Troubleshooting Firefox By Running In Safe Mode

Jul 14, 2008

Troubleshooting Firefox By Running In Safe Mode

Firefox is my favorite browser and no doubt it is one of the most talked about free applications which ever existed in Internet. But mostly in this limelight the problems of Firefox crashing regularly for many users gets buried somewhere. This week I will try to compile a couple of ways which one can use to check why their Firefox crashes and what is the solution (three more solutions apart from one described below: one, two, and three).

Start your Firefox in safe mode. The safe mode option is available in Start Menu > Mozilla Firefox. See the image below.

You can also use the command line to start Firefox in safe mode:

firefox.exe -safe-mode

Now use Firefox in safe mode for sometime and compare the working of safe mode execution with the regular working of Firefox from which you have been suffering. If Firefox isn’t crashing now then you can be rest assured that you have a problem with these:

Profiles – Try and delete the current profiles and work with new profiles.
Extensions installed – There is a chance that the extensions installed with your Firefox are creating problems. This happens when you update your Firefox with a new version.
Plugins – Remove each plugin one by one and then run Firefox in normal mode. You will soon get an idea which plugin is creating problems if some plugin was actually the nuisance.
Settings – There is a chance that your personal settings in Firefox are a reason why your Firefox is crashing. Once you update your Firefox then this downside pops up and Firefox starts crashing.

If safe mode didn’t solve your problem then try clearing your cache or run Firefox in compatibility mode.

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