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Suddenly FF 4.0 Cold Startup time increased from ~5 to 15 secs!

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user372897
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I downloadedFF 4.0 about a week ago. It was working great! I made some changes following all recommended guidelines to keep from slowing down FF loading from a cold start (after PC start up). It has been loading in 3~5 secs, which is fine for me. Then out of nowhere, I woke up one morning and start up time jumped to ~25 sec!!!!! I have loaded only one approved skin (LavaFox-Black Fox) from WindowBlinds, I myself added no apps or plugins. I only changed yahoo, igoogle and you tube to dark theme formats. Some plugs were installed automatically I guess by FF.

I downloadedFF 4.0 about a week ago. It was working great! I made some changes following all recommended guidelines to keep from slowing down FF loading from a cold start (after PC start up). It has been loading in 3~5 secs, which is fine for me. Then out of nowhere, I woke up one morning and start up time jumped to ~25 sec!!!!! I have loaded only one approved skin (LavaFox-Black Fox) from WindowBlinds, I myself added no apps or plugins. I only changed yahoo, igoogle and you tube to dark theme formats. Some plugs were installed automatically I guess by FF.

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Xircal
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Try starting Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode. If it launches like it used to do before you added the dark theme, that's the most likely culprit.

Here's a list of Slow Performing Add-ons which can slow Firefox down.