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FF 61.0.1.6759 completely freezes Windows 7 system, requiring hard reboot. Had to downgrade to 60.0.2

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After restarting my laptop, when I launch FF 61.0.1, the system completely freezes. Nothing unlocks it except a hard reboot. I'm on Windows 7 sp1. This repeatedly happened, making the computer unusable. I rolled back to 60.0.2, and that version works normally. Anyone else?

After restarting my laptop, when I launch FF 61.0.1, the system completely freezes. Nothing unlocks it except a hard reboot. I'm on Windows 7 sp1. This repeatedly happened, making the computer unusable. I rolled back to 60.0.2, and that version works normally. Anyone else?

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Hi, If this is a older system and low on ram and motherboard drivers have never been updated and you can no longer get updates for your video card.

If the above describes your system please move to the Extended Release Version.

Firefox Extended Release Version : Firefox ESR does not come with the latest features but it has the latest security and stability fixes.

If do please :

If not and you want to try updating again : Certain Firefox problems can be solved by performing a Clean reinstall. This means you remove your Firefox program files and then reinstall Firefox. This process does not remove your Firefox profile data (such as bookmarks and passwords), since that information is stored in a different location.

To do a clean reinstall of Firefox, please follow these steps: Note: You might want to print these steps or view them in another browser.

  1. Download the latest Desktop version of Firefox from this page) and save the setup file to your computer.
  2. After the download finishes, close all Firefox windows (or open the Firefox menu New Fx Menu and click the close button Close 29).
  3. Delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
    • Windows:
      • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox
    • Mac: Delete Firefox from the Applications folder.
    • Linux: If you installed Firefox with the distro-based package manager, you should use the same way to uninstall it - see Install Firefox on Linux. If you downloaded and installed the binary package from the Firefox download page, simply remove the folder firefox in your home directory.
  4. Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
    1. Double-click the downloaded installation file and go through the steps of the installation wizard.
    2. Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button.

More information about reinstalling Firefox can be found here.

WARNING: Do not use a third party uninstaller as part of this process. Doing so could permanently delete your Firefox profile data, including but not limited to, extensions, cache, cookies, bookmarks, personal settings and saved passwords. These cannot be easily recovered unless they have been backed up to an external device! See Back up and restore information in Firefox profiles.

Please report back to say if this helped you!

Thank you.