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I moved some Firefox components around and now the browser will not start or open. What did I do wrong?

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colormp
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When I installed the browser, I clicked on desktop, and not only did the Firefox icon appear, but other files did as well. My desktop looked cluttered, so I thought tat I would store the extra files in a new folder. When I turned on my computer again and clicked on the browser icon, I kept getting error messages that xul.dll and other files could not be found. It did not matter if I replaced them back on my desktop.

When I installed the browser, I clicked on desktop, and not only did the Firefox icon appear, but other files did as well. My desktop looked cluttered, so I thought tat I would store the extra files in a new folder. When I turned on my computer again and clicked on the browser icon, I kept getting error messages that xul.dll and other files could not be found. It did not matter if I replaced them back on my desktop.

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cor-el
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Did you install Firefox on your Desktop or moved the Firefox files from the Mozilla Firefox folder to the desktop?

If you did then remove those files.

colormp
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Well, shortly after I downloaded Firefox version 3.6, I got adblock, and after I minimized the window, I saw all of these icons on my desktop. They were never in a Firefox folder to begin with. I decided to move some of them to the local disc (I am using Windows XP), but the browser worked just fine. This was on Friday, Oct. 22. On Saturday, I started up my computer and moved other extraneous files, but now the browser would not start at all, even if I put specific files in question back on the destop.

If I download Firefox again, what will happen to the extra files and where should I store the Firefox file?