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A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding Script: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Firefox/extensions/%7B635abd67-4fe9-1b23-4f01-e679fa7484c1%7D/components/nsYahooFileIO.js:26

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thepete100
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On some pages, Firefox goes slow/ stops/ waits, and a box with the message:

A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete.

Script: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Firefox/extensions/%7B635abd67-4fe9-1b23-4f01-e679fa7484c1%7D/components/nsYahooFileIO.js:26

Is shown. It does not happen on all pages.

On some pages, Firefox goes slow/ stops/ waits, and a box with the message: A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete. Script: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Firefox/extensions/%7B635abd67-4fe9-1b23-4f01-e679fa7484c1%7D/components/nsYahooFileIO.js:26 Is shown. It does not happen on all pages.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Disable the Yahoo! Toolbar extension.

thepete100
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I did, and realised that was the probelem as soon as I posted the question. It fixed it, many thanks for your response. Why do the add on tool bars cause so many problems, and I do not even remember letting it appear!