Can only get Firefox to load SOMETIMES

[Mangosteen]

Can’t find any info on the Mozilla Firefox website about only being able to get it to load sometimes.

I click on the Firefox icon on my desktop and the hour glass symbol displays for about 5 seconds and then disappears and nothing happens. Firefox doesn’t load.

If I log off and wait awhile and then log on again, sometimes it will load and other times it won’t.

Lately I’ve been just keeping the computer on 24/7 after I finally get on, but I’d rather not do this.

Help, please.

[Polycarp]

One thing may be too many background processes, leftover DLLs, etc., eating up memory.

However, I’ve found that Firefox loads much faster for me if instead of double-clicking, I highlight it, right click, and select Open.

[Mangosteen]

@Polycarp

One thing may be too many background processes, leftover DLLs, etc., eating up memory.

However, I’ve found that Firefox loads much faster for me if instead of double-clicking, I highlight it, right click, and select Open.

Thanks!

How can I remove these DLL’s, etc. ?

[ZipperJJ]

See if CCleaner helps. It cleans out “crud” on your machine.

[Speak_to_me_Maddie]

This happens to me from time to time with Firefox. Maybe 5% of time I try and open it. I don’t know why it happens. When it does occur I see that the program is running in the task manager but the window just doesn’t show up. I terminate the program through the task manager and give it another try and it works.

[Oslo_Ostragoth]

@Speak_to_me_Maddie

This happens to me from time to time with Firefox. Maybe 5% of time I try and open it. I don’t know why it happens. When it does occur I see that the program is running in the task manager but the window just doesn’t show up. I terminate the program through the task manager and give it another try and it works.

Seconded. I think they have a problem they haven’t addressed yet.