FireFox slow to start

[Scataphagos]

Small issue. Not a biggie, just an annoyance.

I have 4, Dell T5810 workstations running W10, with indentical mobo & CPU. On 3 of them, FF starts in ~1 second. On the other, it takes ~ 10 seconds to start (and of course, it's the one I use most ).

I've fussed with disabling all the add-ons (which are about the same on all 4), doing a fresh FF install (including deleting old profile) and even running a utility to "align partition" of the drive (which, afterwards, the computer would not boot... so reverted to the "non aligned" state).

When I start Pale Moon browser on the "trouble" machine, it also boots in 1 sec.

Got ideas on what to try next?

 

[FortuneTeller]

My Firefox always starts slow. Not sure why.

 

[mlawson71]

Have you tried other browsers? Do they start slowly too?
Either way, I recommend cleaning out your temp files and cookies.

 

[Laura48]

Just check for some other alternatives. I prefer not to rely on a single browser all the time. Also, if others are also working slow, then most probably the issue is in your system.

 

[mlawson71]

People have their preferences. I mean, I prefer Firefox even though I have Chrome too, and whatever Microsoft's current browser is called. If Firefox wasn't working properly I'd be doing my best to fix it, rather than move onto Chrome.