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Lolu chungechunge lwabekwa kunqolobane. Uyacelwa ubuze umbuzo omusha uma udinga usizo.

can't start firefox 'cause it notifies me that there is allready a copy running, but that's not true. Please help.

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p-ivo
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I get this message when i try to start a Firefox:

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

I did restart many times but it is a bogus message because there isn't any other copy running, for sure.

I get this message when i try to start a Firefox: 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 I did restart many times but it is a bogus message because there isn't any other copy running, for sure.

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cor-el
cor-el
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You can check if you still have a (default) profile folder as listed in profiles.ini.
If not then delete profiles.ini and let Firefox create a new default profile.

p-ivo
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Thank you!

That worked!

I lost my bookmarks, but now I have a functional firefox.

Thanks a bunch.

cor-el
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You're welcome