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Firefox crashes when opening, even after reinstall, on OS X 10.5.8

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Firefox will open but crash within 5 seconds of opening. I have done deep uninstall and clean install of firefox using both 3.6.12 and 4.0.7beta versions, but continue to face the same problem.

I have followed instructions on https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/762084 to try to resolve my problem, attempting to create a new profile by accessing profile manager via Terminal. After entering Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -profilemanager, the Mozilla Crash Manager pops up again informing me that Firefox has crashed.

Help is greatly appreciated. Prior to this problem, the last activity I remember doing on FF was checking my gmail. Other browsers like Safari and Chrome run fine, but is frustrating because FF is my primary browser!

Firefox will open but crash within 5 seconds of opening. I have done deep uninstall and clean install of firefox using both 3.6.12 and 4.0.7beta versions, but continue to face the same problem. I have followed instructions on https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/762084 to try to resolve my problem, attempting to create a new profile by accessing profile manager via Terminal. After entering Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -profilemanager, the Mozilla Crash Manager pops up again informing me that Firefox has crashed. Help is greatly appreciated. Prior to this problem, the last activity I remember doing on FF was checking my gmail. Other browsers like Safari and Chrome run fine, but is frustrating because FF is my primary browser!

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vmatias
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Try running "Repair Disk Permissions" in Disk Utility (easily found with spotlight). Have been re-running Firefox without troubles after that.