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Firefox crashes on start-up

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When I select to open Firefox in Ubuntu Mate, it displays the crash reporter immediately. I tried safe mode but the same result happens. It is up-to-date at version 61 and I am running Ubuntu Mate 16.04 on a Raspberry Pi 3 B+

When I select to open Firefox in Ubuntu Mate, it displays the crash reporter immediately. I tried safe mode but the same result happens. It is up-to-date at version 61 and I am running Ubuntu Mate 16.04 on a Raspberry Pi 3 B+

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If you can't get Firefox to open, you will have to do this the hard way.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/mozillacrashreporter Open the file browser / explorer on your computer. Note: You may have to enable Show Hidden Folders / Files. Enter this in the address bar;

Windows: %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted Win 7/Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted Win XP/2000: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Crash Reports\submitted

Mac OS: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Crash Reports/submitted Linux: /home/<username>/.mozilla/firefox/Crash Reports/submitted

Copy the most recent 5-7 File Names in the folder. Post the information in the reply box.