hello iwish40, maybe this error message is coming from an outdated extension - can you try to replicate this behaviour when you launch firefox in safe mode once?

Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems

No it did not help, I put in safe mode as directed. then tried to open FF and the message::: Java Script Application:: Permission to work with files was denied. so I took a screen print so you could see it.

What should I do? Take out FF and reinstall. this only happened after I downloaded the update.

I think I am going to take out Java and reinstall..see what happeneds.

To avoid confusion:

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/JavaScript_is_not_Java

Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.

See "Creating a profile":

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues

If the new profile works then you can transfer some files from an existing profile to the new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

I reset FF back to Original state..That seems to have fixed the problem.

Thanks so much for your help!!