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Tried to install Firefox but an error message "Extraction failed - cannot open output file" always pops up, without a reason. Why's this happening?

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Tried to install Firefox but an error message "Extraction failed - cannot open output file" always pops up, without a reason. Why's this happening?

Tried to install Firefox but an error message "Extraction failed - cannot open output file" always pops up, without a reason. Why's this happening?

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cor-el
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Try to disable your anti-virus software temporarily to see if that makes it work.

You may need to delete the temp folder (%TEMP%) to remove the old files.