firefox taking 30 seconds to start
Firefox is now taking 30 seconds or more to start on 1 of my machines. I have tried everything including complete removal and reinstallation to no avail. On a slower machine it still starts in under 1 second. Antivirus us the same on both machines. All plugins are currently disabled yet the problem still persists. All was fine until recent update.
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You can try refreshing Firefox. This often fixes problems like this. Here's how: Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings
It is possible that your security software (firewall, anti-virus) blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.
Remove all rules for Firefox and the plugin-container from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full, unrestricted, access to install for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
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thanks for the suggestionss guys but neither help me. My firewall settings are exactly the same as the slower machine which works properly. I have tried refresh already. I have completely removed and reinstalled firefox and have all extensions disabled and all add-ons set to ask to activate yet opening a new window still takes over 10 seconds and up to 30 or more seconds with firefox and is still sub 1 second with IE and Chrome. I also ran AV scans and ccleaner.
Once started everything is fine, it is just the startup process.
Modified by scompy
See: Firefox Extreemly slow to start | Norton Community: https://community.norton.com/en/forums/firefox-extreemly-slow-start