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If | If startup is slow, these solutions may help. | ||
*Defragment your hard drive (accessed in Windows as "Disk Defragmenter", found in "All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools" in the Start Menu) | *Defragment your hard drive (accessed in Windows as "Disk Defragmenter", found in "All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools" in the Start Menu) | ||
*Clear your cache, cookies, and history in Firefox by pressing "Ctrl+Shift+Del" and check the applicable options, or in the Mozilla Suite preferences (under "Advanced -> Cache" and "Privacy & Security -> Cookies -> Cookie Manager"). | *Clear your cache, cookies, and history in Firefox by pressing "Ctrl+Shift+Del" and check the applicable options, or in the Mozilla Suite preferences (under "Advanced -> Cache" and "Privacy & Security -> Cookies -> Cookie Manager"). | ||
* | *Clean out your [[bookmarks.html | bookmarks]]. | ||
*If the other solutions fail, the [[Standard diagnostic | standard diagnostic]] may be able to fix the problem. | *If the other solutions fail, the [[Standard diagnostic | standard diagnostic]] may be able to fix the problem. | ||
==Other== | ==Other== | ||
''' | '''Quick Launch:''' | ||
* On '''Windows''': A third-party utility called Firefox Preloader is available at [https://sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/]. It performs in much the same way as the former Mozilla Quick Launch feature, but directly provides more configuration options such as loading at system startup. | |||
* On '''Linux''': prelink http://www.pk.edu.pl/cgi-bin/man-cgi?prelink | |||
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On '''Windows''': | |||
On '''Linux''': prelink http://www.pk.edu.pl/cgi-bin/man-cgi?prelink | |||
[[Category:Startup - Firefox]] | [[Category:Startup - Firefox]] | ||
[[Category:Performance - Firefox]] | [[Category:Performance - Firefox]] | ||
[[Category:Mozilla Suite]] | [[Category:Mozilla Suite]] |
Latest revision as of 17:47, 30 September 2011
If startup is slow, these solutions may help.
- Defragment your hard drive (accessed in Windows as "Disk Defragmenter", found in "All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools" in the Start Menu)
- Clear your cache, cookies, and history in Firefox by pressing "Ctrl+Shift+Del" and check the applicable options, or in the Mozilla Suite preferences (under "Advanced -> Cache" and "Privacy & Security -> Cookies -> Cookie Manager").
- Clean out your bookmarks.
- If the other solutions fail, the standard diagnostic may be able to fix the problem.
Other
Quick Launch:
- On Windows: A third-party utility called Firefox Preloader is available at https://sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/. It performs in much the same way as the former Mozilla Quick Launch feature, but directly provides more configuration options such as loading at system startup.
- On Linux: prelink http://www.pk.edu.pl/cgi-bin/man-cgi?prelink