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Windows 8.1 Event ID 10016 "not responding"

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I have windows 8.1 and have installed firefox, the latest version. Once I try to launch it I get the blank firefox window and at the top bar it says "not responding". I have installed and uninstalled and rebooted etc...

I am getting Event ID 10016 in Event Logs in SYSTEM - full error message is The machine-default permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {C2F03A33-21F5-47FA-B4BB-156362A2F239}

and APPID 

{316CDED5-E4AE-4B15-9113-7055D84DCC97}

to the user NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE SID (S-1-5-19) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.

repeatedly. The CLSID points to the Immersive shell in component services.

I have windows 8.1 and have installed firefox, the latest version. Once I try to launch it I get the blank firefox window and at the top bar it says "not responding". I have installed and uninstalled and rebooted etc... I am getting Event ID 10016 in Event Logs in SYSTEM - full error message is The machine-default permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {C2F03A33-21F5-47FA-B4BB-156362A2F239} and APPID {316CDED5-E4AE-4B15-9113-7055D84DCC97} to the user NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE SID (S-1-5-19) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool. repeatedly. The CLSID points to the Immersive shell in component services.

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Changed settings in the DCOM permissions for this following an article http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-performance/error-event-id-10016-distributedcom/130522d2-beac-4495-980a-65e1e3279901 I have gotten rid of the 10016 but the error continues of the "not responding" . I get an error in the application log - see below - Event ID 1002 - Application Hang


The program firefox.exe version 26.0.0.5087 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Action Center control panel. Process ID: b40 Start Time: 01cf0a4447c430e6 Termination Time: 85 Application Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe Report Id: 92796868-7637-11e3-bea8-281878cf2078 Faulting package full name:

Faulting package-relative application ID: