Hello,
Can anyone suggest a batch file or something to end and restart the Firefox
processes ?
As it is it will seldom run to the GUI from the taskbar and I have to kill at least the first
instance of it in Task Manager - sometimes have to kill two instances.
I've tried everything that I can find in the forums like starting in safe mode, taking out
add-ons; nothing works except the Task Manager option.
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Briar
Firefox 62 (16-bit)
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Re: Firefox 62 (16-bit)
So, what, you open FF & it runs.
Then you Quit.
But when you go to open it again, it doesn't.
And at that point you see that FF has hung in memory?
At the first step, once you've Quit, confirm whether FF has hung in memory - at that point or not?
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Batch file?
(just rambling, with no guarantees...)
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tasklist /fi "imagename eq firefox.exe"
grab the process id
kill -9 PID
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Then you Quit.
But when you go to open it again, it doesn't.
And at that point you see that FF has hung in memory?
At the first step, once you've Quit, confirm whether FF has hung in memory - at that point or not?
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Batch file?
(just rambling, with no guarantees...)
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TASKKILL /F /IM firefox.exe
tasklist /fi "imagename eq firefox.exe"
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Image Name PID Session Name Session# Mem Usage
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firefox.exe 1868 Console 0 78,888 K
kill -9 PID
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Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
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Re: Firefox 62 (16-bit)
In that case it will usually restart normally from the Taskbar.therube wrote:So, what, you open FF & it runs.
Then you Quit.
At the first attempt to start it. Usually first thing - I keep it minimised until shutdown. At shutdownBut when you go to open it again, it doesn't.
And at that point you see that FF has hung in memory?
more often than not it doesn't shut down and has to be forced shut. Today it started normally first
time.
Do you mean after I've stopped an instance ?At the first step, once you've Quit, confirm whether FF has hung in memory - at that point or not?
Sometimes, after stopping the first instance, it will come up into GUI of its own accord, but most times not.
Of the three instances running I usually only have to stop the first, sometimes the second and rarely the third.
Then hit the taskbar icon to bring it up.
Thanks. Will try that next time.My other machine has the same OS and security (KIS-2019) etc as this one but Firefox behaves normally on that machine.
Batch file?
(just rambling, with no guarantees...) ...
Regards
Briar
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Re: Firefox 62 (16-bit)
16 bit? hopefully you dont speak about german Beer!? Pleas a Bit (Bitburger beer).
anyhow if firefox hangs:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fi ... responding
kicking processes in special firefox can cause profile damage. search for the cause but not within firefox (either damaged profile or system inconvenience)
anyhow if firefox hangs:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fi ... responding
kicking processes in special firefox can cause profile damage. search for the cause but not within firefox (either damaged profile or system inconvenience)
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Re: Firefox 62 (16-bit)
Are you shutting down Firefox before shutting down the computer?At the first attempt to start it. Usually first thing - I keep it minimised until shutdown. At shutdown
more often than not it doesn't shut down and has to be forced shut. Today it started normally first time.
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Re: Firefox 62 (16-bit)
Yes. Appears to shut down, but cleaning up with CCleaner more often than not requires me to closeDanRaisch wrote:Are you shutting down Firefox before shutting down the computer?At the first attempt to start it. Usually first thing - I keep it minimised until shutdown. At shutdown
more often than not it doesn't shut down and has to be forced shut. Today it started normally first time.
Firefox which CCleaner always reports as being too slow to close, so I have to let it force it closed.
Not every time - intermittently.
The past two days FF opened normally and closed normally.
Regards
Briar
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Re: Firefox 62 (16-bit)
It has started and closed normally the last two days - here's hoping it's fixed itself.Brummelchen wrote:16 bit? hopefully you dont speak about german Beer!? Pleas a Bit (Bitburger beer).
anyhow if firefox hangs:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fi ... responding
kicking processes in special firefox can cause profile damage. search for the cause but not within firefox (either damaged profile or system inconvenience)
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Re: Firefox 62 (16-bit)
Thanks for the link, but it isn't 'hanging' in the usual sense: it never hangs onceBrummelchen wrote:16 bit? hopefully you dont speak about german Beer!? Pleas a Bit (Bitburger beer).
anyhow if firefox hangs:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fi ... responding
kicking processes in special firefox can cause profile damage. search for the cause but not within firefox (either damaged profile or system inconvenience)
it's running - the problem is it does not start/processes run but no GUI.
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Briar
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Re: Firefox 62 (16-bit)
Ccleaner is often cited as causing problems with Firefox, which is quite capable of cleaning up after itself. Best to update the settings in Ccleaner to NOT touch anything relating to the browser to avoid causing problems.
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Re: Firefox 62 (16-bit)
I will do that. ThanksDanRaisch wrote:Ccleaner is often cited as causing problems with Firefox, which is quite capable of cleaning up after itself. Best to update the settings in Ccleaner to NOT touch anything relating to the browser to avoid causing problems.
Regards
Briar