Use the Firefox safe mode startup feature to get your Firefox browser back on track!!!
Since Mozilla Firefox is a living web browsing software application and innovations are constantly being made to it, it is very important for the user of Mozilla Firefox to be aware of the ‘safe mode’ feature incorporated in Mozilla Firefox
Just as the Windows operating system offers a safe mode start up option to kick start the operating system in the event the user has made a harmful change to the operating system, Mozilla Firefox offers a safe mode to enable the user to start the web browsing software application and repair the web browsing software application after the installation of any theme, extension, add-on or plug- in that stops Mozilla Firefox from functioning properly.
When Mozilla Firefox is started in the safe mood, the default theme is loaded and each and every extension installed in the extension manager window is disabled. In my opinion, this feature is very important. Installation of any Mozilla Firefox theme or any Mozilla Firefox extension requires the web browsing software application to be restarted. The possibility of the Firefox theme or the Firefox extension hampering the Firefox web browsing software application from functioning properly is omnipresent.
In the event such a possibility becomes a reality, the user will face a lot of problems in restarting the web browsing software application and surfing the net. If the Mozilla Firefox web browser cannot be restarted, it becomes very difficult for any user to repair the damage done. Even if the theme or extension needs to be uninstalled, the same can be done only by a operating the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
In such a scenario, any extension or plug- in that creates problems in the startup of the Firefox web browser has the potential to compel the user to uninstall the web browser. If the user uninstalls the web browser, all personalized innovations and customizations made to the Firefox web browser will be lost. Hence, to avoid a total un-installation of the web browsing software application just to get rid of a bad extension or bad Firefox theme, Mozilla Firefox offers the ability to operate Mozilla Firefox in the safe zone.
There is no doubt that Mozilla Firefox is a very stable web browsing software application. The stability of Mozilla Firefox can be hampered only by installation of additional Firefox extensions or Firefox themes by the user of the web browsing software application. To cover this aspect of functioning of the web browser, Mozilla Firefox offers the safe mode start up feature which starts the Firefox web browser in the default theme.
Further, since no extensions are loaded, there is absolutely no possibility that the problem creating Firefox extension will be loaded. Once you have started Mozilla Firefox in safe mode, you can easily uninstall the last installed Mozilla Firefox extension or Firefox theme.
If the Mozilla Firefox web browser starts working properly, it is more than obvious that the theme or the Firefox extension that the user had installed was the one causing the problem. However, if the problem persists, then it is very easy to understand that the Firefox extension or the Firefox theme was not the one causing the problem. It is also possible that the Firefox theme or the Firefox extension may have caused irreparable damage which cannot be corrected by simply uninstalling the extension or theme.
In such a scenario, you have no other option but to uninstall the web browsing software application. In my opinion, this innovative feature of operating the web browser in a safe zone to determine whether the installation of any extension of anything is the one causing problems to the web browsing software application is a very good innovation.
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