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Firefox will not start after update - no error messages

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Firefox requested I do an update last night. I did, attempted to restart, the fox bounced a few times then went dead. Never opened and no error messages. Still doing so. Can start in safe mode but still won't start in regular mode.

Firefox requested I do an update last night. I did, attempted to restart, the fox bounced a few times then went dead. Never opened and no error messages. Still doing so. Can start in safe mode but still won't start in regular mode.

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See similar post at almost the same time - Sherry is having the identical problem only on a PC with Firefox version: 3.6.4 Operating system: Windows Vista. I'm on a MacBook Pro

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I've seen three other posts with similar problems now - related to the update.

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Exactly the same problem. Have removed and reinstalled programme but still it stalls on startup. I'm using Windows 7 starter.

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Same thing happened to me with Windows 7. Upgrade would just give me an empty window and the message "Not Responding". I uninstalled and reinstalled from the website. The problem persists. Windows 7 is dual boot with the Windows XP but on a different drive. XP is on drive 0 and the upgrade works fine. Windows 7 is on Drive 1. When in use each system calls the OS drive "C:/" I am wondering if that is the problem?

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I don't think the C:/ drive message is the issue. I'm on a Mac and get no message at all.