History of Firefox hangs or is not responding - How to fix

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Revision Status S Editor R Comment
Current   AliceWyman updated link to renamed article, deleted pre-fx115 content, other minor edits
Approved M Artist fixed link to template
Approved M AliceWyman Webroot issue fixed in 97.0.1
Approved M AliceWyman Intro: "Firefox won't start" link; new {for win} section (security software issue), deleted old sessionstore, Thinkpad sections, other edits
Approved   AliceWyman Template:OpenDownloadsLibrary
Approved M AliceWyman Clear download history: fx87, fx89 updates
Approved M AliceWyman removed Flash section; updated link to renamed article
Approved M Wesley Branton Updated high resource article
Approved M AliceWyman Clear download history: use Library button to access the Downloads panel
Approved M Lan Update
Approved M AliceWyman removed plugin sections, purged pre-fx60 content, other edits.
Approved M AliceWyman Turn off hardware acceleration: replaced content with new template
Approved M AliceWyman Choose a different download folder" "Choose" button is for mac; "Browse" is for win,linux (see discussion)
Approved M Joni Browse button is now "Choose" in downloads folder
Approved M AliceWyman updated for fx56, other edits
Approved M AliceWyman (edit to last revision) "Turn off hardware acceleration" update for fx55
Unreviewed   AliceWyman Don't load tabs until selected" optiion was removed in Fx47; added T:PluginSupportEOL to Java section
Approved M AliceWyman removed reference to Plugin Check page. See https://support.mozilla.org/forums/knowledge-base-articles/712532
Approved M AliceWyman added steps to check Tabs settings and removed old content
Unreviewed   Tonnes click ... icon -> select ... panel/tab
Unreviewed   Underpass tabs settings moved in the General panel
Approved M Tonnes remove Tab Groups info
Reviewed M ideato Firefox and high usage internet bandwidth programs
Approved   NoahSUMO Fixed typo & added bug link
Approved M als add new section for software issues on Thinkpad
Approved M AliceWyman Firefox hangs when you quit it: Mac error is "A copy of Firefox is already open"
Approved M AliceWyman edit to last revision, ''Firefox is already running, but is not responding'' message
Approved M AliceWyman Firefox hangs when you quit it: updated error for fx34
Approved M Lan Hourglass cursor in Windows XP
Approved M AliceWyman "Disable virus scan in Firefox preferences" made {for not fx31} - see discussion
Approved   user669794 removed share article
Reviewed M scootergrisen added at the end of the title
Approved   Goofy adding an information note about what "places" are
Approved M Michael Verdi removed ≤fx16 content, updated for Australis fx29 (change actaully took place in fx20)
Reviewed M mozillauser2010 added section on corrupt Places.sqlite causing inability to exit Firefox process in Windows
Approved M ideato make it ready for l10n
Approved   tanner Include a suggestion of what to rename it to.
Reviewed   raz_ made it specific what McAfee product was causing hangs
Reviewed   raz_ Troubleshooting for virus software real-time scanning to stop save file hangs
Approved M scoobidiver hang reporter from Fx 14 (bug 712109)
Unreviewed   scoobidiver "Don't load tabs until selected" in Tabs panel from Fx 15, added note about Telemetry
Unreviewed   scoobidiver fixed links, removed keyword
Approved M Michael Verdi New 160 character search summary
Approved M Michael Verdi fixed {for} markup in Tyler's revision
Unreviewed   user633449 Removed fx35 stuff, Removed pentium4 workaround (bugs related to it are WFM) wording and link changes, cleaned up article, updated for fx13
Approved M Swarnava Sengupta added the Share this article template
Approved M Tonnes remove first {/for}
Approved M Michael Verdi for fx13 - added note about reset firefox feature
Approved M AliceWyman added "Disable virus scan in Firefox preferences" section - see discussion. Also commented out "Firefox hangs while deleting a bookmarks folder" section based on bug 428459 (resolved - worksforme)
Reviewed   AliceWyman [Empty edit] See discussion on needed updates, other solutions
Reviewed   scoobidiver faulty extensions on startup
Approved M scoobidiver No HW acceleration in Fx 3.6
Approved M Michael Verdi Simplified termonology, new headings and heading markup
Approved M scoobidiver periodic hangs fixed by bug 686025 in Fx 8.0b3
Unreviewed   scoobidiver tabs on demand for fx8, inverted sections in Loading First Window section
Unreviewed   scoobidiver TOC smaller, any time instead of all the time, update Firefox for prolonged use, remaining causes replaced by actions, added actions in hang at exit
Unreviewed   scoobidiver reorganized sections, action instead of cause, workaround for PAC
Approved M AliceWyman added "Hang playing Flash videos" under Plugins section. See discusson on Improving Helpfulness (Part 2)
Approved MT scoobidiver corrupted places database causes periodic hangs
Unreviewed   scoobidiver removed switchProxy, large history, Spybot sections (no longer applicable), fixed menu paths, reworded intro, added steps in P4 section, added After Session Restore section, simplified security software section, added summary & keywords
Unreviewed   Bo102010 Fix Go menu

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