Firefox crashes, can't create new profile, reinstall doesn't work, can't get to safe mode

Whenever I try to open Firefox, all it does is open the crash reporter. When I press "Restart Firefox", it just opens yet another crash reporter. I'm using a PC.
I have tried all of the following, to no avail:
1. Reboot computer
2. System restore
3. Uninstall and reinstall (done this several times)
4. Delete the Firefox installation folder
5. Try to create a new profile/use profile manager using "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -P, firefox.exe -P, and firefox.exe -profilemanager - and all this did was, again, open the crash reporter
6. Safe mode - I literally can't even open Firefox so I'm not sure how I would do this
I'm at a loss. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

We're sorry to hear that your Firefox seems to be crashing when you open it. Please perform the following steps to give us a crash report ID that helps us find out more about the cause of the crash.
#Press the following shortcut to get a Run window: [Windows] + [R]. This should bring up a window that contains a text field.
#In that text field, enter %APPDATA% and press Enter. An explorer window should open.
#From that explorer window, double-click on the ''Mozilla'' folder, then double-click on ''Firefox'' and then on ''Crash reports''. Double-click on ''submitted''.
#Now, you should see a list of files that contain reports. Go to ''View'' > ''Arrange Icons by'' > ''Modified'' to get the most recent files at the top of the window.
#Open the most recent 5 files with a text editor and copy the IDs.
#Paste each ID with '''bp-''' into the reply window on the forums.
Thanks in advance!
You can find more information and troubleshooting steps in the [[Firefox crashes]] article.

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