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All of a sudden Firefox won't run, says mozglue.dll is missing; can't download new version using IE, skips from download button to thanks for downloading

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All of a sudden Firefox stopped working—said the file mozglue.dll was missing.

I click on the ok box [or whatever] and the same message box comes up again, then another, then another, for about 8 or so times before it finally stops.

Firefox had been working fine up until then, if I don't count all the times it's frozen up from all the scripts not working boxes that come up.

Can't recall if Firefox was working at the time I got the above mozglue.dll message box.

I opened my IE and went to download the latest version of Firefox at the mozilla site. I hit the download button (I tried both the regular and the beta versions).

I was then taken straight to the page that thanked me for downloading the program. Only there wasn't any downloading of Firefox.

All of a sudden Firefox stopped working—said the file mozglue.dll was missing. I click on the ok box [or whatever] and the same message box comes up again, then another, then another, for about 8 or so times before it finally stops. Firefox had been working fine up until then, if I don't count all the times it's frozen up from all the scripts not working boxes that come up. Can't recall if Firefox was working at the time I got the above mozglue.dll message box. I opened my IE and went to download the latest version of Firefox at the mozilla site. I hit the download button (I tried both the regular and the beta versions). I was then taken straight to the page that thanked me for downloading the program. Only there wasn't any downloading of Firefox.

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Hi,

You can try to download the latest Firefox and install it over the current installation:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html

https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest/win32/

The Windows forum would also be helpful.

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Hi,

You can try to download the latest Firefox and install it over the current installation:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html

https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/latest/win32/

The Windows forum would also be helpful.

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Your first URL was the one I spoke about in my initial question—couldn't get to work. The second one, when I tried running it, said it wasn't a valid Win32 program. Third URL worked like a charm! Thanks! Problem solved!

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You are welcome :)