Firefox Window will not open/pop up, I only get a load/hourglass icon

Firefox window will not open (at all) I simply get a load signal and then it stops.
I have attempted a reinstall and it did not solve it (downloaded a torrent)
Other programs work, I have msn so internet works as well
I've tried restarts and resets of modem as well as tried using in safe mode and did a virous scan, as well I turned off my firewall to see if it was for some reason blocking the program, same results... consitering doing a computer wipe :(
Just got internet explorer to run (without add ons) it was not work before as well (but at least the window popped up, it was just having a "not responding"
any suggestions?
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== about 3 days ago, I have not done anything out of the ordanary ==
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; OfficeLiveConnector.1.5; OfficeLivePatch.1.3; .NET4.0C)

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