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Why does Firefox boot sometimes but not always stop with "Firefox is now running in Safe mode"?

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CrisBCT
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Why does Firefox restart sometimes but not always stop with "Firefox is now running in Safe Mode, which temporarily disables your custom settings, themes, and extensions"? I do NOT want my plugins such as 1Password suspended. Why does this happen, and how can I stop this happening?

Why does Firefox restart sometimes but not always stop with "Firefox is now running in Safe Mode, which temporarily disables your custom settings, themes, and extensions"? I do NOT want my plugins such as 1Password suspended. Why does this happen, and how can I stop this happening?

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cor-el
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That happens if the Option key is pressed if you start Firefox.

See Safe mode

CrisBCT
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Thanks for your answer, much appreciated and I now understand why. But I use the Option key as part of my QuicKeys string to load an application without needing to mouse around. When you've used a pc for over twenty years, your arms get so tired using a mouse that mousing is something to avoid if at all possible...

So it would be nicer if the panel that appears had a non-greyed out option to ignore the safe mode and load Firefox normally. I can only do that currently if I mouse to check one of the displayed options (that I don't actually want)...

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