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The old Mozilla doesn't work after deinstalling java download and I have deleted the old and download the new version. The .exe install was o.k.,but when I click the exe and it would be install and download the main,the download breaks at half/half and a quarter time.Many times I have probe

The old Mozilla doesn't work after deinstalling java download and I have deleted the old and download the new version. The .exe install was o.k.,but when I click the exe and it would be install and download the main,the download breaks at half/half and a quarter time.Many times I have probe

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The problem might be that you have Windows XP SP2. Microsoft made a change to way .exe files are signed and the changes Mozilla had to make broke the opening of the installer file on XP.

Try downloading and installing the 43.0.1 .exe from this link: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-43.0.1&os=win&lang=en-US

Then let Firefox auto-update from within the browser. That's one workaround I heard that should work because that version is from before the file signing changes.

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The problem might be that you have Windows XP SP2. Microsoft made a change to way .exe files are signed and the changes Mozilla had to make broke the opening of the installer file on XP.

Try downloading and installing the 43.0.1 .exe from this link: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-43.0.1&os=win&lang=en-US

Then let Firefox auto-update from within the browser. That's one workaround I heard that should work because that version is from before the file signing changes.

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Thank you,could be..I have download in time the Version39 which have an complete installation file,works properly