Firefox will not open when i double click on the icon

i click on all my available shortcuts to open firefox and it will not open up. Before this started firefox just crashed. So i uninstalled it and installed it again and nothing.

Hello Diana.
Unfortunately, this kind of problems are the hardest to fix because they're the hardest to diagnose. For now, try reading this support article:
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+will+not+start
I hope it helps.

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