Did you recently uninstall an application that was using Visual C+ runtime components?

You can check for issues caused by a corrupted or incomplete Visual C++ installation that is missing runtime components (Redistributable Packages) required by Firefox, especially VCRUNTIME140_1.dll.

See "Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022":

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist
• https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe
• https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe

You may also have to install the Visual Studio 2013 Redistributable Package. You need to reboot the computer.

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-and-diagnose-firefox-problems

Did you recently uninstall an application that was using Visual C+ runtime components? You can check for issues caused by a corrupted or incomplete Visual C++ installation that is missing runtime components (Redistributable Packages) required by Firefox, especially VCRUNTIME140_1.dll. See "Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022":

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist
• https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe
• https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe

You may also have to install the Visual Studio 2013 Redistributable Package. You need to reboot the computer.

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• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-and-diagnose-firefox-problems

I haven't uninstalled anything recently, but I'll give it a try

The first thing didn't work, how do I get my hands on the 2013 version?

I guess I should note that my laptop didn't shut down correctly last time firefox was functioning. It might have something to do with that

You can create a new profile as a quick test to see if your current profile is causing the problem.

See "Creating a profile":

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles

If the new profile works, you can transfer files from a previously used profile to the new profile, but be cautious not to copy corrupted files to avoid carrying over problems.

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile

You can 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.

• download the Firefox installer and save the file to the desktop
  *https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-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 personal 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\"

• it is important to delete the Firefox program folder to remove all the files and make sure there are no problems with files that were leftover after uninstalling

Your personal data like bookmarks is stored in the Firefox profile folder, so you won't lose personal data when you 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.

If you keep having problems, you can create a new profile as a quick test to see if your current profile is causing the problem.

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data
• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

Reinstall Firefox

• https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-and-diagnose-firefox-problems