Firefox doesn't always open when I click the icon

I am running Windows 7, and was running Firefox 6. I just upgraded to 8. Regardless of the version of Firefox, however, there are times when I click the Firefox icon to start it (or try to open from a program list), yet a window doesn't open.
Judging by the task manager, it's actually running - there is just no visible window. Sometimes I can get it to start by "opening" it and ending the process in the task manager a few times, but sometimes I have to completely restart my computer to get Firefox to actually open.

Try to close Firefox via "File > Exit" if you are currently doing that by clicking the close X on the title bar.
See also "Hang at exit":
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+hangs

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I am not sure why your Firefox stopped working all of a sudden. I would recommend uninstalling and then re-installing Firefox.
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Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
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Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to see if the firefox.exe process is running. If it is, terminate it and try to run Firefox again.
If that doesn't help, try running Firefox in safe mode. If it works like that, maybe it'll work again in normal mode.

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a) I don't have DMG either in applications but I have '''Document''' instead.
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https://support.cdn.mozilla.net/media/uploads/images/2014-07-24-03-56-33-60e1a9.png
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== This happened ==
Not sure how often
== tried to click icon

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Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to see if the firefox.exe process is running. If it is, terminate it and try to run Firefox again.
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A week ago firefox began taking a long time to launch sometimes requireing reclicking the icon.
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Server+not+found
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firewalls
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