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edhudson
edhudson

update installation failed a few times then locked up could not restart firfox, tried to uninstall with uninstall and control manager , could not. it appears that part op the file was lost on the update installation. hou do I uninstall the rest.

update installation failed a few times then locked up could not restart firfox, tried to uninstall with uninstall and control manager , could not. it appears that part op the file was lost on the update installation. hou do I uninstall the rest.

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m-wynn
m-wynn

Are you getting an error message when you try to start or uninstall firefox? Try restarting your computer and trying again, or installing firefox again from mozilla.org/firefox

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If files already have been downloaded then you need to remove the files in the updates and updates\0 folder.

You can delete active-update.xml and updates.xml as well if present. 

C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Mozilla Firefox\updates
(%LOCALAPPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Mozilla Firefox)

Do a clean reinstall.

Download a fresh Firefox copy and save the file to the desktop.

  • Uninstall your current Firefox version.
  • Do not remove personal data when you uninstall the current version.

Remove the Firefox program folder before installing that newly downloaded copy of the Firefox installer.

  • It is important to delete the Firefox program folder to remove all the files and make sure that there are no problems with files that were leftover after uninstalling.

Your bookmarks and other profile data are stored elsewhere in the Firefox Profile Folder and won't be affected by a reinstall, but make sure that you do not select to remove personal data if you uninstall Firefox.