Firefox will not launch I tried the things in article on error I received (which I no longer get, even after re-boot) and nothing. I tried uninstall/re-install - nothing HELP

At one point I did get the error msg that it was already running, I tried the fixes in the article on that error and still nothing. I do see it create the parent.lock file (file size is 0) but I get no further. This started yesterday (Jan 3)possibly after an update. At one point it did finally launch but not since. Worst is, it is set as my default browser, so now I can't launch anything from my email.

If there are problems with importing the IE Favorites in Firefox then export the favorites in IE to an HTML file and import that file in the Firefox Bookmarks Manager.
If you do not have the menu bar in IE then right-click the toolbar at the top to enable the Menu Bar.
*Export the favorites in IE to an HTML file (bookmarks.html):<br>File > Import and Export
*Import the HTML file in Firefox:<br>Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks > Import & Backup > Import Bookmarks from HTML
See "Import from another browser" and "Import from file":
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_bookmarks

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