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FireFox 5 Claims it is already running on Open -Win7

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dwarnerco
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Setting up a new DELL Win7 Prof. System. Downloaded latest 5.x. Ran fine once. Now upon clicking the Firefox Icon get the following window message:

"Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system."

- No firefox labeled process shows in task manager. - Re-start same message. - Uninstall/ reinstall same message. No Joy.........

Setting up a new DELL Win7 Prof. System. Downloaded latest 5.x. Ran fine once. Now upon clicking the Firefox Icon get the following window message: "Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system." - No firefox labeled process shows in task manager. - Re-start same message. - Uninstall/ reinstall same message. No Joy.........

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dynamite
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See if the solutions given in this article help: "Firefox is already running but is not responding" error - How to fix.