Sir my firefox is mot starting.. whin i check in task manager processes it is running in background....please tell me what i do .......

when i double click on icon it will not open......
when i check in task manager processes it will be seen .....
what i do..... i have many passwords stored in firefox..... what i do please tell me ....

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.
Remove all rules for Firefox and the plugin-container from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Server+not+found
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firewalls

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