The installation for FF 3.6.9 update keeps saying "Your computer must be restarted to complete a previous upgrade of FF" EVEN after I restarted it, it still said the samething.
When I click on the FF setup icon on my desktop, I only get as far as being able to select "Standard" or "Cutsom" Setup then a box pops up saying "Your computer must be restarted" and everything.
I've Have tried restarting my computer SERVERAL times, Reinstalling the setup, and looking in Task Manager for "firefox.exe"... nothing was there.
I also tried to uninstall the setup but I got that same message, so I can't uninstall it either.
Any suggestions at all??
I'm running Windows Vista if that helps any.
Thank You
It should not be necessary to reboot the computer to complete an update.<br />
If a reboot is needed then that usually means that some (security) software is blocking files or you need elevated (UAC) permissions to make changes to files or registry keys.<br />
Run the Firefox program once as Administrator (right-click: Run as Administrator).<br />
If that doesn't solve the problem then remove the Firefox program folder to do a clean reinstall.<br />
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