Can’t Open Firefox At All
I have just downloaded firefox from chrome and cannot install it. I have tried the usually uninstall reinstall and restarting my computer but cannot fix it. I have had this issue with other browsers in the past eg opera and brave but gave up on them, however, I really want to switch to firefox so would appreciate your help. For some reason it seems chrome is the only browser I can even open on my laptop (windows 11). Do you know a fix?
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zeroknight said
Your Microsoft account may have parental controls enabled which limits what browsers you can use. Does it work if you rename firefox.exe to something else?
yes this worked thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!Diese Antwort im Kontext lesen 👍 0
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I meant to say cannot open it in the first sentence sorry
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Boot the computer in Windows Safe Mode with network support to see if that has effect.
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tuto.../how-to-start-windows-in-safe-mode/
- https://www.digitalcitizen.life/4-ways-boot-safe-mode-windows-10/
Try to start Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode to see if that works.
- Windows: hold down the Shift key while starting Firefox
- Mac: hold down the Options key while starting Firefox
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/diagnose-firefox-issues-using-troubleshoot-mode
didn’t work :/ but thanks for trying to help.
Do a clean reinstall of the current Firefox release and delete the Firefox program folder before installing a fresh copy of the current Firefox release.
- download the Firefox installer and save the file to the desktop
*https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-release
If possible uninstall your current Firefox version to cleanup the Windows Registry and settings in security software.
- do NOT remove "personal data" when you uninstall the current Firefox version, because this will remove all profile folders and you lose personal data like bookmarks and passwords including personal data in profiles created by other Firefox versions
Remove the Firefox program folder before installing that newly downloaded copy of the Firefox installer.
- (64-bit Firefox) "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\"
- it is important to delete the Firefox program folder to remove all the files and make sure there are no problems with files that were leftover after uninstalling
Your personal data like bookmarks is stored in the Firefox profile folder, so you won't lose personal data when you reinstall or update Firefox, but make sure NOT to remove personal data when you uninstall Firefox as that will remove all Firefox profile folders and you lose your personal data.
If you keep having problems, you can create a new profile as a quick test to see if your current profile is causing the problem.
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
Reinstall Firefox
Your Microsoft account may have parental controls enabled which limits what browsers you can use. Does it work if you rename firefox.exe to something else?
Ausgewählte Lösung
zeroknight said
Your Microsoft account may have parental controls enabled which limits what browsers you can use. Does it work if you rename firefox.exe to something else?
yes this worked thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!
Note that DRM protected videos will not play with a modified .exe name. You could try to get the browser limitation removed from your Microsoft account or create a new account.