Firefox won't launch 90% of the time even though Internet Explorer does all the time

Why doesn' Firefox launch? It's my default browser. Internet Explorer always launches when asked.

One of your add-ons might be the culprit. Try running Firefox in [[Safe Mode]]. If that solves the problem, see [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]] and possibly [[Troubleshooting plugins]]
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If that does not solve the problem, [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles#Creating_a_profile|create a new profile] Then, Recover your data from the old profile. See http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
Also see [[Firefox will not Start]]

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Why is it that even though I've deleted all the songs on my ipod, the songs still show up in gray letters in spite on not being able to hear them.

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When you say 'Sync' do you mean to the cloud?
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I can't access the internet with Firefox on my computer (Windows 7 PC). I have used Firefox as my browser for 1 year but 5 days ago it stopped working even though Internet Explorer worked fine. I can't solve the problem and need some help.Randy Brown

September 26, 2011
Dear Mozilla,
I am having some difficulty accessing the internet with Firefox on one of my PC computers. I normally use Mozilla Firefox as my web browser and google is my homepage and gmail is my email system. The operating system is Windows 7. For over a year this system worked perfectly but a few days ago it stopped working. When I launch Firefox now I get the message that that website (www.google.com) is unavailable. In fact, I can’t access any website and I am blocked from the internet entirely within Firefox. My internet connection is fine because Internet Explorer works fine. I can access google and any other website within that web browser. I have investigated all the security issue I can manage and found no smoking gun. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox to no avail. Is Windows 7 compromising the effectiveness of Firefox? Any suggestions or other assistance you can offer would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Randy Brown
[email protected]

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That's the way the Homepage button works in Firefox, it reloads one tabbed homepage and opens all the rest of your homepages in new Tabs, appending the Tabs that are already open.
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See [[Server not found]] and [[Firewalls]] and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firewalls
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Testing_pre-release_versions
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_new_Firefox_profile_on_Windows
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_multiple_profiles_-_Firefox

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Open Task Manager, is firefox.exe listed as a running process on the Processes tab? If so, try closing it and restarting the browser...

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