How do I get Firefox to work I have Internet Explorer 9

Internet Explorer is unable to bring up Firefox support. When I load, from an icon on my desktop, Firefox & Google pops up, but there is no Google e-mail > Really, there isn't anything else on the screen that I'm used to seeing, for example: my favorites, the Google bar is missing, recent contacts. I don't know how to use your Firefox > I am a writer and depend I on the computer to get the job done. > I would like to get rid of Internet Explorer all together - it constantly quits and then restarts - over and over.
I need all of the gadgets that are on Google to operate.

Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
*Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
Do a malware check with several malware scanning programs on the Windows computer.
Please scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.
All these programs have free versions.
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.
*Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:<br>http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
*AdwCleaner:<br>http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/<br>http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/AdwCleaner.shtml
*SuperAntispyware:<br>http://www.superantispyware.com/
*Microsoft Safety Scanner:<br>http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx
*Windows Defender:<br>http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-defender
*Spybot Search & Destroy:<br>http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
*Kasperky Free Security Scan:<br>http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan
You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.
*Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller:<br>http://support.kaspersky.com/5350?el=88446
See also:
*"Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware

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Just open IE, Firefox doesn't block it from working. You can even have both browsers open at the same time, if you want to.

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http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problems_printing_web_pages#Reset_printer

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see: [[Fix problems connecting to websites after updating Firefox|Fix problems connecting to websites after updating Firefox]]
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https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Server+not+found
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I am unable to get Firefox to work. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program and created a new profile to no avail. When I open Firefox and type in a website address or attempt to complete a search, nothing happens. When entering a website, it just disappears, Please help!

A possible cause is security software (firewall,anti-virus) that blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Server+not+found
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You have to buy the EndNote application. http://www.endnote.com/
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== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== it's been over a year

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Hi Jon Fritz ii
Thank you for your reply.
Well, ie9beta is what it says on the tin - just came with Windows 7. As I never use ie for my browsing so I have never bothered with it, until now, when, like all Microsoft stuff it starts off pear shaped and just keeps getting worse ! .. :-)
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http://www.cityhealing.com.
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http://www.cityhealing.com/html-site/home/homePage.htm
The link for the video clip pages are not live to the public but they are:
http://www.cityhealing.com/html-site/treatments/ac/acupVideo2.htm
and
http://www.cityhealing.com/html-site/information/testimonials/testimonialVideo1.htm
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<html lang="en">
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
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<style type="text/css">
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== User Agent ==
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US) AppleWebKit/533.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/5.0.375.125 Safari/533.4

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Hopefully this support article is what you need:
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+will+not+start
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*Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
Do a malware check with several malware scanning programs on the Windows computer.
Please scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.
All these programs have free versions.
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.
*Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:<br>http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
*AdwCleaner:<br>http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/<br>http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/AdwCleaner.shtml
*SuperAntispyware:<br>http://www.superantispyware.com/
*Microsoft Safety Scanner:<br>http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx
*Windows Defender:<br>http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-defender
*Spybot Search & Destroy:<br>http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
*Kasperky Free Security Scan:<br>http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan
You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.
*Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller:<br>http://support.kaspersky.com/5350?el=88446
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*"Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked
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