When I click the Firefox icon, 10 seperate instances open, how do I stop this?

When I click the Firefox icon, 10 seperate instances open

Check the Home page setting:
* [[How to set the home page]] - Firefox supports multiple home pages separated by '|' symbols
See also:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
If multiple windows open then there can be a problem with the file [http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js sessionstore.js] and sessionstore.bak in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Profile Folder]
Delete [http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js sessionstore.js] and sessionstore.bak in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Profile Folder]
If you see files sessionstore-##.js with a number in the left part of the name like sessionstore-1.js then delete those as well.
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore

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Have you tried: click Firefox button > New Tab > New Window '''''OR''''' CTRL+N '''''OR''''' File > New Window (if using the Menu Bar)
Once open, Firefox locks the Profile that is in use and you can not open another window with that Firefox version and Profile combination using the Windows Desktop icon or the Windows Programs list.

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Ok, lets do a couple of steps here first:
To make sure your windows isn't corrupted because of the power outage, let's run chkdsk.
Click on My Computer, then right click your C: Drive (if you have other hard drives, you will want to run this on them as well). Then, click Properties. Inside that window, go to the Tools tab. Inside that tab, open up the "Check Now" button. That will open a smaller window. Select the checkbox to "Automatically fix file system errors", then hit Start. You will probably receive an error asking if you want to schedule the disk check, click Yes, then restart your computer.
Read [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265] for more information.
After running the chkdsk, then please go to [http://www.getfirefox.com www.getfirefox.com], and download a fresh version of Firefox. I'm assuming you are using Internet Explorer to download Firefox. Instead of hitting Run, let's try hitting save. Remember where it saves the installer file on your computer.
After the download has finished, double-click and run the Firefox install. Once it is finished, try to start Firefox up. Let me know how it goes!

When I click the firefox icon, nothing happens. What to do?

When firefox was first installed, a short time ago, it was very fast and I was able to continue working.
Gradually the response became slower and slower, and now nothing happens when I click the icon.
What to do?

Hello,
Certain Firefox problems can be solved by performing a ''Clean reinstall''. This means you remove Firefox program files and then reinstall Firefox. Please follow these steps:
'''Note:''' You might want to print these steps or view them in another browser.
#Download the latest Desktop version of Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org and save the setup file to your computer.
#After the download finishes, close all Firefox windows (click Exit from the Firefox or File menu).
#Delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
#*'''Windows:'''
#**C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
#**C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox
#*'''Mac:''' Delete Firefox from the Applications folder.
#*'''Linux:''' If you installed Firefox with the distro-based package manager, you should use the same way to uninstall it - see [[Installing Firefox on Linux]]. If you downloaded and installed the binary package from the [http://www.mozilla.org/firefox#desktop Firefox download page], simply remove the folder ''firefox'' in your home directory.
#Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
##Double-click the downloaded installation file and go through the steps of the installation wizard.
##Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button.
Please report back to see if this helped you!
Thank you.

I want a new window to open when I click the Firefox icon on the taskbar. I don't want to have to right click, then choose "open new window". I have Windows 7.

I want to be able to open a new browser window when I click on the Firefox icon on the taskbar. I don't want to have to right click and select anything. I have windows 7.

This is a "pinned" icon? Try holding the Shift key when you click it -- that seems to work for me.

Suddenly when I click the Firefox icon I can only get something from MSN, and a Bing searchengine,so I want my Firefox back

I am sufficiently computer-ignorant that I haven't a CLUE as to what or why = Just that I went to search something on my default browser, and I get this weird MSN thing, with a "search" box that says "Bing". Can anyone tell me how to get my old setting (Firefox) back? This is a Windows 7 on an old HP laptop HELP!

Does the same page appear if you do one of these:
* Click the Home icon on the toolbar
* Open a new window using Ctrl+n
''If Yes:''
Your home page setting probably was changed. You can change it to your preferred home page again. These articles describe some different ways to do that:
* [[Startup, home page and download settings]]
* [[How to set the home page]]
''If No:''
Your Firefox shortcut on the desktop may have been hijacked. You can check that by right-clicking the shortcut > Properties > Shortcut tab. For your version of Windows, the Target line should be exactly the following, no more, no less:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
If there is anything extra after that, delete it.
Any improvement?

When I click the firefox icon a pop-up window me if want want firefox to take control of my hard drive

If I reply 'NO' Firefox does not start.
If I reply 'Yes' firefox starts as normal but In addition the 'close' tab, top right of the Firefox screen is filled with black. It works correctly if you can remembere exactly where each of the symbols is

Check that Firefox isn't set to run as Administrator.
Right-click the Firefox desktop shortcut and choose "Properties".
Make sure that all items are deselected in the "Compatibility" tab of the Properties window.
* Privilege Level: "Run this program as Administrator" should not be selected
* "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" should not be selected
Also check the Properties of the firefox.exe program in the Firefox program folder (C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\).

