Firefox can't find itself on my computer!

Recently, every time I try to open a Firefox window, I get the error message
"Windows cannot find ‘C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe’. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search."
I have tried searching for the .exe file as suggested and found it, both by using the 'Search' option and just opening the program folder. Even using this icon to open (rather than the desktop shortcut) causes the same error message.
I have downloaded the latest version of Firefox to both my C: drive and my external F: drive, both with the same outcome.
Any ideas how I can fix this?
== User Agent ==
Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.6.30 Version/10.60

Eckhoff wrote:
Can't find pages on my computer!!! Help!!!
What do you mean by pages?
What application are you using?
When you decide to look for "pages", what steps do you do?
What error message do you get?

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