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can't install firefox

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When I try to re-install Firefox I get a " -202access_denied " error message.
When I try delete a previous version I get a " nsextension manager js:data error (cyclic redundancy check) " error message.
Any ideas?
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Post by Jimbob0i0 »

operating system version?
firefox version?
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XP Home
1.5
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Post by Jimbob0i0 »

are you logge din as an administrative user or a regular user?

is the erorr when you try to remove it via add/remove programs?
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regular user
no, it's the folder in program files; firefox is not listed in add/remove progs.
I have deleted the folder which was in application data
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You must be an admin to install Firefox.
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Start menu> run> type chkdsk and press enter.
This will scan for errors and fix them.

Did you use the installer to install firefox or did you use a zip build?
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Oh dear; chkdsk starts by saying "F parameter not specified, running chkdsk in read-only mode". It is then reporting thousands of file record segments as unreadable. It has also deleted a couple of corrupt file record segments. This looks serious. Help!
(I used the installer to install firefox)
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Go into my computer, right click on your main drive, probably c:, go to properties, then the tools tab and click on "check now" click both checkboxes and start the disk check, it will probably tell you it needs to restart before working so restart.
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Post by Alice »

More information on chkdsk here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265
How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP

Getting back to your " -202access_denied " error, Make sure you are installing Firefox as a user with administrative privileges as was mentioned earlier.

If you still get the error, make sure the installation directory (for example, C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox) is empty and that the install path is valid if you are doing a custom install.

P.S. A quick forum search on your error came up with:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=1987423
1.5 Installation Problem

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=250893
install error -202 access denied

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=228579
FF 1.01 install: cross-platform com error

In the above cases removing the Program Files\Mozilla Firefox folder before installing did the trick.
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