Getting Firefox installed on your computer is your first step to using it. This article will show you how to install Firefox.
Before you install Firefox, make sure that your computer meets the System Requirements needed to work properly.
Visit the Firefox download page in any browser (e.g. Microsoft Internet Explorer). It will automatically detect the platform and language on your computer and recommend the best edition(s) of Firefox for you. If you want to download another edition of Firefox, click on "Other Systems and Languages" to see a list of all the others available.
Download the setup file to anywhere on your computer. It is recommended that you exit all your other running programs. Double click the file to start the Firefox install wizard.
You will be greeted with a welcome screen. Click to continue.
Read the License Agreement terms. If you agree to the terms of the agreement, select the option "I accept the terms in the License Agreement" then click to go to the next step of setup. If you do not accept, you cannot continue with the setup wizard and Firefox will not be installed.
You will probably want the Standard setup type. This will install Firefox with the most common configuration that will work for most users. Click .
At this point, the setup (copying of files to your computer) will start. It can take a few minutes.
Once the copying of files is complete you can close the setup wizard by clicking . If the "Launch Mozilla Firefox now" checkbox is checked, Firefox will start for the first time immediately after you click .
When you first start up Firefox, it will not be your default browser and you’ll be told about that. That means that when you open a link in your mail application, an Internet shortcut, or HTML document, it will not open in Firefox. If you want Firefox to do the above, click to set it as your default browser. If not or you are just trying out Firefox, click .
Congratulations, you are done installing Firefox!
June 10th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Hi Kiran.
Nice blog.
But I am sorry, but for me at least, this tutorial is so obvious.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:28 am
Thanks for taking the time to do this, it’s this “EASY” stuff that often hangs up non-technical PC newbies- just what I needed to help such a coworker improve his PC at home… since I can’t be there to show him, just printed this out.