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shortcut not working file is changed or moved can't launch at all.

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all worked fine this morning, now when clicking on shortcut i get error saying The item 'firefox.exe' that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly. do you want to delete this shortcut? this is the shortcut target "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

all worked fine this morning, now when clicking on shortcut i get error saying The item 'firefox.exe' that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly. do you want to delete this shortcut? this is the shortcut target "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

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Is the firefox.exe file still in that location?

If not then you need to reinstall Firefox. You can find the full version of the current Firefox release (43.0.2) in all languages and all operating systems here:

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Is the firefox.exe file still in that location?

If not then you need to reinstall Firefox. You can find the full version of the current Firefox release (43.0.2) in all languages and all operating systems here: