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Why does my firefox keep shutting down and telling me it has a problem?

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  • Paskiausią atsakymą parašė FredMcD

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This started about a week ago. It has occurred two to three times a day in the last three days. It is very annoying because it happens in the middle of movies, facebook posting... I sent several reports, but nothing has changed.

This started about a week ago. It has occurred two to three times a day in the last three days. It is very annoying because it happens in the middle of movies, facebook posting... I sent several reports, but nothing has changed.

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We're sorry to hear that Firefox is crashing. In order to assist you better, please follow the steps below to provide us crash IDs to help us learn more about your crash.

  1. Enter about:crashes in the Firefox address bar and press Enter. A Submitted Crash Reports list will appear, similar to the one shown below.
  2. Copy the 5 most recent Report IDs that start with bp- and then go back to your forum question and paste that into the "Post a Reply" box.

aboutcrashesFx29

Thank you for your help!

More information and further troubleshooting steps can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox crashes (closing or quitting unexpectedly) article.

Modified by irowe

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After you post your error logs,

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} While you are in safe mode; Press the <Alt> or <F10> key to bring up the tool bar. Followed by;

Windows; Tools > Options Linux; Edit > Preferences Mac; application name > Preferences

Then Advanced > General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Poke around safe web sites and see if there is still a problem. Then restart.