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Firefox crashes on start up and does not provide the start in safe mode dialogue box--error code 2130420.

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I updated the plugins in Safe Mode when that was working, unistalled/reinstalled twice, ran the virus software requested (and my own), and it will not start up at all now. The error codes I have received are:

Crash ID: bp-4fefebcc-0b9b-4ec2-9e50-1728d2130420 Crash ID: bp-5a517dc3-96e1-4c5e-a2c2-6b9ff2130420 Crash ID: bp-77aaf6a0-511f-4466-af23-c92ff2130420 Crash ID: bp-744c4129-238b-4d2a-bb43-e571a2130420 Crash ID: bp-ad2f5328-bbea-400c-81c3-624b12130420

I updated the plugins in Safe Mode when that was working, unistalled/reinstalled twice, ran the virus software requested (and my own), and it will not start up at all now. The error codes I have received are: Crash ID: bp-4fefebcc-0b9b-4ec2-9e50-1728d2130420 Crash ID: bp-5a517dc3-96e1-4c5e-a2c2-6b9ff2130420 Crash ID: bp-77aaf6a0-511f-4466-af23-c92ff2130420 Crash ID: bp-744c4129-238b-4d2a-bb43-e571a2130420 Crash ID: bp-ad2f5328-bbea-400c-81c3-624b12130420

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hello, thanks for providing your crash ids. please start firefox in safemode (by pressing the shift-key while it is launching) & go to firefox > options > advanced > general & disable hardware acceleration.

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Philipp - worked great. Thank you very much. The pressing shift while launching it ws what I was missing.

Thank you for your help!