Firefox keep crashing
Hi for a while now, few months Firefox crash like crazy on my PC
Sometimes it would just crash at start, and refused to open Sometimes tab start crashing, and eventually firefox crashes
Common sites where i see the crash happens are cnn.com and nba.com
I usually restart my PC , refresh firefox or reinstall it to get rid of the crashes but this is very tiring , very tiring
I am sure its something on my PC that causing the conflict, because even reinstalling doesnt entirely fix it
But i have no clue what it could be
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Hey, take a look at this Troubleshoot Firefox crashes (closing or quitting unexpectedly) article.
In the address bar, type about:crashes<enter>. Note: If any reports do not have BP- in front of the numbers/letters, click it to submit them.
The crash report is several pages of data. We need the report numbers to see the whole report.
Using your mouse, mark the most recent 7 - 10 Submitted crash reports, and copy them. Now go to the reply box and paste them in.
Please, Do not post a screenshot ! !
For more help on crash reports, see; https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-crashes-asking-support +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If you can't get Firefox to open, you will have to do this the hard way. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/mozillacrashreporter
Open the file browser / explorer on your computer. Note: You may have to enable Show Hidden Folders / Files. Enter this in the address bar;
Windows: %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted Win 7/Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted Win XP/2000: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted Win 10: Press <Windows> + R on the keyboard. A Run dialog will open. In the Run dialog, type %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted <Enter>
Mac OS: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Crash Reports/submitted
Linux: /home/<username>/.mozilla/firefox/Crash Reports/submitted
Copy the most Recent 5-7 File Names in the folder. Press the Reply button. Now go to the reply box and paste them in.
here is a link to the latest crash report i submitted
https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/682c90cd-5713-40f7-88d4-3b9260210610
bp-682c90cd-5713-40f7-88d4-3b9260210610 Signature: nsFaviconService::GetFaviconDataForPage
Uptime 2 seconds
Crash Reason EXCEPTION_PRIV_INSTRUCTION
Use these links to create a new profile. Use this new profile as is. Is the problem still there?
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-run-firefox-when-profile-missing-inaccessible
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox#Navigating_to_the_profile_folder
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
Type about:profiles<enter> in the address bar.
it seems the crashes are somehow linked to the account feature i mean i recently starting logging into my firexfox account, and i started using the saved passwords heavily
it seems firexfox starts to go crazy after i login and sync
latest crash https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/95d5aa13-221d-424f-97e6-d071b0210611
update: the site where this was crashing was <my company name>.atlassian.net/
when i launched from a new profile it opened normally so something is causing my profile to corrupt or cause firefox to crash
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it seems the crashes are somehow linked to the account feature i mean i recently starting logging into my firexfox account, and i started using the saved passwords heavily
it seems firexfox starts to go crazy after i login and sync
latest crash https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/95d5aa13-221d-424f-97e6-d071b0210611
update: the site where this was crashing was <my company name>.atlassian.net/
when i launched from a new profile it opened normally so something is causing my profile to corrupt or cause firefox to crash
I suggest you use the new profile as it works without problems.
Do you need anything from the old profile?
When you are ready, we can start moving parts of your old data and Copy it to the new profile.
First; open your file browser to the New profile;
Type about:support<enter> in the address bar.
Under the page logo on the left side, you will see Application Basics. Under this find Profile Folder. To its right press the button Show Folder. This will open your file browser to the current Firefox profile. Now Close Firefox.
Windows: Show Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder
Linux: Under the page logo on the left side, you will see Application Basics. Under this find Profile Directory. To its right press the button Open Directory.
Second, open another file browser to the Old profile. You should see it on the directory "tree" in the first file browser. Right-click on that folder and select Open In New Window.
