Firefox 4 is being used and can't be uninstalled and will not open in XP

Firefox 4 will not start when I click on the icon on the desk top, I was going to uninstall it and start again, but the uninstall says that Firefox is being used, it does not show up in the task manager though. This is in Windows XP. Is there a problem with some windows extension in internet explorer?

I was able to work the problem out by logging in as administrator. When the download was finished and extracted, a choice was offered to save rather than run. So I saved it on the desktop, and then right clicked on the icon, and selected "run as administrator". It then ran and installed with no problem.

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