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Why does Mozilla want to make adjustments to my hard drive when i try to install it on a laptop?

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I have a brand new Asus U52f-BBL9, with Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit. It comes wiht IE8. I tried installing Mozill and it asked if i minded teh program making changes to my hard drive. Why? What changes?

I have a brand new Asus U52f-BBL9, with Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit. It comes wiht IE8. I tried installing Mozill and it asked if i minded teh program making changes to my hard drive. Why? What changes?

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Like installing Firefox, which needs to create folders and install files in the correct location so it will work as designed; in addition to saving specific user data.

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the-edmeister
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Like installing Firefox, which needs to create folders and install files in the correct location so it will work as designed; in addition to saving specific user data.

cor-el
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Check that you do not run Firefox as Administrator.
Right-click the Firefox desktop shortcut and choose "Properties".
In the Compatibility tab, make sure that Privilege Level: "Run this program as Administrator" is not selected.
You also need to check the Properties of the firefox.exe program in the Firefox program directory.