Cannot install Firefox, it disappeared from my computer for no reason.

Firefox and all other web browsers stopped working for me. I tried to re-install them but get an "application cannot be found" error when I try to run the setup.

Do a malware check with some malware scanning programs.<br />
You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.<br />
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.<br />
* http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
* http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware
* http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page
* http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy
* http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free
See also:
* "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked

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Firefox often disappears from my computer and I have to download often. I always have trouble with the download because my virus checker pops up and inhibits i

Do you have a phone support number?
Firefox often disappears from my computer and I have to redownload. I do it from your site hoping it's safe, but my Internet Explorer always blocks it at first and I have to tell it it's ok. Then my virus checker pops up and says "potential problem", and then I search all the other options for downloading and the same thing happens with all of them.
How can I be sure I'm safe when downloading Firefox and why does this happen so often? I have XP, but my husband has it also on two computers, and he never has this problem.
I have also searched to see if I can contribute to Firefox, because I think it is a GREAT browser. I just don't know where to go for information like this, and you don't seem to have a phone number.
Thank you.
Donna Randle
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Hi Standupmom, I might be considered a random person, actually.
Maybe this is the other page you remember? [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/contribute/ Get Involved: Volunteer Opportunities at Mozilla].

MUSIC DISAPPEARING FROM IPOD CLASSIC FOR NO REASON

Some of my music has disappeared from my ipod classic (160GB) for no apparent reason, ANY IDEAS WHY THIS WOULD HAPPEN?

Sometimes the database files or the files themselves become corrupted. Usually in this case, it is necessary to either resync the content via iTunes or restore the iPod to factory settings in iTunes.
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The firefox icon disappears from my computer and I can't reinstall it.

When i shut down my computer, often the firefox icon will be gone when I restart. I was just reinstalling it, but now I no longer can. Please help in terms I can understand as I am very inexperienced in computers. I got a new Macintosh in January and found it difficult to buy on ebay with Explorer. Firefox solved this problem and I want it back.

If you mean the Messages app and you're running OS X 10.7, then you had installed the now-expired beta. To get it back, you would have to upgrade to 10.8.

Firefox disappeared from my computer. New version incompatible. Want to download a version compatible with Mac OS 10.4.2 but can't find on Mozilla website. Please help.

This is not the first time that Firefox has disappeared from my computer; however, there was always a version on the mozilla site to download. I can't find one now but expect older versions are still available for download. Can you help me out?

Not unless they were saved somewhere on your computer. You can check the Time Machine if that storage has been used and wasn't reset as well.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

Cannot install Firefox. WHen I click on the link to install, it takes me to an "error loading page" notice. My network connection and internet access are normal with Internet Explorer, so this is not the issue. Some kind of conflict with my settings or pe

Cannot install Firefox. When I click on the link on the Mozilla website, it goes to an "error loading page". My network connection and Internet Explorer are fuctioning normally.
== computer was recently wiped clean and am now reinstalling all previous software and applications ==
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)

None of the stuff in " http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locked_or_damaged_places.sqlite " helps. I have tried and tried and I have even wipe the computer clean still didn't help. I got the same problem as he/she has got in the first posted. Can add some web pages but not all the web pages I want.. I should have never updated to 3.6.13... That's when it all started for me, from that version..... Now Version 3.6.14 is out, I was hoping the version 3.6.14 might would fix the problem wrong again....
Funny thing is i can not even Bookmark Firefox.com!!!!!...lol
So any ideas on how to fix it other than the link giving would help.
Thanks.

Itunes has sent a lot of my music into iCloud. I have not asked for this. I can't log on to icloud, since I only have an ipod. How do I get my music back? It seems to have disappeared from my computer.

itunes has sent a lot of my music into iCloud. I have not asked for this. I can't log on to icloud, since I only have an ipod. How do I get my music back? It seems to have disappeared from my computer.

I have read the the advice you gave, and I had already tried that. It did not help.
When I tried to download an album with nine songs, (I have paid for the complete album), two songs were missing. One of them has showed up/disappeared a couple of times, but with a cloud/arrow-symbol next to it, what I thought to be a symbol for downloading from the cloud. When I click it, it starts a downloading process, and then I am told it cannot be done, "please try again later". The other song is nowhere to be seen. The song with the cloud/arrow-symbol, I bought 3 times, once with the album, twice just the song. That didn't change matters. iTunes tells me I have downoladed all songs I have purchased.
I do not really understand why you do not understand what I am writing, I only describe what happens when I use iTunes.
If a person want to use iCloud, one needs an iPhone, iPad or an iPod Touch. That information is not given until you have downloaded and installed the iCloud program. That is why I have it on my computer, but cannot use it. To set up an iClod account, you have to connect one of the above mentioned devices. I don't have one, so I cannot do it.
If you want the (13013) problem explained, I suggest you google it. I am not the only one to have that problem.
I am thankful that you spend time on trying to help me, but I cannot explain things clearer than this.

My networked Officejet 8500 disappears from my computer

My officejet pro 8500 wireless disappears from my computer running windows 7 64 bit every time i reboot the computer, forcing me to "add a device" in order to reinstall. I've tried to run the utilty that supposedly addresses this issue: "CPE_SLP_NETWORKMSI_HPCOM_000_006.exe" only to receive an error message: "This update does not support any of the HP device drivers that you have on your PC."
I've checked to confirm that I'm using the latest device drive V 14 that I downloaded from the support site.

