Solve : Can't remove Firefox?

1.	Solve : Can't remove Firefox?
Answer» After a few weeks of using Mozilla Firefox, I got a message that I needed to reinstall the program because setup.exe file was corrupted. When I tried to reinstall it, I kept getting the same message, not allowing me to reinstall the program. I tried deleting Mozilla Firefox. I went to "Add/Remove Programs" and clicked "remove" for Mozilla. Nothing happened. I kept clicking the button and nothing happened. I tried deleting all Firefox files, but it says I can't delete the folder because it isn't empty. But it also won't let me delete it because the file(s) in the folder are corrupted and unreadable. This is keeping me from PROPERLY using certain programs, such as SKYPE. Please help!!Quote This is keeping me from properly using certain programs, such as SKYPE. Please help!! Can you elaborate? Try reinstalling Firefox, then uninstalling it.SKYPE won't RUN properly because it says that it is trying to access Firefox but that file is corrupted. I cannot uninstall or reinstall it. It keeps telling me the setup.exe file is corrupted when I try reinstalling it, and nothing happens when I click the "Remove" button to uninstall it.Go Start>Run, type in: sfc /scannow Click OK. Have Windows CD handy. If System File Checker (sfc) will find any errors, it'll ask you for the CD. If sfc won't find any errors, it'll simply quit, without any message.Re-install it and then un-install it.... This time use the Mozilla UNINSTALLER.What is the "Mozilla Uninstaller"? I've already mentioned that I can neither install, uninstall or reinstall Mozilla Firefox. I can't open it, remove it, delete it, or anything. It has to be something deeper than that, some way to access a more advanced MODE of removing programs.Go here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_Firefox Since you can't use Add\Remove to uninstall Firefox, follow all steps from On Windows paragraph, starting at: ...continue on with the rest of the uninstall instructions. Restart COMPUTER, and try to install Firefox again.

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After a few weeks of using Mozilla Firefox, I got a message that I needed to reinstall the program because setup.exe file was corrupted. When I tried to reinstall it, I kept getting the same message, not allowing me to reinstall the program.

I tried deleting Mozilla Firefox. I went to "Add/Remove Programs" and clicked "remove" for Mozilla. Nothing happened. I kept clicking the button and nothing happened. I tried deleting all Firefox files, but it says I can't delete the folder because it isn't empty. But it also won't let me delete it because the file(s) in the folder are corrupted and unreadable.

This is keeping me from PROPERLY using certain programs, such as SKYPE. Please help!!Quote

This is keeping me from properly using certain programs, such as SKYPE. Please help!!

Can you elaborate?

Try reinstalling Firefox, then uninstalling it.SKYPE won't RUN properly because it says that it is trying to access Firefox but that file is corrupted.

I cannot uninstall or reinstall it. It keeps telling me the setup.exe file is corrupted when I try reinstalling it, and nothing happens when I click the "Remove" button to uninstall it.Go Start>Run, type in:
sfc /scannow
Click OK.
Have Windows CD handy.
If System File Checker (sfc) will find any errors, it'll ask you for the CD.
If sfc won't find any errors, it'll simply quit, without any message.Re-install it and then un-install it....
This time use the Mozilla UNINSTALLER.What is the "Mozilla Uninstaller"? I've already mentioned that I can neither install, uninstall or reinstall Mozilla Firefox. I can't open it, remove it, delete it, or anything. It has to be something deeper than that, some way to access a more advanced MODE of removing programs.Go here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_Firefox
Since you can't use Add\Remove to uninstall Firefox, follow all steps from On Windows paragraph, starting at:
...continue on with the rest of the uninstall instructions.
Restart COMPUTER, and try to install Firefox again.

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