Ideas on why Firefox would be slow to launch?

The last week or so when I launch Firefox it seems to take an inordinate amt of time. Does anyone have any ideas why? Previously I had no problem and I have no idea where to start to troubleshoot this.

Do you have extensions (add-ons) installed? You can troubleshoot by disabling one extension at a time and restarting Firefox each time to see what extension is slowing you down.

You can also try the same thing with the plug-ins (Java, Microsoft DRM, Quicktime, Shockwave, etc.).

The last week or so when I launch Firefox it seems to take an inordinate amt of time. Does anyone have any ideas why? Previously I had no problem and I have no idea where to start to troubleshoot this.

You may find some ideas here:

http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=19817

Good luck ;)