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• When I click on the firefox icon on my desktop bar or menu that I choose the program you want to use to open file (firefox.exe) (also that with IE as well)

  When I click on the Firefox icon to open a new window I get a pop operation telling me to choose a program to open the file. Same thing with Internet explorer. However, when I go to the window new file, I am able to open a new window.

  Please download

  • http://www.SevenForums.com/attachments/tutorials/123734d1312706455-default-file-type-associations-restore-default_exe.reg

  restore your default exe file association and try

  • Download
  • Run it
  • Yes > Yes > ok

  try to run Firefox again

• When I click on the Firefox icon I get a message that says "the connection was reset".

  If I click on a link that Firefox works well, but when I click on the icon I get the message "the connection was reset".

  You staring at you as you marked the thread solved?

  What the URL is causing this problem?

• When I click on the firefox icon, nothing happens. What should do?

  When firefox was installed first, a little while ago, it was very fast and I could continue to work.
  The answer became gradually slower and slower and now nothing happens when I click the icon.
  What should do?

  Hello

  Some Firefox problems can be solved by performing a clean reinstall. This means that you remove Firefox program files, and then reinstall Firefox. Please follow these steps:

  Note: You can print these steps or consult them in another browser.

  1. Download the latest version of Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org office and save the installer to your computer.
  2. Once the download is complete, close all Firefox Windows (click on quit in the file menu or Firefox).
  3. Remove the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
     • Windows:
       • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
       • C:\Program Files (x 86) \Mozilla Firefox
     • Mac: Delete Firefox in the Applications folder.
     • Linux: If you have installed Firefox with the distribution-based package manager, you must use the same way to uninstall: see Install Firefox on Linux. If you have downloaded and installed the binary package from the Firefox download page, simply remove the folder firefox in your home directory.
  4. Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
     1. Double-click on the downloaded Setup file and go through the steps in the installation wizard.
     2. Once the wizard is completed, click to open Firefox directly after clicking the Finish button.

  Please report back to see if this helped you!

  Thank you.

• When I click on the Firefox icon in the taskbar it opens automatically to Google site

  Firefox was installed in my computer by a friend of semi-pro and the icon is on the taskbar. When I click the icon to open Firefox, it goes straight to the Google site automatically. Why does that happen? And how can I change the settings so that it opens Firefox?

  Have you tried the words: homepage Homepage if you prefer a page with a search bar?

  You can use the search bar in the Navigation toolbar to do research if you don't have one open (home) page of the topic: homepage which has its own search bar.

  • https://support.Mozilla.com/kb/search+bar

• When I click on the firefox icon a window pop up me if want want firefox to take control of my hard drive

  If I answer 'NO' Firefox will not start.
  If I answer 'Yes' firefox starts normally, but in addition, the tab 'close', top right of the Firefox screen is filled with black. It works properly if you can remembere exactly where each of the symbols is

  Make sure that Firefox is not set to run as administrator.
  Right click on the desktop Firefox shortcut and choose "Properties".
  Make sure that all items are disabled in the tab "Compatibility" in the Properties window.

  • Privilege level: "Run this program as Administrator" should not be selected
  • "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" must not be selected

  Also check the firefox.exe program properties in the program Firefox (C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\) folder.

• When I click on the firefox icon, the hourglass Timer (timer) but nothing happens. Also, when I tried to uninstall firefos it says the program is running, but it is not?

  Help!

  Hey noeleengeary,

  You should take a look at Knowledge Base article Firefox does not start - solutions. There are lots of good information in there.

  Regarding the message that Firefox is running, you need to right click in the taskbar (next to the time and date) and open the Task Manager. You can kill the process running in this menu. Which will ensure that Firefox is not running in the background.

  Hope this helps!

• When I click on the Firefox icon, called "Astromenda search" appears.

  How can I get rid of this and get back to Firefox, with which I am completely convinced? With page Astromenda come a host of "offers" updates, none of which I want, of course.

  Remove the Astromenda extension new tab and reset the settings of your browser. Follow the guide for deletion here:

  http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2014/07/remove-astromenda-search-virus.html

  Here's how to reset your web browser:

  https://support.Mozilla.org/en-us/KB/reset-Firefox-easily-fix-most-problems

  Finally, scan your computer with Malarebytes and AdwCleaner.

  See you soon!

• By clicking on the Firefox icon on desktop, "isearch.omiga - more ' starts instead.

  I restarted Firefox in safe mode and reset Firefox.

  Now when I click on the Firefox icon on the desktop, you receive the following message:

  "Server not found. Firefox can't find the server at isearch.omiga - plus.com. »

  If the problems reappear quickly after a reset, it may indicate a persistent problem of malware. I'm not sure what you have tried so to, but I suggest you start here:

  Open the Control Panel, uninstall a program. Click on the column heading "installed on" to group infections, I mean additions by date. This can help the undisclosed items bundle smoker who snuck out with some software, you have agreed to install. Out as much garbage as possible here.

  Then, in Firefox, open the page modules using either:

  • CTRL + SHIFT + a
  • "3-bar" menu button (or tools) > Add-ons

  In the left column, click Extensions. Then, in case of doubt, disable (or delete, if possible) not recognized and unwanted extensions.