When i click the firefox icon i get at least twenty downloads

as per the question. i get twenty icons and then when i close i have to click on each icon to close firefox

Check the Home page setting:
* [[How to set the home page]] - Firefox supports multiple home pages separated by '|' symbols
See also:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
If multiple windows open then there can be a problem with the file [http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js sessionstore.js] and sessionstore.bak in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Profile Folder]
Delete [http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js sessionstore.js] and sessionstore.bak in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Profile Folder]
If you see files sessionstore-##.js with a number in the left part of the name like sessionstore-1.js then delete those as well.
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore

Firefox window doesn't open when you click the Firefox icon.

I have tried solving the problem with the solution you offered but it still doesn't work.
I cant find those the Virtual Browsing feature in my security software...

Hi,
You can try to access the support forum/online support of the security software. For many of the common configurations please see [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Firewalls this].
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firewalls AV/Firewalls Configuration]
You may also want to check if Firefox is executable via its icon in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Installation_directory installation directory].

When I click the Firefox icon every website times out

My home wireless network is working (and I know this because Internet Explorer will work) but every time I click Mozilla it tries to open the home page but then times out. I did install Zone Alarm but had no problems initially but wonder if this could have caused the problem?

Check the Home page setting:
* [[How to set the home page]] - Firefox supports multiple home pages separated by '|' symbols
See also:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
If multiple windows open then there can be a problem with the file [http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js sessionstore.js] and sessionstore.bak in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Profile Folder]
Delete [http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js sessionstore.js] and sessionstore.bak in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Profile Folder]
If you see files sessionstore-##.js with a number in the left part of the name like sessionstore-1.js then delete those as well.
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore

When I click the FireFox icon, nothing happens. It looks like it is starting to load but then doesn't. It appears the internet cache is not getting cleared. How do I clear this to get FireFox to execute?

When the above happens, I try to run CCleaner and it tells me I need to close FireFox before it will clean the files, but it is not running? It just shows internet cache file is there at 0kb.

More likely an extension and "AVG Safe Search" is a distinct possibility, but only if you are using AVG antivirus application from Grisoft.com
'' If you were on Firefox 4 or 5 then you can get into safe mode with the least amount of difficulty. but you're not''
* Safe Mode - MozillaZine Knowledge Base http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_Mode
* Problematic extensions - MozillaZine Knowledge Base http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions
and if you can run okay in Safe Mode then you pretty much know the problem is an extension. Clearing cache using Firefox Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Clear Now

When I click the Firefox icon, I get the XUL Runner Error: Platform version is "not compatable with miniVersion (greater than) = 1.9.2.6........

I can not get on Firefox; how to correct
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If you use ZoneAlarm Extreme Security then disable Virtualization and reinstall Firefox.
Other security software may have similar features to prevent Firefox from updating files properly.
*[[/questions/880050]]
See:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser_will_not_start_up#XULRunner_error_after_an_update

Firefox crashes as soon as I click the Firefox icon.

When I click the firefox icon, it doesn't open at all. It just pops up the crash reported. It crashes immediately when I click the icon. It won't start in safe mode either. How can I get my Firefox working again?

Create a New Profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
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IF that New Profile works then you can recover your History, Bookmarks and Passwords from the Old Profile.
* [[Recovering important data from an old profile]]
Check and tell if its working.

When I select the firefox icon to open the brower, the round cursor is flashing and jumping instead of twirling steadily like it used to. What is wrong?

I'm not sure how to tell which Firefox version I have, but it was running smoothly before. Now when I click the Firefox icon in the task bar, to open the browser, the round cursor jumps and flicks on and off. Firefox does come on, but it seems like something is wrong. What is wrong that it is doing this?

That is is always a problem when you are using multiple profiles and Firefox isn't running.
It might work if no profile is selected (i.e. marked as Default=1 in profiles.ini). 
You can use desktop shortcut that open with a specific profile (-P "profile"). 
There is also a setting in the Profile Manager (Don't ask at startup).

I have upgraded to the latest firefox v7.0.1 for windows, when i click on its icon it doesnt open up? I uninstalled it and then reinstalled it but nothing happend it still doesnt work?

I have upgraded to the latest firefox v7.0.1 for windows, when i click on its icon it doesnt open up? I uninstalled it and then reinstalled it but nothing happend it still doesnt work?

Sorry you are having problems. First of all try Fifrefox's safemode.
*[[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode]]
If that works post back for further advice.
Next step, if safe mode did not work.
First: Try a clean install, (you have had a none standard version installed previously) that involves deleting the program files. Then if necessary try troubleshooting by creating and using a clean empty Firefox profile.
See
* this recent post [/questions/940399#answer-377134]
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Clean_reinstall
Second: try a New Profile
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager#Creating_a_new_profile
* this will be an additional profile, it is still worth backing up any existing or currently working profile on a regular basis
**[[Back up and restore information in Firefox profiles]]
* Until you are absolutely confident about the repercussions I suggest
** always use an empty folder when creating a new profile
** never delete or rename profiles, just disable or remove shortcuts
** after creating a new test profile open it and check for any addons or plugins that may be have been included by default

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