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Home page freezes up when clearing history

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When shutting down I have always cleared the history...now when I do the home page freezes up preventing a proper shut down .....

How can this be fix'ed

When shutting down I have always cleared the history...now when I do the home page freezes up preventing a proper shut down ..... How can this be fix'ed

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Use one of these to close Firefox if you are currently doing that by clicking the close X on the Firefox Title bar, especially if you have multiple windows open to prevent losing tabs in unnoticed windows.

  • "3-bar" menu button -> Exit (Power button)
  • Windows: File -> Exit
  • Mac: Firefox -> Quit Firefox
  • Linux: File -> Quit