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Tor Browser v 6 doesn't open at all with no error on screen or event viewer. Tried upgrading then a new install with no joy. Have had no issues running the last 7 or so versions. Ideas?

Security software in use: Microsoft Security Essentials plus Malwarebytes Pro Edition. Have uninstalled both with no joy. Additionally the last 7 or so versions of Tor Browser have worked with no problems whatsoever with same security solutions.

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  • Do you have some specific anti-virus "solution" that might be causing problems? That's a pretty common cause of this sort of behaviour. – cacahuatl Jun 6 '16 at 21:37
  • going low rent with Microsoft Security Essentials plus Malwarebytes Pro Edition. Have uninstalled both with no joy. Additionally the last 7 or so versions of Tor Browser have worked with no problems whatsoever with same security solutions – banga Jun 10 '16 at 0:09
  • Next stage is to take a look in your Windows Event Logs under Applications, see if there are any errors about Tor Browser. – cacahuatl Jun 10 '16 at 0:47
  • hey tyvm for replying. i did check the logs at the time and nothing in any of the Windows logs – banga Jun 11 '16 at 19:08
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You could go back to the previous version, which was 5.5.5 I think. Here is a link I found. There may be many others of course.

https://dist.torproject.org/torbrowser/5.5.5/

When you start it, Tor will tell you this is out of date, but you will have to ignore that until a working 6.x is available.

Good luck.

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  • dist.torproject.org/torbrowser/5.5.5 would be a much better link, straight to the torproject's website but in general "downgrade" is a bad precedent to set. in this case there were no major firefox security vulnerabilities patched between the 5.5.5 and 6.0 but normally there are. – cacahuatl Jun 6 '16 at 21:34
  • @canonizingironize Thanks for your comment. I changed the link in the above answer. – Jens Kubieziel♦ Jun 7 '16 at 7:31
  • hey thanks i did find that version and have downloaded it but really im kinda bummed and have been just using firefox with a vpn for general browsing....would really like to find out what the issue is – banga Jun 10 '16 at 0:11

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