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can not start or uninstall firefox as xpcom stops me. how do i solve this.

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antarbar
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Go to get certain things from emails & ff will not allow could not open XPCOM. I followed your uninstall procedure & will not uninstall as xpcom appears. I can do nothing now & have 50 emails awaiting for my business. Can not open fire fox as xpcom will not allow so can not do the manual steps you give. Please sort.

Go to get certain things from emails & ff will not allow could not open XPCOM. I followed your uninstall procedure & will not uninstall as xpcom appears. I can do nothing now & have 50 emails awaiting for my business. Can not open fire fox as xpcom will not allow so can not do the manual steps you give. Please sort.

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kobe
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Hello,

Certain Firefox problems can be solved by performing a Clean reinstall. This means you remove Firefox program files and then reinstall Firefox. Please follow these steps:

Note: You might want to print these steps or view them in another browser.

  1. Download the latest Desktop version of Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org and save the setup file to your computer.
  2. After the download finishes, close all Firefox windows (click Exit from the Firefox or File menu).
  3. Delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
    • Windows:
      • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox
    • Mac: Delete Firefox from the Applications folder.
    • Linux: If you installed Firefox with the distro-based package manager, you should use the same way to uninstall it - see Install Firefox on Linux. If you 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 the downloaded installation file and go through the steps of the installation wizard.
    2. Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button.

Please report back to see if this helped you!

Thank you.

cor-el
cor-el
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It is important to delete the Firefox program folder to remove all the files and make sure that there are no problems with files that were leftover after uninstalling.

You may need to reboot the computer if files are still locked or in use.

Your bookmarks and other personal data are stored in the Firefox profile folder and won't be affected by an uninstall and (re)install, but make sure that "remove personal data" is NOT selected when you uninstall Firefox.