Warning ! ! Only Copy the files you are told. We will avoid anything that might cause problems. Here is the list of files;
cookies: cookies.sqlite Do not bother. Cookies will be created when you return to the website. However, you will have to log in everywhere. And you may lose any settings that websites store on your computer.
extensions(add-ons, themes): it would be better to download them fresh. If you need to remember what add-ons you had, open the extensions sub-folder and look at the .xpi files
logins.json and key3.db [v58+]key4.db : These are the password files. Copy Both !
persdict.dat : custom dictionary - words you added to the dictionary
mimeTypes.rdf [v55+]handlers.json : What to do with what type of file.
places.sqlite : History and Bookmarks.
prefs.js : Your settings. Note: If you were having problems, this could be contaminated.
cert8.db [v58+]cert9.db and possibly cert_override.txt : Stores all your security certificate settings and any SSL certificates you have imported into Firefox. If removed, the cert8.db, cert9.db file will be replaced.
search.json.mozlz4 : file stores the user-installed search engines that are available in the Firefox v47+
search.sqlite file and searchplugins folder store the search engines that are available in the Firefox Search bar before Firefox v47
Copy these files from the old to the new. You may get a message that the files already exist. Choose to over-write for each file.
FredMcD said
I suggest you use the new profile as it works without problems. Do you need anything from the old profile?
I did use a new profile, but i think the problem start when I log into my firefox account
I need the firefox account because i became reliant on the password manager
I think i might switch to 1password if this dont get fixed , and stop using my firefox account
So today firefox was crashing on startup And it kept crashing like tens of time a refresh did nothing , it kept crashing even after a refresh
so since i am suspecting that the profiles are the reason i started firefox from the command line using
firefox.exe -P
I delete all the profiles created a new one and started firefox
now i am afraid to sync to my account, since i think this is what causing the profiles to crash firefox
latest submitted crash https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/8a05dc12-ad26-47a2-806c-155f90210612
For now, leave sync off. I called for more help.
bp-8a05dc12-ad26-47a2-806c-155f90210612
Signature: mozilla::dom::Element_Binding::set_id
Uptime 6 seconds
Crash Reason EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION_READ
Me Again,
I didnt sync, and firefox crashed again even firefox.exe -P would not load start this time
below is a list of my crashes no clue what is causing the crashing
from windows reliability monitor it said that xull failed
Faulting application name: firefox.exe, version: 89.0.1.7835, time stamp: 0x60c7e474 Faulting module name: xul.dll, version: 89.0.1.7835, time stamp: 0x60c7e4a9 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x00000000028991e0 Faulting process id: 0x529c
anyway, for now I will switch to a different browser
Report ID Date Submitted bp-6d6804d3-877f-444a-8ce2-b55010210619 2021-06-19, 11:28 a.m. bp-f75d9e17-938a-4ace-856d-fe1010210619 2021-06-19, 11:28 a.m. bp-e56e216e-580b-4e19-ae55-5d7280210619 2021-06-19, 11:28 a.m. bp-7c4cdc47-65da-4478-841a-26d780210619 2021-06-19, 11:28 a.m. bp-0bc6ed1b-d0f1-407a-9d6a-c72ba0210619 2021-06-19, 11:28 a.m. bp-9960a5fe-378f-46a7-a75f-5d2de0210619 2021-06-19, 11:28 a.m. bp-65e9356b-e626-4654-8ed5-a92be0210619 2021-06-18, 10:38 p.m. bp-06019563-f709-4631-86f5-f88670210618 2021-06-18, 9:41 a.m. bp-9e053cce-7a01-469d-a537-2ac140210618 2021-06-18, 9:41 a.m. bp-18b8aa46-db2a-4056-8bcc-0bf800210618 2021-06-18, 9:41 a.m. bp-c1e54c85-1695-47a2-a1f2-884da0210618 