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close Firefox, restart it says firefox can not start - already running, tried deleting the parent.lock it doesn't exist. I try to turn off my computer it says WidgiBho needs to close, I tell it to close but computer never shuts down

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close Firefox, restart it says firefox can not start - already running, tried deleting the parent.lock it doesn't exist. I try to turn off my computer it says WidgiBho needs to close, I tell it to close but computer never shuts down

close Firefox, restart it says firefox can not start - already running, tried deleting the parent.lock it doesn't exist. I try to turn off my computer it says WidgiBho needs to close, I tell it to close but computer never shuts down

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cor-el
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Did you try to wait a bit longer before restarting Firefox to give Firefox more time to close down completely?

See "Hang at exit":

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Yes I have waited a few hours and it still doesn't help.