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Firefox won't start, there is no error message and it is not already running.

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sharyem
sharyem
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Hi,

When I try to click on firefox, the little wait icon appears and then disappears. Nothing opens, not even safe mode. I've looked at the "Firefox won't start and there is no error message" help section and looked at my task manager processes. It seems that when I click firefox, it briefly appears on my processes and then disappears. This happened yesterday while I was in the middle of using it. At the same time, my Skype also crashed, which makes me think the two are correlated. The two programs still don't work. The only way that I can open firefox is if I install it all over again with the "launch firefox now" option checked at the end. When I have a firefox window open, I can open other firefox windows just fine. When I close it, nothing opens. Thanks for your help.

Hi, When I try to click on firefox, the little wait icon appears and then disappears. Nothing opens, not even safe mode. I've looked at the "Firefox won't start and there is no error message" help section and looked at my task manager processes. It seems that when I click firefox, it briefly appears on my processes and then disappears. This happened yesterday while I was in the middle of using it. At the same time, my Skype also crashed, which makes me think the two are correlated. The two programs still don't work. The only way that I can open firefox is if I install it all over again with the "launch firefox now" option checked at the end. When I have a firefox window open, I can open other firefox windows just fine. When I close it, nothing opens. Thanks for your help.

Modified by sharyem

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David McRitchie
David McRitchie
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see answer to a similar question:

sharyem
sharyem Question owner
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Thanks, but I think my problem's a bit different. Restarting my computer doesn't help at all. I've also tried ending the program through task manager. It still won't open up again afterwards. I also know plugins aren't the problem since I've tried disabling them.

Masterhackz
Masterhackz
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1) Start Task Manager 2) Open Processes (make the description area large enough to see) 3) look for a description that says firefox 4) Select it and press End Process


Now Firefox should work properly.

Modified by Masterhackz