It often happens that softwarethe provision hangs or brakes. Modern man faces such a problem almost every day. It is very difficult to write such code that will work flawlessly in all situations, because the number of situations associated with user behavior can be very high. It is impossible to predict everything. Do not fall into the number of exceptions and such popular programs as browsers. An example is that the "Firefox" hangs. What are the reasons for the incorrect operation of the program? How to deal with this?
If "Mazil Firefox" hangs in arbitrary time periods, and failures are not associated with any specific actions, then you need to try to fix the problem in one of the following ways.
Create a new library database.If the hangs happen in periods, then they may be due to damage to the library database. It contains all the information about the pages that have been visited. To replace an existing damaged database with a new one, you need to find and open the user profile folder. In this folder, you need to find and rename files related to the operation of the browser. After that you can start the program. When starting, a new database will be created, and the past data will be lost. The bookmarks will be used from the last backup.
Disable hardware acceleration.Very often hardware acceleration creates a conflict when working with the browser, and "Firefox" constantly hangs due to the fact that some models of graphics adapters are simply incompatible with this option. To fix the problem, go to the browser settings, go to the "Advanced" tab, select "General" and uncheck the box that is responsible for the acceleration. After that, you need to restart the browser, and it should earn correctly.
Eliminate the problems that are associated with plug-ins.Why does "Firefox" hang? A large number of sites use plugins to work. They greatly affect the speed of the browser. If "Firefox" hangs, then most often the reason is in the flash-plugin. To solve the problem, you must disable all unnecessary add-ons. To do this, you need to start the browser, go to the "Add-ons", and then select the "Extensions" item. Here you can turn off all the extra plug-ins one at a time. After shutting down, the browser should be restarted. The peculiarity of this browser is the impossibility of removing plug-ins. Disabling is the only option. If they are needed again, you can easily turn them on.
Delete redundant session recovery data.When you create too many identical files that store recovered sessions, it often happens that "Firefox" hangs. In order to remove them, you need to go to the browser menu and select the "Information for problem solving" item. There is a section with information in which you will need the button "Show folder". A window with a user profile opens where you need to delete the superfluous. Required to delete the file sessionstore.
Reset settings.If, after the above actions, the "Firefox" still hangs, then another effective option is reset the program settings. After the corresponding item is selected in the settings, the browser will be closed and all information will be completely deleted. Once launched, the browser will be in the same state as it was after the initial installation. It is necessary to check its operation. If the hangs still continue, then probably the problem is not in the program, but in the operating system.
Very often there is a similar situation. In order to solve the problem, you can try the following methods:
If the "Firefox" hangs at such moments,you need to increase the speed with which the session is restored. If you start the browser, you need to restore too many tabs, it can start to slow down a lot. There may be errors. You need to make sure that a check mark is selected that does not allow loading tabs without prompting. It is in the settings, in the "Tabs" panel. When you install it, only the most recent tab will be loaded.
