How to troubleshoot mozilla firefox not responding?

Mozilla Firefox is one of the world’s most popular and reliable internet browser that is also considered as the fastest browser in the world that can easily manage the users’ need and provide them greater satisfaction. But in some cases, you may find that it has stopped working. Any effort to open a web page end up displaying the not responding message.

Solution 1. Steps to refresh your Mozilla Firefox

You can start solving your issue with refreshing Mozilla Firefox. This may fix your issue instantly. To do so, follow these steps:

• Click on the “≡” icon, then select “help.”
• Now press the “troubleshooting information” button
• Choose the option, “refresh Firefox.”
• Then read the information and proceed to “refresh Firefox.”

Solution 2. To disable the hardware acceleration

Hardware acceleration is responsible for speeding up the process of browser, but it also keeps it down in some cases. Then you need to turn it off to get Mozilla Firefox to get back to work.

• You need to click on the “≡” icon and then go to “option.”
• Select “general” option then click to “performance.”
• Unmark the box “use recommended performance settings.”
• Unmark the box “use hardware acceleration when available.”

Solution 3. Using safe mode

Some add-on/extensions may be the reason behind the issue. So you need to fix the issue with these steps:

• Click on the “≡” icon and get the drop-down menu
• Select “help,” and then click “troubleshooting information.”
• Press the “restart with add-ons disabled button.”
• In the pop-up menu, you need to click on “restart” and press the “start in safe mode” button
• If the problem still exists, then you should remove the extension itself.

Solution 4. To delete duplicated session restore files

While the duplicate processing files have been created and restored that lower down the speed of Mozilla Firefox. Now you need to remove these files to fix the issue:

• After clicking the “≡” icon, you need to go to the “help” and then “troubleshooting information.”
• Under the “application basics folder select the “open folder” option
• Navigate sessionstore.js file and delete them
• Then restart Mozilla Firefox to save the changes.

Solution 5. To create a new places database

If you face that the problem is periodic and happen randomly, then the reason may be the corrupted places database. Now you need to create new places database with these steps;

• In the section “≡” select “help.”
• Then go to “troubleshooting information.”
• Now in the “application basics” open “open folder> profile folder
• Navigate “places.sqlite” and change its name to “places.sqlite.old” and “places.sqlite-journal” to “places.sqlite-journal.old.”
• Restart Mozilla Firefox

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