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Every time I try to upload a file I get a warning window " The Filepicker Was Unexpectadly Closed By Windows " and Firefox crashes.

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I have reinstalled Firefox, the OS (XP Pro), Antivirus check, malware check, checked registry for errors, have been working on this for weeks, nothing works...help!

I have reinstalled Firefox, the OS (XP Pro), Antivirus check, malware check, checked registry for errors, have been working on this for weeks, nothing works...help!

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Hi JHNWYNE111,

At first you should upgrade your Firefox version: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Updating%20Firefox

If this doesn't solve your problem, try to uninstall and reinstall Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Basic%20Troubleshooting#w_7-reinstall-firefox

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Hi roomguy,

   Did both, as well as reinstall the OS, been searching online and lots of folk have this problem but no one has a fix
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Do you have this problem only for a specific file/folder or happens this for every file?

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Any and all files/folders. It was suggested that I reinstall Java, so I did, still same problem. I have scanned the pc with every program in town and find nothing, I have tried every fix suggested in forums, no good. Windows help site doesnt even know what the "Filepicker" is...lol. This is beating me up..lol

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Complained to Microsoft about this. They suggested I try uploading images using Internet Explorer instead (of course), but it worked. Have had the problem with both Twitter and Facebook and with my bank's web site (was DOWNloading a file from them--couldn't save the file) as well. Did NOT have this problem with previous versions of Firefox.