Firefox opens up but will not open ANY links or websites

Basically fire fox will open to the homepage and that's it. If I type in the search bar or link/navigation bar and hit enter, nothing will happen. Clicking on a bookmark or a link from the history will not do anything. FIrefox simply will not respond. Using another browser gets working results, so my internet isn't the problem.
I went back to firefox 3 to get things working again. I Tried to re-install firefox 18 again and everything installs correctly but NOTHING works.
So any help would be appreciated.

I have this problem as well, so far I have reset firefox, updated, reset again, restored my computer to an earlier date, lost all my bookmarks, retrieved them thanks to a backup, reset again, and even saw somewhere to delete the places.sqlite files so I did and restarted firefox. Basically nothing has fixed firefox. I really need my firefox to work as it is used in a shop to order parts and stuff and all the usernames for various sites are saved in firefox, without which I have to call around to numerous parts stores to get my usernames and passwords reset so I can access the sites from chrome. I really dont want to as I like firefox. Any help at all?

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re 'Link in Mozilla Thunderbird will take me readily to website. Website shows additional links to on line video lessons. These lesson links do not show up. They show up on my other computer.'
you have said that the link opens ok from Thunderbird.
This is a forum for issues with the Thunderbird email client and your issue is not a Thunderbird issue.
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If you are talking about Firefox then suggest you try the Firefox help forum.
From the Firefox browser, click on Help > Firefox help
Follow the links, you will get to this page:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/new/desktop/websites
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*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
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*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting#w_8-make-a-new-profile
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