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Firefox crashes on startup - will not open at all

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I cannot open firefox at all; it crashes on startup. I have tried opening it holding shift, to attempt opening in safe mode. I cannot update firefox because I cannot open it.

I cannot open firefox at all; it crashes on startup. I have tried opening it holding shift, to attempt opening in safe mode. I cannot update firefox because I cannot open it.

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Does it run if you right click and choose Run as Administrator?

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No, I just re-installed it and now everything is fine :) Thank you

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I have this problem as well, however reinstalling it didnt help me.... Any ideas?

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@embacy -> Do you have any single-sign on (SSO) extensions installed? Do you have Roboform installed?