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can no longer click on links to open them

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Where do I start? I can no longer click on hyperlinks in emails etc. to open them. I have to first open up firefox and then click the links to get them to open, Reading past posts on this, none of the solutions offered worked for me. Almost every time I go on the web in Firefox it freezes up after giving me some message about unable to read script, stop script, debug, cancel. None of the options do anything. I can't close down firefox without going to the task manger and ending the process,.....

Where do I start? I can no longer click on hyperlinks in emails etc. to open them. I have to first open up firefox and then click the links to get them to open, Reading past posts on this, none of the solutions offered worked for me. Almost every time I go on the web in Firefox it freezes up after giving me some message about unable to read script, stop script, debug, cancel. None of the options do anything. I can't close down firefox without going to the task manger and ending the process,.....

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Clicking the e-mail's link does nothing with Firefox closed, but does work if FF is open? That's a new one on me.

Make sure Firefox is your default browser.

Start your Computer in safe mode with networking. Then start Firefox. Try Safe websites. Is the problem still there?

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