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I getthe message Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system. It is NOT open I onlly have one computer

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I installed FF on my new computer, Windows 7 Toshiba, I get the message Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system. It is NOT open I only have one computer. I had a computer expert try everything and we cannot get it to open.

I installed FF on my new computer, Windows 7 Toshiba, I get the message''' Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system'''. It is NOT open I only have one computer. I had a computer expert try everything and we cannot get it to open.

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Look for the firefox process firefox.exe and kill it with for instance task manager. it is also worth watching for plugincontainer.exe.

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Look for the firefox process firefox.exe and kill it with for instance task manager. it is also worth watching for plugincontainer.exe.

The problem and solutions are explained in the articles: