Have you recently installed the Mozilla Firefox web browser on your Windows 11 PC and now want to use it to browse the web? Would you like to know all the ways out there to launch the Firefox browser? If yes, you are at the right place.
Windows 11 offers several ways to launch installed apps. There are close to a dozen ways to open a program in Windows.
The following are the ten easy ways to launch the Firefox browser in Windows 11.
Method 1 of 10
Open the Firefox browser from the search in Windows 11
Step 1: In the taskbar search box, type Firefox and then hit the Enter key to launch the Firefox browser.
Method 2 of 10
Launch Firefox from the Start menu search in Windows 11
Step 1: Press the Windows logo key on the keyboard or click the Windows logo icon on the taskbar to open the Start menu.
Step 2: In the search box, type Firefox and then press the Enter key to open the Firefox browser.
Method 3 of 10
Run Firefox browser from the taskbar in Windows 11
Step 1: Launch the Firefox browser using search or any other method.
Step 2: Once launched, right-click its taskbar icon and then click the Pin to taskbar option to add Firefox to the taskbar. Note that Firefox’s icon will continue to appear in the taskbar even after you close it.
Step 3: You may close the Firefox browser now.
Step 4: From now on, you may click the Firefox icon in the taskbar to launch it.
Method 4 of 10
Use the Run command prompt to open the Firefox browser in Windows 11
Step 1: Right-click the Windows logo icon in the taskbar and then click Run to open the Run command dialog.
Step 2: Here, type Firefox.exe and then press the Enter key to open it.
Method 5 of 10
Another way to open the Firefox browser from the Start menu in Windows 11
Step 1: Open the Start menu.
Step 2: Check the ‘Pinned’ apps list and ‘All’ section for Firefox’s entry. Click the Firefox entry to launch it.
Method 6 of 10
Use Task Manager to open the Firefox browser in Windows 11
Step 1: Perform a right click on an empty spot on the taskbar and then click Task Manager to open the Task Manager window.
Step 2: Here, click the Run a new task button.
Step 3: Type Firefox.exe and then press the Enter key to run the Firefox browser.
Method 7 of 10
Launch Firefox browser from the File Explorer address bar in Windows 11
This is one of the lesser-known methods, and you might find it handy when you need to launch the Firefox browser without closing or minimizing the currently open File Explorer window.
Step 1: In the File Explorer address bar (any folder, Home, or This PC), type Firefox.exe and then press the Enter key to launch the Firefox browser.
Method 8 of 10
Another way to launch the Firefox browser from File Explorer in Windows 11
Step 1: Open This PC in File Explorer.
Step 2: Double-click the drive where Windows 11 is installed.
Step 3: Double-click the Program Files and then the Mozilla Firefox folder.
Step 4: Finally, locate the Firefox(.exe) file and then double-click on it to launch the Firefox browser.
Method 9 of 10
Use a desktop shortcut to launch the Firefox browser in Windows 11
Step 1: The first step is to create a shortcut of the Firefox program on the desktop. Refer to our how to add Firefox shortcut to desktop guide for directions.
Step 2: Once the Firefox shortcut is added to the desktop, you can double-click it to run Firefox.
Method 10 of 10
Open Mozilla Firefox from the Command Prompt in Windows 11
Step 1: Use the search to launch Command Prompt.
Step 2: At the Command Prompt, type start firefox.exe and then hit the Enter key to open the Firefox browser.
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