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Firefox gives message that it is downloading the latest applications, but it never finishes. Why?

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When I bring up Firefox, it starts a message "Downloading the latest applications", but it never finishes and starts up again each time I open Firefox

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== Two weeks ago

When I bring up Firefox, it starts a message "Downloading the latest applications", but it never finishes and starts up again each time I open Firefox == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == Two weeks ago

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cor-el
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This problem can be caused by the MSN® Toolbar (Tools > Add-ons > Plugins)

See Troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to fix common Firefox problems