"Couldn't load XPCOM" - Browser is completely bricked. Topic is solved

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Re: "Couldn't load XPCOM" - Browser is completely bricked.

Post by Moonchild » 2026-06-20, 04:10

Doesn't sound very "smart" ;)
I'm not sure what the details of that control are or what it demands of applications.
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Re: "Couldn't load XPCOM" - Browser is completely bricked.

Post by algorimancer » 2026-06-29, 22:28

The problem mysteriously went away for a while, and Pale Moon reverted to running normally like the problem had never occurred. However, the "Palemoon.exe - Bad Image" pop-up it is back. "...\mozjs.dll is either not designed to run or Windows or it contains an error....", followed by "Couldn't load XPCOM".

As suggested a couple of posts ago, turning-off "Smart App Control" solved it. I agree, the smartness of that control is questionable.