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Windows 10 says I can't access specified firefox drive after latest update

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linco15
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I get an error saying "windows cannot access the specified drive, path or file. You may not have appropriate permissions to access the item" after latest windows 10 upgrade and firefox will not run at all. It is trying to access my users subdirectory

I get an error saying "windows cannot access the specified drive, path or file. You may not have appropriate permissions to access the item" after latest windows 10 upgrade and firefox will not run at all. It is trying to access my users subdirectory

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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What's your Firefox version?

Are you logged in as an administrator?

cor-el
cor-el
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Try to reinstall Firefox as a normal user and make sure to delete the Firefox program folder if it is still present.

  • (64-bit Firefox) "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\"
  • (32-bit Firefox) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\"

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