2021-06-18, 9:37 a.m. bp-7a673978-31e0-4f91-9926-ed1aa0210612 2021-06-12, 11:49 a.m. bp-584756f6-1495-4f8e-85e6-bc0380210612 2021-06-12, 11:49 a.m. bp-eb2157ad-c837-4403-83d0-56d5b0210612 2021-06-12, 11:49 a.m. bp-1e97665b-1d61-4c86-a730-db83d0210612 2021-06-12, 11:49 a.m. bp-019fb28d-0e8d-41be-a2f8-3de920210612 2021-06-12, 11:49 a.m. bp-b1abc928-1613-45b0-9acd-2445d0210612 2021-06-12, 11:49 a.m. bp-91363ddc-cdc5-4857-ba17-1021d0210612 2021-06-12, 11:49 a.m. bp-5d352550-0597-4d93-beb2-d11210210612 2021-06-12, 11:49 a.m. bp-008fa216-6eac-4fc9-9a12-4ada90210612 2021-06-12, 11:49 a.m. bp-8a05dc12-ad26-47a2-806c-155f90210612 2021-06-12, 11:27 a.m. bp-81cec530-945b-48da-ba70-a819b0210612 2021-06-12, 11:15 a.m. bp-95d5aa13-221d-424f-97e6-d071b0210611 2021-06-11, 11:07 a.m. bp-682c90cd-5713-40f7-88d4-3b9260210610 2021-06-10, 12:02 p.m. bp-fbd36a88-8758-47f4-96a5-a1ada0210610 2021-06-10, 12:01 p.m. bp-c943ba2a-08a4-434f-9662-f2f680210610 2021-06-10, 12:01 p.m. bp-4400537e-ddf1-4651-8883-c739d0210610 2021-06-10, 12:01 p.m. bp-65ccf538-5780-43b2-a38a-5203c0210610 2021-06-10, 12:01 p.m. bp-149b064f-f5b7-45ba-bc88-06f5c0210610 2021-06-10, 12:01 p.m. bp-960532f7-5041-4053-8b54-a48550210610 2021-06-10, 12:01 p.m. bp-07b32094-511d-42d0-90bc-fa3f40210610 2021-06-10, 12:01 p.m. bp-22f3f104-cd17-43c7-a79b-6debc0210610 2021-06-10, 12:01 p.m. bp-c09d1dd1-1c28-4361-aaa6-4d1680210610 2021-06-10, 12:01 p.m. bp-518dfad9-17ed-4e34-b3be-87d400210610 2021-06-10, 12:01 p.m. bp-0bf1fa94-fb63-4c24-bc55-16e1b0210610 2021-06-10, 12:01 p.m. bp-3931381b-1384-4848-9c03-aebfa0210610 2021-06-10, 12:01 p.m.
bp-6d6804d3-877f-444a-8ce2-b55010210619 - Uptime 2 seconds bp-f75d9e17-938a-4ace-856d-fe1010210619 - Uptime 0 seconds bp-e56e216e-580b-4e19-ae55-5d7280210619 - Uptime 0 seconds
Signature: mozilla::dom::BrowsingContext::GetParent
Crash Reason EXCEPTION_PRIV_INSTRUCTION
This is for Sumo's Related Bugs 1650562 RESOLVED FIXED Crash in [@ mozilla::dom::BrowsingContext::GetParent]
Let’s do a full clean re-install;
Note: Firefox comes in three or more folders on all computers. They are;
Maintenance: (Programs Folder) <Windows Only> Firefox itself: (Programs Folder) And two folders in the profile of each user on the computer for each Firefox profile for that user.
If you remove the Firefox folder, the user profiles would not be affected.
Download Firefox For All languages And Systems {web link}
Firefox ESR; Extended Support Release {web link}
Beta, Developer, Nightly versions https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/desktop/
Install Older Version Of Firefox {web link}
Save the file. Then Close Firefox.
Using your file browser, open the Programs Folder on your computer.
Windows: C:\Program Files C:\Program Files (x86) Note: Check Both Folders
Mac: Open the "Applications" folder. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-download-and-install-firefox-mac
Linux: Check your user manual. If you installed Firefox with the distro-based package manager, you should use the same way to uninstall it. See Install Firefox on Linux; https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux
If you downloaded and installed the binary package from the Firefox download page, simply remove the folder Firefox in your home directory. http://www.mozilla.org/firefox#desktop ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Look for, and remove any Mozilla or Firefox program folders. Do not remove the Mozilla Thunderbird folder if there is one.
Do Not remove any profile folders.
After rebooting the computer, run a registry scanner if you have one. Then run the installer. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If there is a problem, start your Computer in safe mode and try again.
How to Start all Computers in Safe Mode; {web link} Free Online Encyclopedia