I can't copy and paste. Try to follow instructions to fix, but get stuck.

How do I fix this? I tried to follow the instructions, but when I get to the part of copying the lines of text they give me, I , of course, can't. Help please. Unprivileged scripts cannot access Cut/Copy/Paste programatically for security reasons. Click OK to see a technical note at mozilla.org which shows you how to allow a script to access the clipboard.

You should be able to select text on any page and copy using Ctrl+c or right-click Copy or using the Edit menu. If you get that permission error even on this site, then I suspect you have an add-on that is intercepting these normal functions.
To diagnose add-on issues, you have a couple of different options.
First, make a backup of your computer for safekeeping. To back up Firefox, see [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Backing+up+your+information Backing up your information].
Next, try starting Firefox in Firefox
[http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode Safe Mode]. Be careful not to "reset" anything permanently if you didn't back up.
Does that fix it? If not, try creating a new (blank) profile: [http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles Managing profiles].
If the new profile works correctly, you can go back and selectively enable/disable add-ons, or move key settings like bookmarks from your damaged profile to the new profile. For that, see: [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile Recovering important data from an old profile].
Oh, and be very cautious giving sites permission to copy the clipboard in prefs.js: you may have placed sensitive information on the clipboard that you don't want other sites to access.

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