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I get pop-up that says, "I do not have permission to follow that path"

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I could not open Firefox because I kept getting a pop-up that said "Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may7 not have the appropriate permission to access the item."

I then uninstalled Firefox and tried to reinstall it. It was downloaded, but when I hit "run", the same message popped up.

I could not open Firefox because I kept getting a pop-up that said "Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may7 not have the appropriate permission to access the item." I then uninstalled Firefox and tried to reinstall it. It was downloaded, but when I hit "run", the same message popped up.

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It is possible that security software (anti-virus, firewall) is causing the problem. Try to disable security software temporarily to see if that makes a difference.

Do a clean reinstall of the current Firefox release and delete the Firefox program folder before installing a fresh copy of the current Firefox release.

If possible uninstall your current Firefox version to cleanup the Windows Registry and settings in security software.

  • do NOT remove "personal data" when you uninstall the current Firefox version, because this will remove all profile folders and you lose personal data like bookmarks and passwords including data in profiles created by other Firefox versions

Remove the Firefox program folder before installing that newly downloaded copy of the Firefox installer.

  • (64 bit Firefox) "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\"
  • (32 bit Firefox) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\"

Your personal data like bookmarks is stored in the Firefox profile folder, so you won't lose personal data when you uninstall and reinstall or update Firefox, but make sure NOT to remove personal data when you uninstall Firefox as that will remove all Firefox profile folders and you lose your personal data.