  Often, a link will appear above at least an extension disabled to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links in the last step.

  Finally, you can "absorb" remain problems with the scanning/cleaning tools listed in our support article: Troubleshooting Firefox problems caused by malware. These programs are free and if you get to place a fake followed by quick scan of a request for payment, something very serious is installed. Try the specialty forums malware listed in this article to help step by step.

• Firefox crashes as soon as I click on the Firefox icon.

  When I click on the firefox icon, it opens at all. IT appears just the reported crash. It crashes immediately when I click the icon. It does not start in SafeMode either. How can I get my Firefox working again?

  I ended up having to install an older version of Firefox (version 9.0.1). 10 Firefox won't work on my mac.

• I use firefox as my home page. It says im not up to date. If I click on the help icon it says that I am up to date. Tried to uninstall and download again but still the same thing. Help would be appreciated

  I use firefox as my home page. On a regular basis, it tells me im not not using the latest version. When I click on the help icon it says im update. Sometimes a large orange icon appears to the left of the part that says im not not using the latest version. Have uninstalled and downloaded again but still the same.
  Help would be appreciated

  Firefox is a web browser, not a homepage.

  Looks like you have the old www.google.com/firefox/ start page to be the default home page in Firefox before Firefox 4.0 sometime. It is not maintained by Google more so either ignore the message or while in Firefox, go to tools-> Options-> general-> home page section and change your home page.

• Why do I get the message asking me to allow Firefox to make changes to my computer whenever I click on the Firefox icon?

  When I click on the Firefox icon on my desktop, instead of struggling just to the Firefox page, I get a box asking me if it's good for Firefox to make changes to my computer. If I hit Yes, I get the Firefox page. If I don't hit, I get nothing. What is the reason for this?

  Check that you are not Firefox running as administrator.

  Right click on the desktop Firefox shortcut and choose "Properties".

  Make sure that all items are disabled in the tab "Compatibility" in the Properties window.

  • Privilege level: "Run this program as Administrator" should not be selected
  • "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" must not be selected

  Also check the firefox.exe program properties in the Firefox program directory.

• That is why when I right click on the Firefox icon I get a purple flag with "new private window? No there is no way to remove this item?

  I'm a prisoner of the "new private window? Is it OK if I don't want that? God is going to punish me? It certainly looks that way.

  I got Win 10 for 4 months and until yesterday, 11/10, I didn't even know about the 'new private window' and the flag purple now appears when I right-click on the Firefox icon. Someone tried to help her by suggesting new privacy settings. So I lost most of my desktop shortcuts but not the private window! I'll be back most of the shortcuts, but I'm still stuck with the purple flag company. I have a background of tech and only for this reason that I try to keep things simple. It is vital that, how did you before? Any help or clarification will be appreciated. Thanks for listening.

  The image used for the incognito in the task bar was changed to Firefox 42. Previously, the image was not colored purple, more as a lighter blue color.

• Why my favorites appear actually when I click on the bookmark icon, but not when I click on "show all bookmarks"?

  Something went this afternoon and when I started Firefox all my favorites have disappeared. I reinstalled Firefox and recovered my favorites. My bar on the top of the browser's back, and when I click on the bookmark icon, it shows all my favorites. However, if I click on show all bookmarks (ctrl-shift-B), none of my favorites appear. I have attached a screenshot to show what I see, but it seems that there is a corruption somewhere.

  It is possible that they are all in a folder or hidden?

  • Recover lost or missing bookmarks
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Lost_bookmarks

  I hope that these help solve, please if you make changes to make a backup of the profile as well: back up and restore the information contained in the profiles of Firefox

• I click on the firefox icon and it appears: firefix.exe - Bad Image I can't open even to click on one of the ideas of troubleshooting

  I already turned on my computer and x 5. Whenever I click on the firefox icon this box appears:
  C:\Program Files (x 86) \Mozilla Firefox\mozglue.dll is not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try to install the program by using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the provider of software for support. (This happened with the laptop and I have no idea who is a system administrator) While I was just online the computer locked up then he said he was doing the updates. I closed the computer and now when I try and open the above happens. Mozilla is my home page. I was able to click on internet explore to get to this stage.

  do a clean reinstall and remove the Firefox program folder before reinstalling a new copy of Firefox.

  • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Installation_directory

  Download a new copy of Firefox and save the file to the desktop.

  • Firefox 16.0.x: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html

  Uninstall your current version of Firefox, if possible, the settings in the software security and cleaning of the Windows registry.

  • Do NOT remove the data personal when you uninstall your current version of Firefox, because all profile files will be deleted and you will also lose your personal data such as bookmarks and passwords from other versions of Firefox profiles.

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

  • It is important to remove the Firefox program folder to delete all the files and make sure that there is no problem with the files that were the remains after uninstallation.
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_Firefox

  Your bookmarks and other profile data is stored in the Firefox profile folder and will not be affected by a uninstall and (re) install, but make sure that 'delete personal data' is NOT selected when you uninstall Firefox.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Clean_reinstall