Unable to install upgrade. Deleted Firefox from my system. Attempted to re-install but unable to do so. Help!

Had Firefox since '06...Upgraded when requested, but last upgrade would not update. I deleted firefox from my system & attempted to re-install. Would not re-load on my main system. I do have Firefox on my laptop computer and it is doing OK. My main desktop system is where I am having my problem. Have went into my system to locate any other fiirefox files to delete as I thought this may have hindered reinstalling but to no avail. Any solutions or should I just continue with IE & Chrome and substitute Bing instead?

Before making further changes, you probably want to make a backup of your profile folder. See [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Backing+up+your+information Backing up your information]. (You can copy your entire Firefox profile folder somewhere outside of the Mozilla folder.)
If you try to ''uninstall'' Firefox using the Windows control panel (where it is listed in Programs/Features or Add/Remove Programs as Mozilla Firefox), does that work?
To make sure no Firefox components are running in the background, you might want to restart Windows.
Also, make sure you get the new installer from the source at http://www.mozilla.org/
Finally, I always suggest downloading and saving the installation file to disk before running it so that you have it available for reference in case you need it.

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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:53:27 -0700
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Subject: Installing upgrade on new computer if prior edition is not installed
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