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Why is Firefox leaving a 48K stub in memory on Win7 when it closes.

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AnonymousUser
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Sometimes when Firefox closes, it leaves a 48K stub in memory on Windows 7. I have a utility program to clean off my cache, cookies, and so on, It tells me Firefox is still loaded after I have closed it. When I look in the Task Manager, I see it in the running processes holding 48K of RAM.

This happened

A few times a week

== Shortly after installing Window 7 Professional

Sometimes when Firefox closes, it leaves a 48K stub in memory on Windows 7. I have a utility program to clean off my cache, cookies, and so on, It tells me Firefox is still loaded after I have closed it. When I look in the Task Manager, I see it in the running processes holding 48K of RAM. == This happened == A few times a week == Shortly after installing Window 7 Professional

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Morbus
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Hello Dawyne.

Hopefully this support article is what you need:

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+hangs