Comments on: When Firefox starts up sooo slowly. https://billauer.se/blog/2010/03/firefox-starts-slow-compact-sqlite/ Anything I found worthy to write down. Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: vespas https://billauer.se/blog/2010/03/firefox-starts-slow-compact-sqlite/comment-page-1/#comment-407 vespas Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:17:16 +0000 https://billauer.se/blog/?p=552#comment-407 or use bleachbit, does the same for chrome and others :) or use bleachbit, does the same for chrome and others :)

]]> By: Tomer https://billauer.se/blog/2010/03/firefox-starts-slow-compact-sqlite/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Tomer Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:16:05 +0000 https://billauer.se/blog/?p=552#comment-393 You can actually run the vacuum command from inside Firefox. Just type the following command into Firefox error console - Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-history-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsPIPlacesDatabase).DBConnection.executeSimpleSQL("VACUUM"); Please note that this is not required for the recent Firefox release, as it does it automatically when needed. You can actually run the vacuum command from inside Firefox. Just type the following command into Firefox error console –

Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-history-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsPIPlacesDatabase).DBConnection.executeSimpleSQL(“VACUUM”);

Please note that this is not required for the recent Firefox release, as it does it automatically when needed.

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