Firefox crashes Windows 7.

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.

 

[siramic]

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.

 

[rhockey]

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

 

[Groonx]

Firefox Crashes Absolutely on Windows 7 Restarts

Any more on this? I have Windows 7 x64 and Firefox 3.6.6. Here's the situation:

1. It doesn't matter whether you RUN Firefox or not. But let's say you do.
2. Close down FF from the top left Firefox logo and "close".
3. Do a total CClean of your entire system, including a real scour of FF files.
4. Open Task Manager. In Processes you will see probably 3 firefox.exe*32 entries. (I know; I know; this is SO wrong. And remember that CCleaner has completed its work too.)
5. Kill all those firefox.exe*32 entries.
6. Now run CCleaner, TuneUp Utilities, you name it, again and again. Run them all night if you want.
7. Check your startup menus and look at your list of start programs, just to be sure.
8. Okay? Firefox is but a distant memory.
9. Restart Windows 7.
10. On your desktop, a popup: "Firefox has stopped working." Kill it. Another one. And probably a similar one for Explorer. And under that, maybe a third Firefox one.

And Firefox, and Explorer, seem to both work just fine. The only evidence of anything wrong is the little pile of popups themselves. Firefox seemed to run and to stop perfectly. (Except that CCleaner noticed it was still running, and told you so; that's when you found the Task Manager entries.)

I don't think this has anything to do with add-ons. Actually I'm wondering if it's a Windows 7 glitch.

What really makes it such a nuisance is that FF was theoretically absolutely completely totally ceased & desistified long before you closed down Windows.

 

[severedsolo]

I don't think this has anything to do with add-ons. Actually I'm wondering if it's a Windows 7 glitch

I tell you now, as a long term FF fan this is not a feature of Firefox. More likely you've picked up a virus. FF just does not behave like that. In fact I highly doubt it even happened to you. I cant see the point of any virus doing that to you. Do you not think that if FF actually behaved like that, it wouldn't be all over this forum. To quote a friend of mine "Screenshot or it didn't happen"

Now the crashing thing. Thats a completely different issue. It seems to have gone away in the latest 4.0 Beta though

 

[Groonx]

I've been using Firefox since it was Firebird. I worked with Firebird for a long time.

The problem in fact IS all over Google.

On my XPs on the same box, I'm running 2 Firefox 4.0 betas and 1 FF 3.6.6 on my XP 64, and one FF 3.6.6 on my XP 32. Same box as Windows 7. They run perfectly. The 3.6.6 profiles are clones.

I'm also running the same FF 3.6.6 on my Vista machine and another XP 32-bit machine. All elements identical.

No, it is not a virus or badware.

 

[keimanzero]

I have same problem with Firefox 3.6.13 crashings

A good while back Logically proposed this fix for an older verion of Firefox crashings--


Firefox crashes in [COLOR=#0072bc !important][COLOR=#0072bc !important]Windows [COLOR=#0072bc !important]7[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] !!

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 [COLOR=#0072bc !important][COLOR=#0072bc !important]applications[/COLOR][/COLOR] 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.....


I run Windows 7 with Firefox 3.6.13 and IE8 64 bit version although 32 bit is there as well. My query is twofold-

1) Can I use this 'workaroun' juryrig to solve my Firefox/IE8 crashings?

2) How exactly do I execute these suggestions? Changing properties and Vista SP2 compatiility mode are like ancient Sumerian cuneiform to me!

I have managed to speed up Firefox with FastFox and FasterFox2 addons and oftware as wel as an about:config series of controlled tweaks. That just means it's 3 times faster and crashes 3 times sooner than it was doing! Can anyone help me out of this mess?

IE8 constantly asks me to login to 3rd party URLs when I am already logged in. However, it doen't crash nearly as much as Firefox does. Oh please Kami grant us a boon and release Firefox 4 early!! Thanks a lot and sayonara for now- JKMc/keimanzero-Brookhaven PA 19015-1903-USA:devil: