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Can't open firefox, but the process is running in Task Manager

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I can't open firefox, but the process is running in Task Manager. It's using roughly 13M of memory, but the window never opens I tried to uninstall/install several times, but not work. The version I installed is 68.3.0, 32bit, installed on Win7. Could anyone help me with this? Thanks in advance.

I can't open firefox, but the process is running in Task Manager. It's using roughly 13M of memory, but the window never opens I tried to uninstall/install several times, but not work. The version I installed is 68.3.0, 32bit, installed on Win7. Could anyone help me with this? Thanks in advance.

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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/changes-toolbars-and-window-sizes-are-not-saved You may have corrupt xulstore.json file.

Close Firefox. Open your file browser to this hidden location:

  • Mac: *~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles
  • Linux: *~/.mozilla/firefox/Profiles
  • Windows: %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
  • *C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
  • Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data
    \Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\

Search for the above file. Then rename or delete it. Restart Firefox.

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Thanks for your reply. I searched all the xulstore.json files on my laptop, and renamed them all. but it's not work.

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link}

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?

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not work. First of all, after I double click the firefox icon, the firefox window aren't shown, so I could't click Restart with Add-ons Disabled. Then I try to start in safe mode with shift key down, nothing happens too. :(

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Do a clean reinstall of the current Firefox release and delete the Firefox program folder before installing a fresh copy of the current Firefox release.

If possible uninstall your current Firefox version to cleanup the Windows Registry and settings in security software.

  • do NOT remove "personal data" when you uninstall the current Firefox version, because this will remove all profile folders and you lose personal data like bookmarks and passwords including personal data in profiles created by other Firefox versions

Remove the Firefox program folder before installing that newly downloaded copy of the Firefox installer.

  • (64-bit Firefox) "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\"
  • (32-bit Firefox) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\"
  • it is important to delete the Firefox program folder to remove all the files and make sure there are no problems with files that were leftover after uninstalling

Your personal data like bookmarks is stored in the Firefox profile folder, so you won't lose personal data when you reinstall or update Firefox, but make sure NOT to remove personal data when you uninstall Firefox as that will remove all Firefox profile folders and you lose your personal data.

If you keep having problems then you can create a new profile to test if your current profile is causing the problem.


Reinstall Firefox