I upgraded to firefox 4 & lost my update to firefox 3. whatever

i own a MAC 10.4.11 PowerBook G4
i've been using firefox as my main browser
today, after updating to v.3.6.(?) another firefox page opened with an offer to upgrade (for free) to v.4.
so i downloaded firefox 4 and when the icon box opened i slid the firefox icon into my app folder and selected "continue" when asked a question (i can't remember)
when i tried to restart firefox i received the following message:
"the application firefox cannot be launched
-10661 error message given

If images are missing then check that you aren't blocking images from some domains.
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Images_or_animations_do_not_load
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