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I am having some problems downloading Firefox on my Windows 8 Laptop... Can anyone help me?

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When I try to download Firefox version 29 the file either says that it's corrupted or during the downloading and installing it tells me that it has been interrupted.. I there any way to fix this?

When I try to download Firefox version 29 the file either says that it's corrupted or during the downloading and installing it tells me that it has been interrupted.. I there any way to fix this?

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Did you try get a full version?

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I believe so.. I have tried downloading the one from the main site itself.. not sure if it was the full one.. it's the Firefox 29.0 Installer Stub

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No, try get one from that page that I posted.

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I will be once Internet Explorer will let me lol

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Okay I just tried and it told me that the file is Corrupt.

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Try restart your computer in safe mode:

Then try install Firefox.

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Another possibility is to open the Mozilla FTP website in Windows Explorer and download the Firefox set up file that way.

See "How To Download Firefox On a New Computer Without Using Internet Explorer":

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Okay i that File Explorer on Windows 8 systems?

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Okay It did work but now I am fighting with Firefox and recognizing Java

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Firefox is a 32 bit application, so make sure that you have the 32 bit Java version installed.

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