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Often when I try to open Firefox again after closing it, a message pops up saying Firefox is already running (it is not!), so I have to restart my computer.

charlie181818
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Many times when I try to open my Firefox (3.6.11) after closing it, a message pops up saying "Firefox is already running. You must close the porcess or restart your computer before you can open it." Because it is already closed and I have nothing else to close, I close the message and try again, and the same message pops up again... So I have no choice but to restart my computer. (charlie181818@*******.***)

Many times when I try to open my Firefox (3.6.11) after closing it, a message pops up saying "Firefox is already running. You must close the porcess or restart your computer before you can open it." Because it is already closed and I have nothing else to close, I close the message and try again, and the same message pops up again... So I have no choice but to restart my computer. (charlie181818@*******.***)

Modified by cor-el

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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See this:
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+hangs#Hang_at_exit