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Firefox won't open at all

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jules78
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Firefox ia not working, it will not open at all, although it is showing up on the bottom bar as if it IS open. I have tried un-installing and updating it but it is still happening.

Firefox ia not working, it will not open at all, although it is showing up on the bottom bar as if it IS open. I have tried un-installing and updating it but it is still happening.

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Matt_G
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Hi jules78,

There is a Knowledge Base article that covers this topic. It might be useful.

Have you tried starting Firefox in Safe Mode? Hold down "shift" while Firefox is starting up. If the crash doesn't happen in Safe Mode, you should read Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems.

There is also a lot of useful stuff in the Troubleshoot Firefox crashes (closing or quitting unexpectedly) Knowledge Base article.

Hopefully this helps!