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How to fix constant Firefox crashing?

I am running Windows 10 and have a 1 TB hard drive. It is a 32 bit computer with 4 gig of RAM. I am familiar with the universal cure all "reboot". I confess to liking to work with usually 10 or more tabs open. Also the computer seems quite slow in general.

Now Firefox sometimes crashes with as few as 4 -6 tabs open. How can I stop Firefox from crashing?

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Columbia Jones

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I have clicked the disable or remove buttons for Skype and one other. All that remains is Roboform. I cannot function without Roboform even for an evening. I will work for a while and see if it gets better. Also Roboform offers an update which I have not done yet. Do you think that might have any effect?

strung

I would try the update. If that doesn't fix it, you may have to do a trial run without Roboform for an hour or two.

The other alternative is to uninstall Firefox and re-install, but if the problem really is a plug-in or extension, uninstalling may not necessarily remove them.

strung

You could also enter

about:crashes

in the Firefox location bar and see what the crash reports say.

Makes sure your version of Firefox is up to date too.

Alan Henderson

If reinstalling FF doesn't help, eliminate many external problems by running System File Checker:|

http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2895-sfc-command-run-windows-10-a.html

Columbia Jones

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Hi Strung,

Just disabling the 2 extensions, one of which was for Skype, seems to have helped possibly a lot. I will get info from Roboform tomorrow to activate it on IE because when I recently switched from Windows 7 to 10 I lost access for Roboform on IE. Then I will disable it on Firefox and see if that makes any more difference. At the moment I am suspecting that Skype may have been the culprit.

Columbia Jones

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Hi Alan,

Interesting option. What are some types of external problems are addressed by System File Checker?

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Columbia Jones

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I have a question about assignment of points and am going to call in on Monday on the phone. This is not abandoned. Just fell into the weekend so can't get them on the phone.

Columbia Jones

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This is not abandoned!

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