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64-Bit version won't install on Win 7 machine

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We have three Windows 7 Professional (64-bit OS) machines. I had no trouble installing latest 64-bit version of Firefox (53.0) on two of them. On third, double-clicking the same downloaded file produces only "unpacking," nothing else.

We have three Windows 7 Professional (64-bit OS) machines. I had no trouble installing latest 64-bit version of Firefox (53.0) on two of them. On third, double-clicking the same downloaded file produces only "unpacking," nothing else.

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Boot the computer in Windows Safe Mode with network support (press F8 on the boot screen or hold down the Shift key) to see if that works.

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Hmm maybe try the full offline setup for Windows from www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/

Windows users downloading Firefox from www.mozilla.org are served a small online stub installer. Some antivirus and such scanners have had a issue with the stub installer since it existed as of Firefox 18.0.

Firefox 53.0 and later now has a new stub that can give users the option of 32-bit or 64-bit if they have 64-bit Windows 7 or later.

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Sorry. This gave me the same 45,895K install exe as before, and the same non-result.

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Sorry, this gave me the same 45,895K install exe file as before. No success.

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Boot the computer in Windows Safe Mode with network support (press F8 on the boot screen or hold down the Shift key) to see if that works.

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Safe mode W/ Network support did the trick. THANKS!