# What's up with Mozilla? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 14, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-mozilla/452928 "2008-06-14T17:16:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-mozilla/452928/1 "2008-06-14T17:16:44Z")
Anyone else having trouble opening Mozilla? Mine has been having lots of problems the last few days, and now I can’t even open it. I know a new version is supposed to be coming out soon-- could this be related to the new release? ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-mozilla/452928/2 "2008-06-14T17:21:34Z")
I don’t think it’s related to version 3, if that’s what you’re talking about. Many times in the past, I’ve found that an update to one of my add-ons can cause Firefox to have problems. Frequently, I’ve had to resort to having to start Firefox in safe mode to get it to start up so that I can disable my add-ons (I’m currently running with only two because of a recent flaky update to one I had installed). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-mozilla/452928/3 "2008-06-14T17:26:44Z")
Hmmm. I haven’t added anything on to my version for some time. How do you start it in safe mode? ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-mozilla/452928/4 "2008-06-14T17:42:11Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Hmmm. I haven’t added anything on to my version for some time. How do you start it in safe mode? [/QUOTE] Mine was updated to RC2 or three and I have had no prior or subsequent problems with it on either Vista or Ubuntu. If only I could say the same for Opera, Maxthon, Slimbrowser and Netscape. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-mozilla/452928/5 "2008-06-14T18:05:17Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Hmmm. I haven’t added anything on to my version for some time. How do you start it in safe mode? [/QUOTE] It might not be a new add-on, it could simply be an update to one you already have. Safe mode is an option from the Mozilla Firefox menu (**Start -\> All Programs -\> Mozilla Firefox -\> Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode)** on Windows). ---
**Author:** ![Mumio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@Mumio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumio)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-mozilla/452928/6 "2008-06-14T18:05:31Z")
Cerowyn- Are you able to let us know which add-ons are creating problems for you? Sometimes I think Filterset.G updates cause issues. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-mozilla/452928/7 "2008-06-14T18:06:39Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Hmmm. I haven’t added anything on to my version for some time. How do you start it in safe mode? [/QUOTE] In Windows, go to Start-All Programs-Mozilla Firefox. The safe mode option should be there. No idea for Mac or Linux. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-mozilla/452928/8 "2008-06-14T18:12:55Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] I know a new version is supposed to be coming out soon-- could this be related to the new release? [/QUOTE] [hijack]The release date is Tuesday, June 17, and they’re trying to set a world record for the number of downloads.[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-mozilla/452928/9 "2008-06-14T18:40:36Z")
Won’t start up in safe mode, either. Hope I can clear things up on Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-mozilla/452928/10 "2008-06-15T00:39:35Z")
Seems to working OK after rebooting Windows. I probably should have just done that first. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-mozilla/452928/11 "2008-06-15T00:47:18Z")
[QUOTE=Mumio] Are you able to let us know which add-ons are creating problems for you? Sometimes I think Filterset.G updates cause issues. [/QUOTE] A bunch have caused problems for me, mostly Japanese and developer related. My usual response to total failure is to disable them all and then add back a few that I consider critical, hoping that it wasn’t one of them. So, I can’t really identify which ones specifically have caused me issues, just the ones that haven’t. 🙂 I’m really looking forward to v3! I hate having to periodically shut down Firefox to free up the gig or so of RAM that it’s lost to memory leaks, and I still experience a fatal crash at least once a day. [/hijack]