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Firefox is already running, but not responding to open a new window

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AnonymousUser
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I closed the only opened Firefox process that was running. Then clicked the Fox to start Firefox again. I received a message: Firefox is already running, but not responding, to open a new window. You must close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system. This is a stupid message since there is no Firefox in process.

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I closed the only opened Firefox process that was running. Then clicked the Fox to start Firefox again. I received a message: Firefox is already running, but not responding, to open a new window. You must close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system. This is a stupid message since there is no Firefox in process. == This happened == Not sure how often

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Morbus
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Hello Lara.

Hopefully this support article is what you need:

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