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Firefox 45.0.2 on WinXP SP3 crashes EVERY TIME when "+" is clicked for New Tab.

Hardware accel is off, have disabled extensions, tried reset of defaults and safe mode. No joy.

Clicking a link to open in a new tab works.


Last 3 crash reports:


bp-5ed34853-f5e2-4d5c-a3ad-36eb12160504 bp-ca9a9f2e-5d2f-4664-a361-c9bd42160504 bp-89dca5cb-4a91-4a85-93b1-5343b2160504


Please advise,


--Johnathan

Firefox 45.0.2 on WinXP SP3 crashes EVERY TIME when "+" is clicked for New Tab. Hardware accel is off, have disabled extensions, tried reset of defaults and safe mode. No joy. Clicking a link to open in a new tab works. Last 3 crash reports: ---------------------------- bp-5ed34853-f5e2-4d5c-a3ad-36eb12160504 bp-ca9a9f2e-5d2f-4664-a361-c9bd42160504 bp-89dca5cb-4a91-4a85-93b1-5343b2160504 Please advise, --Johnathan

Gekose oplossing

Two of those three Crash Reports red flag a "module" named SugarSyncShellExt.dll as being involved in those crashes.

That DLL is related to an application named SugarSync by SugarSync, Inc. http://www.shouldiremoveit.com/SugarSync-Manager-13309-program.aspx

Disable that program and see if that stops that type of crash. Or if you don't need that program uninstall it from your PC.

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Gekose oplossing

Two of those three Crash Reports red flag a "module" named SugarSyncShellExt.dll as being involved in those crashes.

That DLL is related to an application named SugarSync by SugarSync, Inc. http://www.shouldiremoveit.com/SugarSync-Manager-13309-program.aspx

Disable that program and see if that stops that type of crash. Or if you don't need that program uninstall it from your PC.

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hi johnathan, you appear to have the "New Tab Override" addon installed. which option/action have you set for a new tab. do the crashes continue if you disable it?

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window
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@the-edmeister -- Thanks, that did the trick!

@philipp -- I found "New Tab Override" in these help threads, and it did stop the crash, but at the (minor) cost of not seeing the recent website "collage."

@cor-el -- I may not have made it clear in the original msg, but the crash was so reliable, after I tried it several times, FF would prompt for either Safe Mode or Refresh. so I was able to try both, as well as disabling all extensions/add-ons.

Thanks for all the replies! Now, if I can just figure out how to put hardware acceleration back on...

--Johnathan

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JohnathanStein said

Thanks for all the replies! Now, if I can just figure out how to put hardware acceleration back on... --Johnathan

Installing updated graphics drivers would be the first step, but good luck with that for WinXP.

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See:

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"

You need to close and restart Firefox after toggling this setting.

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@cor-el -- Thanks.

@the-edmeister -- Well, *I* did turn it off, in case it was the problem. It's back on now, no issues. (FYI, card is nVidia 8600 GT, they still do updates.)