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I have encountered the error message Firefox is already running, but is not responding.

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kitty6899
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I have encountered the error message Firefox is already running, but is not responding. I restarted multuple times to no avail i than deleted firefox to see if that helped and cleared cookies cache and history and than restarted .Now I have redownloaded firefox and still get the error message and have tried the fixes listed to no avail please help i prefer firefox to all the other browsers out there .

I have encountered the error message Firefox is already running, but is not responding. I restarted multuple times to no avail i than deleted firefox to see if that helped and cleared cookies cache and history and than restarted .Now I have redownloaded firefox and still get the error message and have tried the fixes listed to no avail please help i prefer firefox to all the other browsers out there .

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John99
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You will need to kill the firefox process. The problem may cease after you kill it a couple of times and allow it to restart normally, or you may need to look further int what is causing this.

These articles should help you

kitty6899
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I tried everything and finally I did a system restore to an earlier date