Mozilla Firefox crashes when I try to initiate a download or open Downloads tab

[Harkon Haakonson]

Title.

Has this ever happened to anyone? I have no clue how to fix it. Every time I wish to make a download, I have to specifically open Internet Explorer to do so. I followed a simple would-be-solution found on google but to no avail.

 

[Splintert]

Uninstall and reinstall.

Or use Chrome.

 

[Kevlar]

use Chrome.

I switched from FF to chrome because it just stopped working with certain websites one day. Haven't had any problems with chrome since.

 

[Harkon Haakonson]

Shoo, Chrome advertisers! You won't convert me!

At least if the uninstallation is successful... I don't like to rely on Internet Explorer.

 

[Jace]

Have any add-ons installed? Try disabling them and seeing if downloading still crashes.
Also, does it happen no matter how you try to download? Left-click on link? Right-click and save-as? DownThemAll or other download manager?

Could also give Portable Firefox a spin, to eliminate few other sources which might cause trouble.

 

[Elisianthus]

Just as I once had a similar problem with a bizarre fix: Do you have FRAPS or similar running that put a Framerate overlay on things? Try turning it off and doing a DL.

 

[Harkon Haakonson]

It seems like awesome-J takes the prize with his correct recommendation. Disabled 2 mods and it works fine now! \o/

Thank you all for your time, cheers.