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Everytime I click on the firefox icon on my desktop it keeps reinstalling Firefox... why does this keep on happening? what did I do wrong?

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I have a yahoo_firefox icon on my desk top. When I click on it to go onto the internet it reinstalls firefox every single time first. What did i do wrong or what am I doing wrong? how can I fix this problem?

I have a yahoo_firefox icon on my desk top. When I click on it to go onto the internet it reinstalls firefox every single time first. What did i do wrong or what am I doing wrong? how can I fix this problem?

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In my opinion this icon what you mentioned is related to Firefox installer file.

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the Icon is related to the installer file... so how do I get an icon on my desktop that i can click on to go on the internet?

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Strange but Firefox icon shouldn't appear like Yahoo_Firefox. Please uninstall that and try uninstalling an re-installing Firefox,


Install Firefox

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If you have correctly installed it, you should see the icon of the Firefox browser in the Windows start menu.

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