Firefox 3.5.1 running on Vista has stopped working. No error messages. Have tried to uninstall and also install newer version, and get a message saying I must first close Firefox (which of course is not visibly running)
Firefox 3.5.1 running on Vista has stopped working, no error messages. Tried to uninstall and install updated version. Get message that I must first close Firefox, however it is not visibly running.
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I restored my system to an earlier date , December 2009
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Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; OfficeLiveConnector.1.3; OfficeLivePatch.0.0; Dealio Toolbar 3.1.1; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30618; .NET4.0C; AskTbWCL/5.8.0.12304)
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Firefox may not be running visibly but is probably running in the background. It is in the task manager. To access the task manager go to Start and type in the search field taskmgr. That will open the Task Manager process. Then go to Processes tab and end firefox.exe. After ending that process, close Task Manager and try running the installation/uninstallation again.
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Firefox may not be running visibly but is probably running in the background. It is in the task manager. To access the task manager go to Start and type in the search field taskmgr. That will open the Task Manager process. Then go to Processes tab and end firefox.exe. After ending that process, close Task Manager and try running the installation/uninstallation again.
You should update to the latest version. See Update Firefox to the latest release