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when trying to install ff 4 it says i do not have permission there is no one else?

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When trying to update to firefox 4 am told that I do not have permission to install

When trying to update to firefox 4 am told that I do not have permission to install

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cor-el
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  • Trash the current Firefox application to do a clean (re-)install
  • Install the new version that you have downloaded

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