Firefox "error, have to close" problem

Is anyone having any problems with Firefox 2.0.0.1.?

I`ve had a few hangups recently, and was wondering if I would be better off with FF 2. Never had problems with previous version, (apart from forum access, but that`s another story).

This latest version is starting to remind me of IE., which I`m using at the moment because FF 2.0.0.1 has just hung again.

Thanks

Is anyone having any problems with Firefox 2.0.0.1.?

I`ve had a few hangups recently, and was wondering if I would be better off with FF 2. Never had problems with previous version, (apart from forum access, but that`s another story).

This latest version is starting to remind me of IE., which I`m using at the moment because FF 2.0.0.1 has just hung again.

Thanks

I have it installed on 3 machines. Not a single issue with it. Not one crash or hanging or anything. 11 extensions installed:

Google Tool Bar for Fire Fox beta

Tab Catalog

Cooliris

All In One Side Bar

Tab Mix Plus

Fission

Tiny Menu

Text Size Tool Bar

Auto Hide

Image Zoom

Rewind/Fast Forward

Also have 9 skins.

Thanks Anthony, might just be a case of reinstalling it.

:)

FF2 has been giving me problems since it came out. It has crashed on every one of my pcs multiple times.

I've switched back to firefox 1.5. (which they are currently still updating with security patches)

Only thing you have to give up is the cool spell checking. :(

So it`s not just me.

I`ll reinstall the FF2.0 version, not the 2.0.0.1 and see if that`s any better. Been waiting for the V3 to come out, but new versions don`t seem to be improvements.

If I need it, where do I get the 1.5?

Thanks

Nope its not just you. Its been driving me crazy for the last few months.

I tried switching to opera, but its just not the same.

You can get the 1.5 version here:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

You can get the 1.5 version here:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html

Thank you kindly sir.

:)

I resisted updating to 2 for a while because of the problems I was reading about at the Firefox forum but most of the new skins I was liking were for FX2 so I took the plunge on one system and it worked perfectly fine. Also I had installed Cooliris on 1.5 and noticed a huge memory leak with it. After a couple hours of browsing FX 1.5 was using over 300 MB of ram. I disabled Cooliris and ram usage went back to normal which for me is around 50-90 MB of ram for Firefox. I posted on the forum about it and nobody else seemed to have the problem with that extension. When I updated to Firefox2 that extension worked perfectly. So now I have Firefox2 installed on 3 machines with no issues.

Hi Dennis, have you tried FF in safe mode? Start > All programs > Mozilla firefox > Safe mode

If everything works fine here then it indicates that one of your extensions is the culprit.

I'm not sure why this version crashes so much for me, but I promise its not extensions.

I've had it crash with none installed. :(

FF1.5 is however rock solid as always. ^_^

One way to find out if it's an extension is to add/install them one at a time then use Firefox for several minutes until you can figure out if it's extension related.

Then of course there's the problem of FF always crashing on some systems with no remedy in sight until Mozilla fixes something. I could never use the 1.x branch of FF because it would crash and sometimes even cause my WinXP system to completely freeze, and the only reason I'm even using FF now is because Opera had started acting up on me several months ago.

Is anyone having any problems with Firefox 2.0.0.1.?

I`ve had a few hangups recently, and was wondering if I would be better off with FF 2. Never had problems with previous version, (apart from forum access, but that`s another story).

This latest version is starting to remind me of IE., which I`m using at the moment because FF 2.0.0.1 has just hung again.

Thanks

I have FF installed on 3 machines and I am having the exact same problem. It's a bit annoying, but I haven't taken the time to do anything about it.

Try this.May help? :unsure:

I had ZAP a while ago which warned me that xpicleanup.exe wanted to run at next start.

Do a fresh install of FF but don't execute or reboot.

Navigate to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox and delete xpicleanup.exe.

This worked for me on one of the 1.5 versions but FF 2.01 was fine without a need to do that.

Apparently xpicleanup.exe runs once after a reboot to clean up some installation files.

Firefox hangs link

When I went to Firefox 2 I uninstalled 1.5. Than went to

C:/Programs/Mozilla Firefox

C:/Documents and Settings/User name/Application Data/Mozilla

C:/Documents and settings/User Name/Local Settings/Application Data/Mozilla

and deleted what was left. Than rebooted and installed Firefox 2. No problems on 3 machines. Actually runs better than 1.5 did.

I have tried it on brand new installs with everything up to date, and it still crashes.

Its not an uncommen thing either(their forums have all sorts of reports about this).

I've delt with it enough though, and FF1.5 works just fine so I'm not too mad.

Maybe once 3 comes out it will be fixed. :P

I'm just lucky. If "I" I recall I've never had it crash any ^_^

Being a well brought up polite kind of guy, I must say thank you:-

Anthony A, rridgely, Woody, Andavari, krit86lr, Humpty, New_Age.

I will try all your suggestions.

I may be gone some time. :lol: