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Firefox has stopped working altogether (Windows 7). It will NOT start. I have uninstalled everything that I could find to uninstall, and then re-installed.

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Firefox has stopped working altogether (Windows 7). It will NOT start. The spinning start up graphic will spin for a moment, and quit. I have uninstalled everything that I could find to uninstall, and then re-installed, but to no avail. I have followed the currently posted suggestions with out success. Any other suggestions?

Firefox has stopped working altogether (Windows 7). It will NOT start. The spinning start up graphic will spin for a moment, and quit. I have uninstalled everything that I could find to uninstall, and then re-installed, but to no avail. I have followed the currently posted suggestions with out success. Any other suggestions?

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Download Firefox Full Installer For All languages And Systems {web link} Save the file. Then;

Using your file browser, open the Programs folder on your computer.

Windows: C:\Program Files C:\Program Files (x86) Mac: Open the "Applications" folder. Linux: Check your user manual.

Look for, and rename any Mozilla and Firefox folders by adding .old to them.

Now run the full installer.

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Same result. The start up graphic spins for a moment and quits. Firefox used to work/has always worked. Whether a combination of OS updates and program updates has rendered the browser useless, I don't know. I've drilled as deep into program files to delete every thing I can locate that are Mozilla/Firefox related so as to start from scratch, without any success.

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift (Mac Options) > key, and then starting Firefox. Is the problem still there?

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Yes. Same result, it fails to open.

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  • Do you have a lock file in the profile folder, this is in the Program Files Folder that wad delete before that Fred mentioned.
  • If you run the profile manager and try to open Firefox from a cmd.exe window, what happens?

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -p

  • Do you have any antivirus that may be blocking Firefox?