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(In reply to szakyronin from comment #10)
> I admit I am a bit confused on how to execute your suggestion.
> 
I believe the Dana suggestion is will be a fast and very useful to address the source of this problem.
So, lets try to make it work in your environment. : )

> Do I extract dist.7z to the system32 folder or just anywhere? I tried to run certutil (after unpacking of course) but then I either get missing .dll errors or if I copy them, the file just closes itself.
I would suggest to not extract into system32 folder. You can create a new and separated folder anywhere.
To avoid setting environment variables, I would suggest to enter in this folder by an administrative terminal (cmd or ps) and run the certutil.exe from there.

> 
> Then I tried to use the line certutil.exe -W -d in command prompt but it comes back with "unknown arg: -w".  At any rate, I am not sure where and when I would do the pathing.

The message "unknown arg: -w" suggested you used a lower-case "w". Although Windows is case-insensitive, the certutil could be expecting a upper-case "W".
For the -d option, you should inform the absolute path for the firefox profile, like "c:\Users\<username>\appdata\..."
(In reply to szakyronin from comment #10)
> I admit I am a bit confused on how to execute your suggestion.
> 
I believe the Dana suggestion is will be a fast and very useful way to address the source of this problem.
So, lets try to make it work in your environment. : )

> Do I extract dist.7z to the system32 folder or just anywhere? I tried to run certutil (after unpacking of course) but then I either get missing .dll errors or if I copy them, the file just closes itself.
I would suggest to not extract into system32 folder. You can create a new and separated folder anywhere.
To avoid setting environment variables, I would suggest to enter in this folder by an administrative terminal (cmd or ps) and run the certutil.exe from there.

> 
> Then I tried to use the line certutil.exe -W -d in command prompt but it comes back with "unknown arg: -w".  At any rate, I am not sure where and when I would do the pathing.

The message "unknown arg: -w" suggested you used a lower-case "w". Although Windows is case-insensitive, the certutil could be expecting a upper-case "W".
For the -d option, you should inform the absolute path for the firefox profile, like "c:\Users\<username>\appdata\..."

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