Firefox won't open, and doesn't show up in the task manager.

I have clicked on all the icons available, but none will open the browser.
I do not get an error message.
It does not show up on th task manager.
I have restarted my computer several times but no result.

Well we thought it may be something to do with the way FCP writes all the Sequences that it may have something to do with it, but we have hours and hours of tape that we are editing and we need to work on small sections at a time and we are testing different flows of the edits and save as needs to be used. If FCP can’t handle save as, why do they put it in the program? We are pushing for an hour of video and we are now ready to give up on the HD and just convert it to DV, because of FCP 5.1.4 crashing or just being slow on the G5. The DV stuff is quick and it may be best for us anyway. This thing needs to look rough.
I started with FCP4 and my partner had experience with FCP2 and then we both are now using 5.1.4 and it is doing strange things and he said he was use to doing commercials on FCP2 on a laptop and it was easy…they have so many options and settings it’s no where near the same as FCP2, but we will learn what we need. I know some of it is a learning curve on our end, but as we upgraded our programs the last time, all Apple sent was disk and the only manuals I have are 4.5. and I need info on how best to go from FCP 5.1.4 to compressor then to DVD Studio Pro 4 so we can see how our edits look on DVD. The help menu is not the best I’ve seen and that’s why I am looking to the group.
Thanks,
Mark

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