Firefox simply will not open today - and it's not running already!

All the questions and answers on Firefox not running assume it's actually running in the background. Today, it just won't open. And it's not running (CNTRL-ALT-DEL no Firefox process).

Poor program support, if I've ever seen it. All this forum is is an agglomeration of peoples questions - there are no answers. I had a new updated PC, got bad advice on the web on how to install my old profile (bookmarks, etc.) with the new Firefox...don't know whee I got the article, but anyway it didn't work and I lost my original profile. Firefox would neither open (says it was already open...I needed to close it first) but I was unable to close it. Anyway, multiple searches and requests and they just got glomped up with others with same or similar issues. NO ANSWERS! I finally just unistalled - manually - and will not again use or recommend mozilla programs to others.

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