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when trying to log on, says it is runing in background will not open

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hyssop
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when I try to open firefox, it will not open, because it says it is runing in the background, so I have to restart the computer and then it will open........but, the computer was shut off, closing firefox, so it was not running in the background....help

when I try to open firefox, it will not open, because it says it is runing in the background, so I have to restart the computer and then it will open........but, the computer was shut off, closing firefox, so it was not running in the background....help

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adckhd
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Try ending the process in the task manager.