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FF ver. 3.6.10: multiple FF browsers open, when closing one browser all of them close?

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billh
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With one FF browser open and multiple tabs being used. I open a second FF browser to use one or more tabs. When I'm done with the second FF browser I close it. Once I take this action my original FF browser closes too. This is unacceptable when working with multiple tabs on multiple FF browsers.

With one FF browser open and multiple tabs being used. I open a second FF browser to use one or more tabs. When I'm done with the second FF browser I close it. Once I take this action my original FF browser closes too. This is unacceptable when working with multiple tabs on multiple FF browsers.

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cor-el
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Are you using the Close X on the title bar or do you use File > Exit ?

Using "File > Exit" will close the browser. If you use the close X or "File > Close Window" then only the current window should close and not the browser. If that happens that make sure the an extension isn't causing this.

See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems