Tor Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for researchers, developers, and users of Tor. It only takes a minute to sign up. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. How can I start the Tor Browser? Users who report this message have a Webroot product installed.
This software blocks several DLL files. After Webroot was uninstalled Tor Browser worked without any problems on those users. In a comment to the release notes of TBB 3. Answer 2: this same issue came up much more recently, with users running "Windows 10 preview build ". See Tor ticket for details. Moving to a newer version of Windows 10 preview will resolve the problem.
I had this same problem. At first I thought I had to delete Chrome or Firefox, but that was not the problem. The problem was that my webroot security software was preventing tor from opening. Find the file that has the word "tor" in it.
For example mine says, "firefox. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Asked 7 years, 8 months ago. Active 3 years, 1 month ago. Viewed 20k times. Daniel ;. I try to look on web for solution but no use, I try to reinstall Tor several times, I also reinstall Mozilla Firefox browser but error still exist.
Hello , As suggested previously in this thread, it would be best to create a support ticket in regards to this issue. If I remember correctly this is caused by Tor updating, and us having to whitelist the new files.
It is worth noting that Tor is not a supported browser though, so while we will whitelist the files for it, we are limited with the support we can provide for it. You can create a support ticket here. Please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any other questions or concerns. Best Regards,. James G. Worldwide Online Retention Specialist. Powered by inSided. Sign up Already have an account? Login to the community No account yet?
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