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when closed and i try to open a hiper link i get statment firefox is aready open but not responding and i have to reset system to get it back. Is this a glitch of just my system?

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ralphd3g
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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.

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.

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ralphd3g
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I have a spread sheet with all my hyper links and i select websites that way and firefox has done this to me starting with 3.6 beta and now 5 

 "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."
 There is only one window open the spread sheet. 
   Firefox selected as default browser. Running Windows XP, Spread sheet Microsoft Excell.

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