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On Firefox Start Page, I get message:"The bookmarks and history system will not be functional because one of Firefox's files is in use by another application. Some security softwares can cause this problem". PLEASE HELP OUT WITH THIS SITUATION.

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My bookmarks were getting automatically remembered, and I had many that I was using till about 2 days ago when this message started appearing every time the Firefox Start Page loaded. I have not been saving my bookmarks as there never seemed to be a problem recalling websites I had visited before.

My bookmarks were getting automatically remembered, and I had many that I was using till about 2 days ago when this message started appearing every time the Firefox Start Page loaded. I have not been saving my bookmarks as there never seemed to be a problem recalling websites I had visited before.

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