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Hello! I seem to have encountered a problem with the latest NoScript update (2.6.7.)

Following this update, the Firefox process began hanging on startup before the browser window appeared. I was able to recover functionality by restoring from a profile backup made before my last extension update. After disabling my add-ons and re-enabling them one by one, I've found that the hang occurs when NoScript 2.6.7 is enabled in Firefox 23.0 in conjunction with any of the following add-ons:

Greasemonkey 1.11
ReminderFox 2.1.2
TinyURL Generator 2.6.1
UI Fixer 1.4.4
Window and Tab Limiter 4.28

All of these extensions appear to be the most recent versions, they all work fine together without NoScript enabled, and they all work well with NoScript 2.6.6.9. (Conversely, if I disable those five add-ons, NoScript 2.6.7 works with all the other extensions I have.)

For the time being I've simply disabled NoScript updates, but I'd really appreciate it if you could look into it--I depend on a couple of those extensions! Thank you!

> I was able to recover functionality by restoring from a profile backup

Safe Mode (-safe-mode) likely would have gotten you started.

> hang occurs when NoScript 2.6.7 is enabled in Firefox 23.0 in conjunction with ... Greasemonkey 1.11

No problems here.

As a test, create a new Profile.
Install only NoScript & Greasemonkey & see if you break.

If so, then what Plugins do you have?

Thanks for your response. Yes, I unfortunately only remembered afterward how to get into Safe Mode when the browser won't start. I rarely need to do so. This is the first extension issue I've had in a very long time!

On a new profile, those two extensions didn't cause a problem, nor did the other four when I added them. Hmm. I wonder if I could have a bad user script or a corrupted file somewhere in my profile. I'll have to keep investigating.

The only active plugins I currently have are Shockwave Flash 11.8.800.94 and Shockwave for Director 12.0.3.133.

therube wrote:> I was able to recover functionality by restoring from a profile backup

Safe Mode (-safe-mode) likely would have gotten you started.

> hang occurs when NoScript 2.6.7 is enabled in Firefox 23.0 in conjunction with ... Greasemonkey 1.11

No problems here.

As a test, create a new Profile.
Install only NoScript & Greasemonkey & see if you break.

If so, then what Plugins do you have?

Well, after trying every possible solution I could think of and tearing my hair out several days running, I finally seem to have tracked down my problem: I had to add firefox.exe to Microsoft Security Essentials' exclude list! It seems to have been behind more than one problem I was having with Firefox, but it most definitely did not like NoScript, as having the extension installed and enabled while real-time protection was running would render the browser flat-out unable to start unless I disabled several other extensions. Now they all appear to be co-existing peacefully again.

Thanks to all who responded. I hope this information may be useful to others who are having problems.