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Why does FF4 open in safe mode about half the time when I start it?

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t.lubke
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About half the time I start FF4 a dialog box opens, telling me that FF4 ids running Safe mode with several things listed that I can change or disable. Iusually exit and try to restart FF4 it usually goes ahead and starts properly but sometimes it takes several trys.

About half the time I start FF4 a dialog box opens, telling me that FF4 ids running Safe mode with several things listed that I can change or disable. Iusually exit and try to restart FF4 it usually goes ahead and starts properly but sometimes it takes several trys.

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cor-el
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Make sure that you do not press the Shift key while you click the Firefox desktop shortcut.