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Firefox hangs then crashes when trying to restore a browsing session

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Firefox 3.6.3 crashed in XP sp3, and when restarted, displayed the restore session screen, but hangs when displayed and doesn't respond to mouse clicks. I have to use Task Manager to close the program. Uninstall/Re-install doesn't change anything.

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Win XP sp3

Firefox 3.6.3 crashed in XP sp3, and when restarted, displayed the restore session screen, but hangs when displayed and doesn't respond to mouse clicks. I have to use Task Manager to close the program. Uninstall/Re-install doesn't change anything. == Operating system == Win XP sp3

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I have the game issue, using Mac OS X 10.6

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This can be a problem with the file sessionstore.js in the Profile Folder Delete the files sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak and any existing files sessionstore-##.js with a number in the left part of the name like sessionstore-1.js .

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore