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Won't open Disqus. Only works in safe mode

unknownproblem
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I'm running windows 7. Never had a problem with Disqus opening on Cnn until today. Yesterday I updated avast, and no problems with disqus yesterday after updating. Today, the disqus section on CNN won't open at all in Firefox. It works just fine in IE. I went through the all the trouble shooting pages. The only way it opens disqus, is if I open Firefox in "safe mode". I followed the instructions, and eventually disabled "everything", even avast, plugins, extensions ,add-ons...etc. Even with everything disabled, including avast, it only opens disqus in safe mode. I consider my self pretty damn good on the computer, in fact, I am the "Go to Guy" in my circle of friends when someone's computer crashes. However, I'm out of options here. The only trick I haven't tried is the Firefox "reset". I hesitate to do that now, because by disabling everything with no luck, I don't see a reset helping me. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out with this.

I'm running windows 7. Never had a problem with Disqus opening on Cnn until today. Yesterday I updated avast, and no problems with disqus yesterday after updating. Today, the disqus section on CNN won't open at all in Firefox. It works just fine in IE. I went through the all the trouble shooting pages. The only way it opens disqus, is if I open Firefox in "safe mode". I followed the instructions, and eventually disabled "everything", even avast, plugins, extensions ,add-ons...etc. Even with everything disabled, including avast, it only opens disqus in safe mode. I consider my self pretty damn good on the computer, in fact, I am the "Go to Guy" in my circle of friends when someone's computer crashes. However, I'm out of options here. The only trick I haven't tried is the Firefox "reset". I hesitate to do that now, because by disabling everything with no luck, I don't see a reset helping me. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out with this.

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Hello,

The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information.
Note: This will cause you to lose any Extensions and some Preferences.

  • Open websites will not be saved in Firefox versions lower than 25.

To Reset Firefox do the following:

  1. Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
  2. Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
  3. Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
  4. Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.

Further information can be found in the Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings article.

Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

Thank you.

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Ajay Kumar Jogawath
Ajay Kumar Jogawath
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Hello,

The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information.
Note: This will cause you to lose any Extensions and some Preferences.

  • Open websites will not be saved in Firefox versions lower than 25.

To Reset Firefox do the following:

  1. Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
  2. Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
  3. Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
  4. Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.

Further information can be found in the Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings article.

Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

Thank you.

unknownproblem
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Thanks Ajay for talking me into the reset. It worked. :)