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Can't install new Firefox...says unauthorized publisher

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AnonymousUser
AnonymousUser
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I used to have firefox and then I was having problems installing adobe flash player, then firefox itself crashed so i uninstalled it...now i can't seem to re-install the new firefox, it downloads from internet explorer and then says unknown publisher and file corrupt?

This happened

Not sure how often

i tried to download firefox

User Agent

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; SLCC2; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; MAAU; .NET4.0C)

I used to have firefox and then I was having problems installing adobe flash player, then firefox itself crashed so i uninstalled it...now i can't seem to re-install the new firefox, it downloads from internet explorer and then says unknown publisher and file corrupt? == This happened == Not sure how often == i tried to download firefox == == User Agent == Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; SLCC2; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; MAAU; .NET4.0C)

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Morbus
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Hello Anonymous.

Try downloading Firefox's installer to your documents first, and then running it from there. Hopefully that will get around Internet Explorer's buggy download "manager".

AnonymousUser
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R-click the Firefox installer, and select Run as Administrator. If that doesn't work, delete the installer, and R-click whatever browser you're using to download the Firefox installer.. select Run as Administrator, and then download/run the Firefox installer.

I had the same issue with my new Windows 7 setup. Wouldn't let me install Firefox even though I am set as the Administrator. I had to actually R-click and Run as Administrator.

Hope that helps.