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Fixing Slow and Freezing Firefox with a Simple SQLite File Repair

I was given a tip by a colleague that helped me resolve issues with slow and freezing Firefox on my computer. After applying the suggested fix, I ran into an issue with my places.sql file being over 200MB, but a repair tool resolved the problem and got everything running smoothly again.

This tip was given to me by a co-worker at Colorado State University where I work.

The problem was Firefox was starting very slowly, froze often, and often required the user to end the process.  

After a bit of Googling he landed upon this link:  http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locked_or_damaged_places.sqlite

Turns out his places.sql file was over 200MB, after running this fix everything seemed back to normal.