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Firefox won't launch 90% of the time even though Internet Explorer does all the time

gogrnny

Why doesn' Firefox launch? It's my default browser. Internet Explorer always launches when asked.

Why doesn' Firefox launch? It's my default browser. Internet Explorer always launches when asked.

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One of your add-ons might be the culprit. Try running Firefox in Use Troubleshoot Mode in Firefox. If that solves the problem, see Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems and possibly Troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to fix common Firefox problems

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If that does not solve the problem, a new profile Then, Recover your data from the old profile. See http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

Also see Firefox will not Start