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I get a dialog box everytine I use firefox saying Mozilla wants to change my hard drive?

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My firefox is up to date. Every time I enter firefox, a window pops up saying Mozilla wants to make a change to my hard drive. I say Yes. The box goes away. It pops up next time. How do I stop it?? Tom

My firefox is up to date. Every time I enter firefox, a window pops up saying Mozilla wants to make a change to my hard drive. I say Yes. The box goes away. It pops up next time. How do I stop it?? Tom

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Check that you do not run Firefox 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 directory.

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You know which buttons not to push. Problem SOLVED. After I unchecked the "Run this program...", box. I am fixed. Thank you. Tom