I just received this computer the last few days and am having the worst install and maintain problems I've ever had so looking for help. I can successfully install but eventually the printer goes to sleep and drops off my network and the driver cannot wake up the printer for a print command. It always loses connectivity.
My setup is a Windows 7 x64 computer (Ultimate) wired network into switch and then router.
The HP Officejet Pro 8600 911a is connected via the wireless access point of the (G) router using WPA2 security enabled. The printer maintains network connectivity and internet access.
The software from the original disk is installed on the computer. I can print via eprint email, but I lose connectivity to print, scan at my pc. I have tried the website downloads as well. I finally restored the printer to factory settings, but that only deleted my email I had set up and passcode for eprintcenter, so that was a problem and didn't help the issue of being able to wake up the printer and access it over the network.
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Another problem is that the photos will only print in the 5 x 7 size on an 8.5 x 11 paper. I don't know why a full page photo won't print. But that is the least of my problems at this point.
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Mac Mini - Cannot install Mac OS X on this computer

I have recieved a Mac Mini from a family member as a gift - I believe it's an old 2010 model or so running 2.66 GHz, 4 GB RAM and 1TB (2 500gb) HDD.
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My itunes has disappeared from my computer

my itunes has disappeared from my computer, ive checked the location where the program is stored and its gone. i tried to re-install itunes but it will not open. ive checked my firewall, and have restarted the computer a few times and still no luck. any ideas? thanks

It is also possible that iTunes is already running, but something is messed up (and it won't let you run it twice). Open up the Task Manager (cntrl-alt-del) and see if the iTunes process is listed. If it is, right click it and kill it. Then try to lauch iTunes again.
Or - you could reboot.

Does anybody know if the ipad air 1 is using yosemite or something different? I don't know what type of safari i should install because it disappeared from the ipad. Thanks!

Does anybody know if the ipad air 1 is using yosemite or something different? I don't know what type of safari i should install because it disappeared from the ipad. Thanks!

YYosemite is a Mac OS and it doesn't run on an iPad. You cannot delete or install Safari on the iPad. It is on your device somewhere.
Swipe from screen to screen to look for it.
Check Settings>General>Restrictions and make sure that you didn't disable it.
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HT203175 My own group of selected playlists has disappeared from my computer screen

My own group of selected playlists has disappeared from my computer screen. Therefore I cannot add tunes to them and am scared to synchronise the ipod in case they disappear from there. Can anyone help a computer illiterate.

Empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash
Hopefully it's not been too long since you last upgraded iTunes, in fact if you get an empty/incomplete library immediately after upgrading then with the following steps you shouldn't lose a thing or need to do any further housekeeping. Note that in iTunes 11 an "empty" library may show your past purchases with links to stream or download them.
In the Previous iTunes Libraries folder should be a number of dated iTunes Library files. Take the most recent of these and copy it into the iTunes folder. Rename iTunes Library.itl as iTunes Library (Corrupt).itl and then rename the restored file as iTunes Library.itl. Start iTunes. Should all be good, bar any recent additions to or deletions from your library.
Alternatively, depending on exactly when and why the library went missing, there may be a more recent .tmp file in the main iTunes folder that can be renamed as iTunes Library.itl to restore the library to a recent state.
See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
When you get it all working make a backup!
Should you be in the unfortunate position where you are no longer able to access your original library, or a backup of it, then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
I've noticed more of these missing library posts of late and a common factor to most since I started asking is AVG Anti-Virus. It seems in some cases it might be at least part of the reason why the library file disappears. Try excluding the iTunes folder from any AV scanning process.
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Ical program has disappeared from my computer. The cache still has my info but there is no program to display it. Can still see it on my touch. How do I recover it or where can i re download?

ical program has disappeared from my computer. The cache still has my info but there is no program to display it. Can still see it on my touch. How do I recover it or where can i re download?

Mark,
To reinstall iCal:
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2. The disk will appear on the desktop.
3. Double click on the "Optional Installs" folder.
4. Double click on the "Optional Installs.mpkg."
5. Click on (Continue) in Introduction.
6. Click on (Continue) in Software License Agreement.
7. Click on (Agree) to agree to the terms of the software license agreement.
8. Click on the disclosure arrow ▶ next to Applications.
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10. Click (Continue).
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Alright, so when I connect my nano (version 1.1.3) to my computer, it does all the normal stuff; open up iTunes, show up in My Computer, start auto-syncing. But after it's done syncing, it disappears from My Computer and an error comes up (see below). The iPod, however, still appears in iTunes, the Device Manager, AND the Safely Remove Hardware window(even though I can't do anything with the iPod cuz the computer won't recognize it's there).
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okay. so it doesn't look like the problem arises from the underlying Windows-to-drive connection, but rather something to do with the way that the "ipod-ish" software/settings/etc are behaving on the PC.
my thought here is that we should try a restore of the ipod. that's because preferences like "enable disk use" or "manually manage music" are stored (at least partially) on the ipod itself. a restore should clean those off the ipod and replace them with fresh default settings.
it would be best to reenable iTunesHelper and the iPod Service (in MSCONFIG) prior to doing the restore (otherwise, we may not be able to get itunes to recognise it as an ipod to do the restore.)
do you still get the same odd behavior with the ipod on syncing after the restore?

Cannot open nor remove quicktime from my computer

Cannot open nor remove Quicktime from my computer.
Quicxktime is installed but when I try to open a mp3 file using quicktime my Windows installer tells me that Quicktime cannot be found.

Windows installer tells me that Quicktime cannot be found.
Is that the QuickTime.msi that can't be found, robert?
If so, unfortunately, this sort of trouble has gotten more complicated to deal with ever since Microsoft pulled the Windows Installer CleanUp utility from their Download Center on June 25. First we have to find a copy of the utility.
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