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why have I suddenly got a lock on the icon, and not able to open Firefox?

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Logged on today and found a lock symbol on the Firefox icon. I cannot open the programme unless I do it out of the sandbox. Why is this? My system is Windows XP pro.

Logged on today and found a lock symbol on the Firefox icon. I cannot open the programme unless I do it out of the sandbox. Why is this? My system is Windows XP pro.

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Which software are you using to create your sandbox? Perhaps someone is familiar with it, or changes to it.

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Which software are you using to create your sandbox? Perhaps someone is familiar with it, or changes to it.

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For some reason my Avast malware killer had put Firefox in its sandbox. Sorted. thanks for the help.