Firefox won't open up when i click on the icon.

when I click on the firefox icon, the little blue thing spins for a couple of seconds and then stops and nothing else happens.

Mozilla Crash Reporter
If you get the "Mozilla Crash Reporter" window when you start Firefox, see Firefox crashes - Troubleshoot, prevent and get help fixing crashes for solutions.
Firefox is already running but is not responding
See "Firefox is already running but is not responding" error message - How to fix it for solutions.
Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible
See How to run Firefox when your profile is missing or inaccessible for solutions.
XULRunner - Error
If you see the message, "XULRunner - Error: Platform version <x.x.x.x> is not compatible with minVersion <x.x.x.x>"" ("<x.x.x.x>" depends on version number), after a software update, use another browser to download the Firefox installer from mozilla.org/firefox, save it to the desktop or other location, delete the Firefox installation directory and then reinstall Firefox.
If Firefox still does not start, see the Firefox will not start after updating section below.
Error opening file for writing…
If you receive the above error when launching Firefox on a Windows system, you may be required by Firefox to log in as an administrator. You can either reboot the computer or, if you have an administrator account, you can execute the program as an administrator.
Find the firefox.exe program file in the Firefox application folder on your system.
Right-click the icon.
Select Run As Administrator…. Select The following user:. From the User name drop-down, select Administrator or another user that has administrator privileges. Enter the password required to log in to this account. Click OK.
The Firefox application is started using the administrator Windows account. The user that was used to log in to Windows at startup is still the active one.
Other error messages
If you get another error message (e.g. "XML Parsing Error: undefined entity Location", "Secure Connection Failed … uses an invalid security certificate"), see Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems.

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